Knowledge transfer received, entrepreneurial opportunity type, environmental dynamism, and innovative performance by overseas subsidiaries in China.

Under the background of the resource-based view, it is of great significance to assess the mechanism through which knowledge transfer received dimensions (tacit and explicit) affect enterprise innovation performance. Explicitly, the study proposes a moderated moderation model of entrepreneurial opportunity types (innovative and imitative) and environmental dynamism to address this mechanism. In a sample of 314 foreign subsidiaries located in China, we find that: (1) Knowledge transfer received types have a positive influence on enterprise innovation performance, (2) The positive influence is contingent on innovative opportunities, whereas no significant association exists among imitative opportunities, explicit knowledge transfer received, and enterprise innovation performance, (3) The positive effect of innovative opportunities on the knowledge transfer received dimensions-innovation performance links increases when the environmental dynamism is in high tempo. Our paper highlights the importance of incorporating entrepreneurial opportunities and environmental dynamism in probing successful knowledge transfer received dimensions-innovation performance links. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]