The effects of modes of information presentation on decision-making: a review and meta-analysis
Journal of Management Information Systems
The problem of statistical power in MIS research
MIS Quarterly
Interunit communication in multinational corporations
Management Science
The use of meta-analysis in MIS research: promises and problems
ACM SIGMIS Database
European Journal of Information Systems
Motivation, Knowledge Transfer, and Organizational Forms
Organization Science
Exploration vs. Exploitation: An Empirical Test of the Ambidexterity Hypothesis
Organization Science
Strategies for global information systems development
Information and Management
Deploying Common Systems Globally: The Dynamics of Control
Information Systems Research
Challenges of migrating to agile methodologies
Communications of the ACM - Adaptive complex enterprises
Enabling agile adoption practices through network organizations
European Journal of Information Systems - Including a special section on business agility and diffusion of information technology
Information system development agility as organizational learning
European Journal of Information Systems - Including a special section on business agility and diffusion of information technology
Ambidextrous coping strategies in globally distributed software development projects
Communications of the ACM
Journal of Management Information Systems
Knowledge Management Strategies: Toward a Taxonomy
Journal of Management Information Systems
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
The Role of User Participation in Information Systems Development: Implications from a Meta-Analysis
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Global IT management: structuring for scale, responsiveness, and innovation
Communications of the ACM
Innovating mindfully with information technology
MIS Quarterly
How does social software change knowledge management? Toward a strategic research agenda
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
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The effective sharing of organizational knowledge is particularly relevant for multinational corporations, where firm-specific tacit knowledge (know-how) is considered a source of competitive advantage for subsidiaries participating in a global strategy. To that end, multinational corporations (MNCs) are asking their IT departments to support both the exploitation of existing knowledge and the unit-to-unit transfer of new know-how derived in units from exploration. Nonetheless, new know-how derived from exploratory research, development and experience in one unit can be difficult to transfer to units that can exploit that know-how to commercial ends. The factors that impede the transfer of new know-how have been conceptualized as ''factors of stickiness''. In this paper, we present a theoretical model of organizational factors that can cause (or conversely mitigate) stickiness in the flow of new know-how between MNC units. To test the six hypotheses of the model, we used meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) of 31 empirical studies, representing 10,432 cases of new know-how transfer between units. The result of MASEM shows that the factors of receiving units' potential absorptive capacity and transmission channel in form of social capital that is enacted through its three dimensions (i.e., embedded social ties between units, institutional shared vision of units, and interorganizational trust of units) affect recipient subsidiaries' capability to exploit new know-how in practice (i.e., realized absorptive capacity), thus effectuating its transfer. Based on our findings, we propose research directions within the context of agile information systems development, distributed software projects, and management of information systems functions in MNCs.