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| Author: | Song, J. Almeida, P. Wu, G. |
| Title: | Learning-by-hiring: When is mobility more likely to facilitate interfirm knowledge transfer? |
| Journal: | Management Science
2003 : APR, VOL. 49:4, p. 351-365 |
| Index terms: | Recruitment Learning Engineers Companies |
| Freeterms: | Knowledge transfer |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | To investigate the conditions under which learning-by-hiring, or the acquisition of knowledge through the hiring, is more likely, this paper studies the patenting activities of engineers who moved from United States (U.S.) firms to non-U.S. firms. Statistical findings from negative binomial regressions show that mobility is more likely to result in interfirm knowledge transfer when (1) the hiring firm is less path dependent, (2) the hired engineers possess technological expertise distant from that of the hiring firm, and (3) the hired engineers work in non-core technological areas in their new firm. In addition, the results support the idea that domestic mobility and international mobility are similarly conducive to learning-by-hiring. |
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