Purpose – The authors, leading authorities on global innovation, warn that Western companies targeting emerging markets … alternative is their new concept of reverse innovation which this paper aims to introduce. Design/methodology/approach – One … innovated in rich countries and sold their products in poor countries. Reverse innovation is doing the opposite. Practical …

strategies for innovation, international value chain configuration and foreign mergers and acquisitions contributed to the … competitive advantages of multinationals emerging from Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRICs), respectively. Findings – EMNEs …-traditional” advantages that have been built by finding innovative ways to leverage advantages of their home countries. EMNE …

This conceptual paper looks at and discusses differences between the concepts of organizational learning and (the …) learning organization. Since there still seems to be confusion regarding the meaning of the two concepts, aims to clarify the … two main existing distinctions – that organizational learning is existing processes while learning organization is an …

of African colonization and de‐colonization, globalisation and the rise of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa …

pitfalls. Innovation, entrepreneurship, technology, knowledge, and globalization are among the areas that have generated …

economy. Findings To date, there is a limited understanding of how learning motivation and competencies together explain the … not consider any aspects other than entrepreneurial motivation, learning motivation and competencies related to business … mediating influences of learning motivation and competencies, thus potentially providing a basis for formulating focused …

countries, are carefully following the development and change of China's technology system and innovation policy. After turning … itself into the world's manufacturing powerhouse, China aims to be an innovation‐oriented country. The purpose of this paper …/methodology/approach – The paper lists some of the key factors, which favor or hinder China's efforts to build an innovation‐oriented country …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the barriers to innovation in Chinese small and medium …‐level equilibrium trap and that the improving macro‐environment might not change embedded innovation constraining hierarchical …