Local and Global Knowledge Complementarity: R&amp;D Collaborations and Innovation of Foreign and Domestic Firms

Un, C. Annique; Rodríguez, Alicia

doi:10.1016/j.intman.2017.09.001

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“…Internal and external networks have been identified as structures that facilitate subsidiaries' knowledge attraction (Achcaoucaou, Miravitlles, & Leó n-Darder, 2014), competence development , and innovation performance (Mu, Gnyawali, & Hatfield, 2007;Un & Rodríguez, 2018). Recent studies explore the merits of embeddedness in different types of networks for knowledge management.…”

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Managing the MNE subsidiary: Advancing a multi-level and dynamic research agenda

2020

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Multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiaries abroad are important organizations in their own rights. They typically hold some of the MNE's most critical resources, and operate at the forefront of complex international environments. In this review, we identify and organize theoretical and empirical research on subsidiary management based on over 600 articles in leading academic journals. We develop a conceptual framework that integrates complementary streams of theoretical and empirical research with the subsidiary as its focal unit of analysis. In particular, we review six lines of research on subsidiary scope, practices, knowledge management, engagement with local market and nonmarket actors, performance, and individuals within subsidiaries. We highlight theoretical perspectives that have contributed to, and been advanced by, research on MNE subsidiaries. Based on the review, we explore future research agendas, linking the contemporary research themes with two main thrusts. First, subsidiary management is a multi-level phenomenon that would benefit from more microfoundational research. Second, subsidiary management operates at key interfaces of technology paradigm shifts, and of disruptions in the political and institutional environment. Research into the dynamics of subsidiary management would thus enhance our understanding of international business in a volatile global economy. Journal of International Business Studies (2020) 51, 538-576.

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Section: Network-based Perspectivesmentioning

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“…Divisekera and Nguyen (), Kafouros et al (), Mention (), Moon et al (), Nieto and Santamaría (), Un and Rodríguez () and Wu () all find evidence that collaboration is positively associated with innovation in the markets that they consider. Of particular interest is the study of Kang and Park () who, like us, distinguish between upstream and downstream, and foreign and domestic collaborations for Korean biotechnology firms.…”

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“…This result is consistent with the proposition that foreign-owned firms are less interested in being innovative than domestically owned firms-perhaps because they prefer to innovate in their countries of origin-but, when they do innovate, they are better at it than wholly domestically owned firms-perhaps because they are able to exploit their connections with their foreign owners. Divisekera and Nguyen (2018), Kafouros et al (2015), Mention (2011), Moon et al (2017), Nieto and Santamaría (2007), Un and Rodríguez (2018) and Wu (2012) all find evidence that collaboration is positively associated with innovation in the markets that they consider. Of particular interest is the study of Kang and Park (2012) who, like us, distinguish between upstream and downstream, and foreign and domestic collaborations for Korean biotechnology firms.…”

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“…Divisekera and Nguyen (), Kafouros, Wang, Piperopoulos, and Zhang (), Mention (), Moon, Mariadoss, and Johnson (), Nieto and Santamaría () and Wu () find evidence of positive relationships between collaboration and innovation in a range of industries and countries. Un and Rodríguez () study Spanish manufacturing firms and present evidence that firms that are subsidiaries of foreign firms enhance their innovation productivity more by collaborating with customers and competitors, while domestically owned firms benefit more from collaborations with suppliers and universities. Kang and Park () study Korean biotechnology firms and find that collaborations with domestic universities and research institutes have a positive impact on innovation, but that the impact is less than that of collaborations with international universities and research institutes.…”

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Collaboration and innovation: An empirical study of Indian technological enterprises

Heaton

Kolluru

Mukhopadhaya

2020

Econ of Transit and Inst Chang

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In 2010, the Indian government declared 2010–2020 to be the ‘Decade of Innovation’ and established the State Innovation Councils and Sectoral Innovation Councils to encourage and facilitate innovation by technological firms. In this paper, we study the relationship between collaboration and innovation in a cross‐section of Indian firms, paying particular attention to the impact of the innovation councils. Our results suggest that domestic collaborations have an important impact on firm innovation, as do the innovation councils, but that the impact of the councils is less for firms that collaborate.

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“…The competitive market environment stimulates the initiative of enterprises to innovate actively and undertake innovation risks. With respect to the literature on globalization [53,54], there is an ongoing debate concerning the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in promoting the level of technological innovation in regions. One view is that foreign enterprises improve the level of innovation of local enterprises through, learning, competition, and demonstration effects.…”

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Innovation, Network Capabilities, and Sustainable Development of Regional Economies in China

Wei

Chen

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Sustainability

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This paper studies the relationships between network capabilities and innovation development in the context of two types of innovation networks: scientific knowledge networks (SKN) and technological knowledge networks (TKN). Focusing on two types of network capabilities, namely acquisition capability and control capability, the paper uses spatial regime models to compare the impacts of multiple factors on different spatial regimes. The main conclusions are the following. First, as regards SKN, the political-administrative hierarchy has shaped the spatial evolution of acquisition capacity, forming a pattern consisting of three dominant cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing), three subsidiary cities (Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Wuhan), and multiple lesser centers (Tianjin, Chengdu, Xi'an). Moreover, high control capability cities are mainly clustered in the coastal areas, specifically, one monocentric city (Beijing) and two polycentric metropolises (Shanghai, Wuhan). Second, for TKN, cities with high acquisition and control also are mainly found in coastal areas, with Shanghai and Beijing dominating network capabilities. The model's analysis confirms the positive effect of network capabilities on innovation development, especially in scientific knowledge networks, and the driver for regional innovation development appears to have shifted from global pipeline (globalization) to local buzz (localized talents). This paper concludes with suggestions regarding network capabilities' potential to reduce regional inequality and achieve sustainable development of regional economies. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4770 2 of 21With the deepening of the globalization process, economic activities undertaken by multinational corporations began to integrate talents, information, technology, and other production factors on a global scale [2]. Innovation achievements spread around the world, influencing global production networks and other world economic patterns [3,4]. With respect to global cooperation, a network society characterized by "spaces of flows" has emerged [5]. Moreover, network related theories, such as the global production network and the world city network, attempt to explain the new regional development patterns.Characterized by knowledge spillover, a regional innovation network is formed by long-term formal or informal cooperation and interaction between innovative subjects such as enterprises, universities and research institutes, local governments, and intermediary service agencies [6,7]. The "spillover" of new knowledge and innovations from such networks is a vital force in regional development [8-10]. Regional innovation networks provide access to diverse forms of knowledge, technology, and information; and network capabilities are about using these assets effectively [11,12]. In other words, network capabilities comprise the ability to acquire external resources and manage multiple relationships competently [13]. Also, network capabilities may reduce regional inequality and play a significant role in creating competitive ad...

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Local and Global Knowledge Complementarity: R&D Collaborations and Innovation of Foreign and Domestic Firms

Cited by 100 publications

References 94 publications

Managing the MNE subsidiary: Advancing a multi-level and dynamic research agenda

Managing the MNE subsidiary: Advancing a multi-level and dynamic research agenda

Collaboration and innovation: An empirical study of Indian technological enterprises

Innovation, Network Capabilities, and Sustainable Development of Regional Economies in China

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