کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1001872 937269 2013 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Can locally-recruited R&D personnel significantly contribute to multinational subsidiary innovation in an emerging economy?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی مدیریت، کسب و کار و حسابداری کسب و کار و مدیریت بین المللی
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Can locally-recruited R&D personnel significantly contribute to multinational subsidiary innovation in an emerging economy?
چکیده انگلیسی

This paper assesses the role of locally-recruited R&D personnel relative to their expatriate counterparts as regards innovation in multinational subsidiaries in an emerging economy. Two hypotheses are developed based on a network approach to multinational enterprises in an emerging economy setting, and tested on a sample of 317 multinational subsidiaries in China. Our results indicate that locally-recruited R&D personnel have played a limited role in innovation within multinational subsidiaries. While making a marginally significant contribution to R&D output due to their direct supply of technological knowledge, locally-recruited R&D personnel are unable to translate subsidiary R&D expenditure into successful patent applications probably because of their lack of technology management skills. In comparison, R&D expatriates significantly contribute to multinational subsidiary R&R output in both dimensions.


► We examine the role of locally recruited R&D personnel in multinational subsidiary innovation in China.
► Locally recruited R&D personnel have made a marginally significant contribution to R&D output, but they are unable to translate subsidiary R&D expenditure into successful patent applications.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Business Review - Volume 22, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 639–651
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