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International Returnees And The Capturing Of Foreign Knowledge By Emerging Market Firms, Michael Joseph Dominic Roberts
International Returnees And The Capturing Of Foreign Knowledge By Emerging Market Firms, Michael Joseph Dominic Roberts
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As emerging markets grow and provide new economic opportunities, firms in these countries have an opportunity to benefit from the international knowledge their diaspora can bring when they return home. This thesis aims to contribute to the international assignee and knowledge transfer literature by examining the processes by which international returnees help firms in emerging markets capture and utilize the knowledge they have gained overseas. International returnees are people who have completed post-graduate studies overseas, and then returned to work in their home country. This dissertation is grounded in institutional theory at a micro-foundational level. It integrates research from the …