Do Overseas R&amp;D Laboratories in Emerging Markets Contribute to Home Knowledge Creation?

D’Agostino, Lorena M.; Santangelo, Grazia D.

doi:10.1007/s11575-012-0135-2

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“…Extant literature has highlighted the benefits of obtaining knowledge from different sources (Cassiman & Veugelers, 2006;D'Agostino & Santangelo, 2012;Foss & Pedersen, 2002). A particular trait of these studies is the dichotomization of the possible sources at hand for an R&D unit in its sourcing efforts.…”

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Complementarity and Substitution in the Knowledge Networks of R&D Subsidiaries

Andersson¹,

Athreye²,

Batsakis³

2016

Perspectives on Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships in the Contemporary MNC

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We argue that a foreign-based R&D subsidiary of a multinational enterprise (MNE) can potentially source knowledge from three diverse knowledge networks, namely (i) external knowledge network of the home country, (ii) external knowledge network of the host country, and (iii) internal (MNE) knowledge network. Drawing on the relative costs and benefits associated with the process of synergistic knowledge, this study examines whether a substitutive or a complementary relationship exists when two of the aforementioned networks collaborate in order to generate new knowledge at the subsidiary level. Our study's sample is based on a survey questionnaire addressed to foreign-based R&D subsidiaries of Fortune 500 companies. We assess the existence of complementarity/ substitutability using the "production function approach." Our results indicate that a complementary relationship exists between external knowledge network of the host and the home country, as well as between external knowledge network of the host country and internal knowledge network. On the other hand, external knowledge network of the home country and internal knowledge network form a substitutive relationship. Our study offers a more comprehensive view of the diverse sources/knowledge networks that R&D subsidiaries are sourcing knowledge from when compared to existing research. We also specify and account for the costs/benefits involved in knowledge sourcing and thereby detect possible substitution/complementarity between different sources of knowledge. So far, there has been limited to nonexistent research into the diversity of knowledge networks of R&D subsidiaries and the examination of potential substitutabilities and complementarities. Hence our empirical study contributes to the development of this particular research stream.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Complementarity and Substitution in the Knowledge Networks of R&D Subsidiaries

Andersson¹,

Athreye²,

Batsakis³

2016

Perspectives on Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships in the Contemporary MNC

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“…is likely due to MNCs' trend of housing their research facilities in the most innovative environments possible, in order to improve their organisation's ability to leverage knowledge (D'Agostino & Santangelo, 2012;Gerybadze & Reger, 1999;Pearce, 1999;Zander, 1999). Naturally, the "most innovative environment" for MNCs are university cities 6 and world cities, but the basis for the localisation of corporate research centres, and their research-oriented subsidiaries, includes several business factors that often overshadow the needs of scientific staff.…”

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Csomós

2017

Journal of Informetrics

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“…In other words, they are always required to have a minimum level of (absorptive capacity) internal R&D resources to increase the likelihood of technological discoveries (e.g. Belderbos, Lykogianni, and Veugelers 2008;Cassiman and Veugelers 2006;D'Agostino and Santangelo 2012). Belderbos, Lykogianni, and Veugelers (2008), and Driffield et al (2014) emphasise the importance of absorptive capacity at the subsidiary level when subsidiaries improve the effectiveness of external knowledge resources' transfer.…”

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The productivity effects of local R&D outsourcing: the moderating role of subsidiary mandate and internal R&D

Chuang

Chang

Lin

2015

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management

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This study examined the moderating effects of two kinds of internal R&D (parent R&D and subsidiary R&D) on the relationship between local R&D outsourcing and subsidiary productivity as internal R&D challenges the collaborative relationships in the local environment. Due to the specific feature of a subsidiary mandate, we further investigate whether two distinct kinds of internal R&D have different moderating effects between exploitation-oriented subsidiaries and exploration-oriented subsidiaries, based on a sample of longitudinal data set of 263 Taiwan-based manufacturing subsidiaries over the period 2006-2009. The empirical results show that for exploitation-oriented subsidiaries parent R&D plays a significant and negative moderating role on the impact of local R&D outsourcing based on local collaboration, while a positive moderating role is observed with parent R&D and subsidiary R&D for exploration-oriented subsidiaries.

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Do Overseas R&D Laboratories in Emerging Markets Contribute to Home Knowledge Creation?

Cited by 65 publications

References 63 publications

Complementarity and Substitution in the Knowledge Networks of R&D Subsidiaries

Complementarity and Substitution in the Knowledge Networks of R&D Subsidiaries

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The productivity effects of local R&D outsourcing: the moderating role of subsidiary mandate and internal R&D

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