subsidiary's knowledge stock is very high, the need for knowledge protection restrains reciprocity mechanisms in knowledge …This paper analyzes the MNC subsidiaries' trade-off between the need for knowledge creation and the need for knowledge … protection, and relates it to the extent of knowledge outflows generated within the host location. Combining research in …

this research gap, this study aims to indicate the importance of knowledge protection regulation, an activity that sets an … adequate boundary for protecting knowledge, and investigate the factors that facilitate knowledge protection regulation and its … enhance knowledge protection regulation in teams, and that information technology support moderates the relationship between …

improvisation as intrinsically intertwined with knowledge transfer and knowledge protection. Findings Improvisation is proposed as … and shared mental models on knowledge transfer and knowledge protection. Practical implications The paper argues against a …, the practice of storytelling and shared mental models – on knowledge transfer inside the organization and knowledge …

without clear knowledge protection strategies. The goal of this study is to extend this stream of research by investigating … both market-based (e.g. secrecy, lead time) as well as legal knowledge protection strategies (e.g. patents, trademarks) of … country. We suggest that the host country leadership status influences the choice of knowledge protection strategies along two …