From Localized to Corporate Excellence: How do MNCs Extract, Combine and Disseminate Sticky Knowledge from Regional Innovation Systems?

MNCs and regional innovation systems differ widely in their knowledge generation and dissemination processes. The authors propose these differences provide systematic challenges for MNC units tapping into locally vested skills, combining their findings with existing knowledge and disseminating this internally. The aim is to develop a framework for conceptualising the knowledge transfer process between MNCs and regional innovation systems.