Ensign, Prescott C.2011-02-072011-02-0720002000Journal of High Technology Management Research 10(2), 203-221.http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19744This paper employs evolutionary, resource-based, and knowledge-based perspectives to provide a framework for understanding technological knowledge sharing within the globally dispersed R&D function of the multinational firm. Elements from the three perspectives are inspected and drawn together. The constructs—knowledge, knowledge transaction, and performance—are articulated. Finally, two fundamental relationships are proposed: (1) kind of technological knowledge shared will impact the type of knowledge transaction undertaken and 2) type of knowledge transaction will impact R&D task performance.enArticle10.1016/S1047-8310(99)00017-6