MOVING KNOWLEDGE

Abstract: During the last decade, the concept of knowledge has gained increased attention within the research field of international business. This has its backdrop in the knowledge-based view of the firm, seeing knowledge as a resource and capability. Accordingly, knowledge has been stated to be a prominent factor in regard to firm survival and success. In this thesis, we are to identify the type of knowledge that exists, and examine how this knowledge is transferred, within a firm. This has been done through a single case study, analyzing the knowledge transfer on an intra-firm basis between the head quarter and the subsidiary units, as well as among the subsidiary units. Data has been obtained through interviews and secondary materials. The case study has concluded in an analysis illustrating how knowledge can be ennobled outside the head quarter, and lost, if not incorporated into the firm.