Unpacking Influences on Motivation in Headquarters-Subunit Capability Transfers in the MNC

Research on influences on transfers of capabilities in multinational corporations has since its inception identified the motivation of the receiver as a key influence to success. However, while the other ‘main suspect’ in influencing transfer effectiveness, i.e., absorptive capacity, has received enough interest to become a field of its own, motivation has repeatedly been investigated as a somewhat simple construct. More specifically, while...