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More specifically, the aim is to explore dual embeddedness of subsidiaries involved in the knowledge transfer process within multinational corporations\u2019 (MNCs) network.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The authors empirically analyse 165 European subsidiaries to demonstrate the crucial role of dual relational embeddedness in the transfer of knowledge within MNCs. Data were collected via a close-ended questionnaire and processed through an ordinary least squares regression model.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Results show that internal embeddedness directly and positively influences the degree of subsidiaries\u2019 knowledge transfer, whereas external embeddedness does not. Notwithstanding, a higher level of both types of embeddedness \u2013 known as dual embeddedness \u2013 generates multiplicative and positive effects on the degree of subsidiaries\u2019 knowledge transfer.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>Best practices and relevant knowledge follow a reverse transfer of knowledge from the subsidiaries to the internal MNC network that is facilitated by the relational embeddedness of subsidiaries. This has resulted in developing a dual embeddedness, which introduces new routines and scripts, as well as more relational links.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>The research emphasises the relevance of the knowledge transfer process in multiple directions, evoking the central role of dual-embedded subsidiaries.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/jkm-09-2017-0407","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,14]],"date-time":"2018-05-14T10:11:27Z","timestamp":1526292687000},"page":"519-533","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":105,"title":["Dual relational embeddedness and knowledge transfer in European multinational corporations and 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