Abstracts
Résumé
Les filiales d’une multinationale doivent concilier adaptation locale et intégration globale. Pour analyser cela, nous proposons la notion de déploiement d’innovations inter-filiales que nous définissons comme l’enchaînement des commercialisations d’une innovation par des filiales situées dans des contextes locaux différenciés, et nécessitant ainsi à chaque fois son adaptation. A partir d’une analyse longitudinale de cinq déploiements d’innovations dans une multinationale, nous mettons en évidence quatre facteurs critiques que nous relions à des dispositifs de construction et de partage de connaissances. Nous discutons ainsi le modèle théorique de transfert de connaissances de Tallmann et Chacar (2011) et en précisons les conditions de mise en oeuvre.
Mots-clés :
- Déploiement,
- Innovation,
- Multinationales,
- inter-filiale,
- connaissances tacites
Abstract
Subsidiaries of a multinational company need to balance local adaptation and global integration. To analyze this, we propose the concept of innovation deployment among subsidiaries which we define as the successive launches of an innovation by subsidiaries located in different contexts, thus requiring adapting the innovation. Based on a longitudinal analysis of five deployments of innovations in a multinational company, we highlight four critical factors that we connect to mechanisms of building and sharing knowledge. Finally we discuss the theoretical model of knowledge transfer suggested by Tallmann Chacar (2011) and specify thus the conditions of its implementation.
Keywords:
- Deployment,
- Innovation,
- Multinational corporation,
- inter-subsidiary,
- tacit knowledge
Resumen
Las subsidiarias de una multinacional deben equilibrar la adaptación local y la integración global. Para analizar esto, se propone el concepto de despliegue de inter-filial que definimos como la cadena de los arrendamientos de una innovación por las subsidiarias ubicadas en contextos locales diferenciados, por lo que requiere cada vez adaptar las innovaciones. Desde un análisis longitudinal de cinco despliegues de innovaciones en una empresa multinacional, se destacan cuatro factores críticos que nos conectamos a dispositivos para construir y compartir conocimientos. Y se discute el modelo teórico de la transferencia de conocimientos de Tallmann y Chacar (2011) y especificar las condiciones de aplicación.
Palabras clave:
- Innovacion,
- despliegue,
- multinacional,
- inter-filiales,
- tacit conocimientos
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