Network knowledge in international business This book focuses on current cutting edge research concerning the increasing strategic importance of subsidiary networks to the multinational firm. It combines contributions from three major related areas of inquiry: the changing theoretical conception of networks and the structure of the multinational firm the importance of spillovers and agglomeration economies related to multinational investments and the management of the flow of information and knowledge from headquarters to subsidiaries and vice versa 1. Introduction Sarianna M. Lundan 2. From value chain to value networks : towards a new strategic model Xavier Lecocq Sai͏̈d Yami 3. Strategic knowledge management : a new research agenda Bo Bernhard Nielsen 4. The MNC as a network : a closer look at intra organizational flows Stefan Schmid Andreas Schurig Michael Kutschker 5. On the dynamics and coexistence of multiple subsidiary roles : an investigation of multinational operations in the UK Robert D. Pearce Ana Teresa Tavares 6. Sources of subsidiary knowledge and knowledge transfer in MNCs Nicolai J. Foss Torben Pedersen 7. Subsidiary absorptive capacity MNC headquarters control strategies and transfer of subsidiary competencies Ulf Andersson Ingmar Björkman Patrick Furu 8. Subsidiary decision making autonomy : competences integration and local responsiveness Vitor Corado Simões Rita Biscaya Pedro Nevado 9. Patterns of R&D co operation by European firms : cost economizing vs. technology seeking Luis Miotti Frédérique Sachwald 10. Competence accumulation and collaborative ventures : evidence from the largest European electronics firms and implications for EU technological policies Marco Giarratana Salvatore Torrisi 11. Exploring inward outward linkages in firms internationalization : a knowledge and network perspective Lawrence S. Welch ... [et al.] 12. Accelerated internationalization from the periphery John A. Mathews 13. The corporate supplier network within the European personal computer industry Denise Tsang