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The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage … foreignness). We derive potential stumbling blocks in the innovation process theoretically and argue that these materialize as … innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …
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This paper studies the impact of innovation on the organizational structure. The theoretical framework predicts that a …
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This paper studies the impact of innovation on the organizational structure. The theoretical framework predicts that a …
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known about how the direction of search strategies influences innovation performance. In this paper, we argue that firms … that being open for innovation generally pays off. However, both moderating factors have a crucial role to play: On the one … novel knowledge and to enhance innovation performance. We develop targeted management recommendations based on these results. …
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Our study shows empirically that the choice of resource allocation strategy affects innovation performance. A policy of … allocating resources to a broader range of innovation projects increases sales of new products, especially if these are truly … stronger for firms that allocate resources more selectively at later stages of the innovation process. Based on these results …
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This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities …’s competitive environment and the influence of innovation obstacles in the home country. In particular, the role of … driving forces are used to observe their impact on the decision to locate innovation activities in various countries and …
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Our contribution to the expanding literature on the globalization of research and innovation is to investigate the …
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This paper aims to analyze the role of multinational corporations (MNCs) in the development of the software industry in these countries. The study is centred on software production and IT-related services - software development, chip design and electronic devices design, computer and Internet...
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Recent literature on international trade has established that the most productive firms become multinationals. But our data reveal a startling variation in productivity levels of foreign affliates across the countries in Eastern Europe of the same European multinational parent firms suggesting...
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This paper presents the results of a survey of Swedish multinationals conducted in 1999. The survey was carried out in order to update an existing database on Swedish manufacturing firms with producing foreign affiliates collected by the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IUI). The...
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