The Impact of Origins of Reverse Technology Transfer on MNC Home Country Product Development
Reverse technology transfer (the transferring of multinational corporation [MNC] subsidiaries' technological knowledge to their home country) deserves more executive attention since the source of competitive advantage of MNCs resides in their capabilities to leverage knowledge from different units across borders. This article examines three salient "origins" of reverse technology transfer headquarters, local constituents, and subsidiary research and development (RD and (2) reverse transfer from local constituents and headquarters can be effective when they fit with an appropriate organizational mechanism, such as governance mode and absorptive capacity. (c) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.