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tends to drive innovation offshoring, high uncertainty about future technology developments results in more innovation … offshoring only for firms with low internal technological capabilities. Firms with high technological capabilities instead are … less likely to offshore innovation when uncertainty is high. We argue that these differences in offshoring behaviour …
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tends to drive innovation offshoring, high uncertainty about future technology developments results in more innovation … offshoring only for firms with low internal technological capabilities. Firms with high technological capabilities instead are … less likely to offshore innovation when uncertainty is high. We argue that these differences in offshoring behaviour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987480
tends to drive innovation offshoring, high uncertainty about future technology developments results in more innovation … offshoring only for firms with low internal technological capabilities. Firms with high technological capabilities instead are … less likely to offshore innovation when uncertainty is high. We argue that these differences in offshoring behaviour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014126466
The extant literature acknowledges the role of overseas subsidiaries in the growth and development of multinational companies (MNCs). Such subsidiaries are viewed as critical players in the innovation process at MNCs. Although this topic has gained importance, it remains largely under-researched...
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We investigate whether appointing a middle management level affects startups' innovation performance. Additional hierarchical levels are often suspected to restrict innovative activities. However, founders' capacities for information processing and resource allocation are usually strongly...
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their home country only. Our study confirms former results of the literature that R&D offshoring is used by leading R …
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The rise of the network as a form of economic organization renders problematic our standard understanding of how capitalism is governed. As the governance of production shifts from vertical integration to horizontal contract, a puzzle arises: how do contracts, presumed to be susceptible to...
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Open innovation allows large organizations to collaborate across a wide ecosystem of potential partners, reducing risk and increasing the potential for successful disruptive products and services. In China, appliance giant Haier has experienced significant success using its HOPE platform, which...
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This paper contributes to the analysis of where and how both exploitation and exploration may take place inside and between communities and organizations. It connects with the discussion of differences between communities of practice and epistemic communities. The analysis allows for differences...
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Businesses are responding to the threat of disruptive innovation technologies by upgrading their capabilities and practices. These upgrades ensure implementing organizations become more adaptable, and flexible, with respect to their ability to alter business strategies in response to changing...
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