September 2004, Volume 35, Number 5, Pages 340-349

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Introduction

Organizing knowledge processes in the multinational corporation: an introduction

Nicolai Juul Foss^1,2 and Torben Pedersen³

¹Department of Management, Politics, and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Center for Knowledge Governance, Copenhagen N, Denmark

²Department of Strategy and Management, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, Norway

³Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Correspondence to: Dr NJ Foss, Department of Management, Politics, and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Center for Knowledge Governance, Blaagaardsgade 23B, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark. E-mail: njf.lpf@cbs.dk

This Introduction discusses the contrast between, on the one hand, the current popularity of addressing MNC organization in knowledge terms and, on the other, the lack of adequate understanding of many of the causal mechanisms and contextual factors in relations between knowledge processes and organizational factors. A number of the relevant research challenges are identified, and it is clarified how the five articles in this Focused Issue addresses some of these.

Journal of International Business Studies (2004) 35, 340-349. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400102

knowledge processes in the MNC; organizational control and design

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