This paper investigates whether multinational companies possess superior manufacturing knowledge relative to domestic companies operating in emerging market countries. Manufacturing knowledge is operationalized as knowledge in use through the implementation and performance impact of manufacturing practices. Using survey data of 216 manufacturing plants located in five emerging countries, we apply analysis of variance (ANOVA) and structural equation modelling (SEM) to identify the potential knowledge surplus of multinational subsidiaries over local companies. Results of our analysis show that, generally, multinational subsidiaries invest significantly more effort in implementing manufacturing practices. Nevertheless, their knowledge superiority concerning the effective use of these practices is only materialized in terms of practices related to human resource development and advanced manufacturing technologies.

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新兴经济体跨国子公司与本地公司的比较研究：一种制造实践方法

本文调查了相对于在新兴市场国家运营的国内公司而言，跨国公司是否拥有卓越的制造知识。通过制造实践的实施和性能影响，将制造知识作为使用中的知识进行操作。利用位于五个新兴国家的216个制造工厂的调查数据，我们应用方差分析（ANOVA）和结构方程模型（SEM）来确定跨国子公司对本地公司的潜在知识过剩。我们的分析结果表明，总体而言，跨国子公司在实施制造实践方面投入了更多的精力。不过，