| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 事業經營研究所 === 99 === The knowledge transfer between parent firms and their subsidiaries has attracted much attention from researchers and practitioners in recent years since knowledge has been considered as a critical determinant of an organization’s capacity to get sustainable competitive advantage. Despite extensive research on knowledge transfer issues, the barriers as well the effective managerial action in the assisting of middle managers in knowledge transfer has not been fully examined or attracted adequate empirical testing.
Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the factors influencing knowledge transfer, and to examine the relationship between knowledge transfer and the middle manager. The quantitative method was employed to test hypotheses in the conceptual model derived from relevant literature. Data was collected from a survey of 185 employees working in the precision and electronic companies. Multiple regression techniques were used to analyze the data.
The main findings showed that the knowledge transfer from parent firm to their overseas subsidiaries is mainly affected by the characteristics of knowledge recipients, the dependence of the subsidiaries on the parent firm. This research also suggested that the managerial actions taken to overcome the barriers of the knowledge transfer and to contribute the increasing of the degree of knowledge transfer are the middle manager’s roles.
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