A concerted effort to transfer knowledge within European MNCs

This conceptual paper contributes to the nascent debate on a stronger appreciation of subsidiaries' contribution to knowledge creation and transfer within the Multinational Corporation (MNC) network reflected by increased levels of reverse and/or horizontal knowledge transfer. Furthermore, the current literature implies scattered evidence with respect to the influential factors and controversial power interests on behalf of the players involved: the MNC headquarter, the individual subsidiaries and between the subsidiaries. For this reason, the paper aims to develop a holistic conceptual framework as a basis for a future research agenda on multidirectional knowledge transfer driven by a concerted effort of all partners involved. Owing to its high cultural density and diversity in a close geographical space, Europe is regarded an ideal and vibrant setting for research on knowledge creation. As a side effect of an increased level of competitiveness, MNCs might play a significant role in contributing to the EU objectives of higher levels of prosperity of an ever more integrated economy and of new energies for the region's technological and industrial development

Output 5 ― Evaluation-Tool

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Competences of Smart City Planners: the Alpha and Omega

Revisiting previous research in the course of the DevOps project ‘DevOps Competences for Smart Cities’ (Kaufmann et al., 2020), this paper aims to zoom in the interrelationship between Smart City domain priorities, collaboration and competences regarded to be a paramount fundament for urban management. After a discussion of literature on this triptych, a conceptual framework is synthesized. The hypothesized conditional importance of competences is analyzedand confirmed by additional descriptive and explanatory quantitative research on the DevOps data on smart city planners having applied partial least square analysis

Report for Politicians

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Report for Chambers of Commerce and Start-up Centres

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