Networks of organizational learning and adaptation in retail TNCs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4263045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Currah (University of Cambridge, corresponding author), Neil Wrigley (0000-0002-3967-5668, University of Southampton) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Networks (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2004.00078.x |
| OpenAlex | W2004663154 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 48 |
| References cited | 89 |
In this article we contribute to a growing body of literature concerned with the socio-cultural dynamics of learning and adaptation inside firms. Specifically, we apply a 'competence-based' view of the firm to a newly emerging breed of retail-industry transnational corporations (TNCs). We situate these firms within the context of 'relational networks' and then consider - from a geographical perspective - the complex interplay between 'extra-firm' networks and 'intra-firm' networks, and between store-based learning and organizational adaptation. We argue that the competitiveness of the retail TNC increasingly rests upon its ability to adapt the portfolio of retail formats to different and rapidly changing business environments by mobilizing and blending knowledge from multiple locations. This, it is suggested, is leading to the emergence of a 'reflexive' or 'hybridized' model of retail globalization
Business · Economic geography · Economics · Globalization · Industrial organization · Knowledge management · Management · Market economy · Portfolio · Reflexivity · Sociology · Computer Science · Family Business Performance and Succession · International Business and FDI · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 48 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,18 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2022 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 46 |