Organizational Learning in Asia
Issues and Challenges
- 1st Edition - March 16, 2017
- Authors: Jacky Hong, Robin Snell, Chris Rowley
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 0 9 8 3 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 9 5 8 0 - 5
Organizational Learning in Asia: Issues and Challenges addresses important and pressing questions on organizational learning in Asia in both domestic and foreign firms—tho… Read more
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Request a sales quoteOrganizational Learning in Asia: Issues and Challenges addresses important and pressing questions on organizational learning in Asia in both domestic and foreign firms—those that have been forgotten in the mainstream literature or that remain unasked and unanswered.
Three sets of questions are especially salient. First, how can firms operating in, or from, Asia detect, respect, recognize, and honor different cultural stances on suggestion-giving, knowledge sharing, and standardization while also challenging accepted wisdom, avoiding risks and mistakes, and voicing disagreement?
Second, how can such firms facilitate local experimentation and innovation by providing a common knowledge platform in a non-totalitarian manner? Finally, how can such forums promote ‘reverse’ knowledge transfer from subsidiary to headquarters and across subsidiaries in different nations by avoiding ethnocentricity, cultivating local talent, and building a group of 'communities of practice' across cultural and status boundaries?
- Addresses important and pressing questions about organizational learning in Asia for both domestic and foreign firms
- Explores how such firms can facilitate local experimentation and innovation
- Promotes ‘reverse’ knowledge transfer from subsidiary, to headquarters, and across subsidiaries in different nations
Academics and researchers working in the fields of knowledge management and organizational learning, managers in MNCs with operations in the Asia-Pacific region and for senior executives of local firms located there
Part I: Introduction and Background
Chapter 1. Introduction: Organizational Learning in Context, Not Isolation
- Abstract
- Debates on Organizational Learning: Context-Free or Context-Specific?
- Asia as a Research Context
- Overview of Contributions to this Volume
- Conclusion
- References
Chapter 2. Organizational Learning in the Context of Institutional Voids: Government Interventionism and Business Networks in Asia
- Abstract
- Institutional Voids
- Cases
- Government Intervention
- Business Networks
- Summary and Implications for Organizational Learning
- References
Part II: Learning At Individual And Team Levels
Chapter 3. Lose it to Gain it! Unlearning by Individuals and Relearning as a Team
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Purpose of the Study
- Significance of the Study
- Context of the Study
- Theoretical Perspectives
- Methods
- Findings
- Relearning the Knowledge ‘space’ for Team Learning
- Managerial Implications
- Conclusion
- References
- Appendix Interview Questions
Chapter 4. Knowledge Management Strategies, Imitation, and Innovation: An Empirical Study of Vietnamese Firms
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Background Information about Vietnamese Firms
- Literature Review and Theoretical Framework
- Imitation
- Survey Research
- Results
- Discussion and Conclusions
- References
- Appendix Measurement Scales
- Personalization Strategy
- Imitation Orientation
- Innovation
Part III: Learning At Organizational & Inter-Organizational Levels
Chapter 5. An Entrepreneurial Perspective on Developed Economy Firms’ Learning from Asia
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The Context of International Business Competition
- A Sample of ‘reverse’ Knowledge Transfers
- Conclusion
- References
Chapter 6. How Chinese Exporters Acquire Learning Capability: Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Economy
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Literature Review and Conceptual Model
- Impact of Market Learning on Export Performance
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion and conclusion
- Limitations and Future Research Directions
- References
Chapter 7. Public–Private Partnerships in Chinese Hospitals and Knowledge Transfer
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Literature Review
- Methodology
- A Comparison of Chinese Hospital Public–Private Partnership Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms
- Discussion
- References
Part IV: Conclusions
Chapter 8. A Contextual Perspective on Organizational Learning
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Is Organizational Learning a Universal Theory?
- The Need for Researchers to Conduct Applicability Examinations
- Applicability Examination and Construction of Customized Models
- Conclusion
- References
Chapter 9. Conclusion: Challenges for Organizational Learning—Institutional Contexts, Cross-Border Knowledge and Context
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Directions for Future Research
- Conclusion
- References
- No. of pages: 216
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 16, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780081009833
- eBook ISBN: 9780128095805
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