Intra-firm Geographic Mobility: Value Creation Mechanisms and Future Research Directions*

Abstract

This chapter argues that intra-firm geographic mobility is an understudied mechanism that can help mitigate coordination failures in a geographically distributed organization. The chapter presents an organizing framework on how intra-firm geographic mobility creates value for firms and discusses how intra-firm geographic mobility can create value for individual workers. The chapter concludes by presenting a future research agenda for intra-firm geographic mobility in light of emerging phenomena such as global collaborative patenting by multinationals, temporary colocation of knowledge workers, and nonstandard work.

Citation

Choudhury, P.(. (2020), "Intra-firm Geographic Mobility: Value Creation Mechanisms and Future Research Directions* ", Tzabbar, D. and Cirillo, B. (Ed.) Employee Inter- and Intra-Firm Mobility (Advances in Strategic Management, Vol. 41), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 179-195. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-332220200000041011