This study explores the impact of headquarters’ innovation motives on subsidiary knowledge sourcing, and their subsequent roles. The motivation of this research is to expand upon the understanding of the roles of foreign subsidiaries, and their implications on the innovation performance of the...

This study extends the model of open innovation proposed by Scuotto et al. (2017) by exploring how an acquirer can gain knowledge from the open innovation mode (collaboration) in which the acquired firm has participated in. The motivation of this paper is to understand the mechanisms that...

The main aim of this study is to explain the differences between innovation motives and the behaviour of subsidiaries of different types (especially the emerging-emerging type) and to potentially uncover motives and behaviours that are inconsistent with the current theory, which mainly focuses...

The paper develops a novel typology of global knowledge and innovation strategies. It focuses on New Zealand-European Union (EU) business relations, and particularly knowledge and innovation links between New Zealand and EU firms. Four case studies of New Zealand firms operating in Europe are...

We study the international innovation strategies of Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) firms in the European context, to explain their investment motives, knowledge flows and innovation performance. Our thematic analysis of seven case studies suggests that ANZ investors' motives for innovation in...

With cross-border acquisitions on the rise, especially by multinationals from the Asia-Pacific region, it is important to better understand their motives. Using the Marketline Advantage data on over 700 cross-border acquisitions of European firms by Asian-Pacific multinationals in 2007-2017, we...

Globalisation is at a crossroad. On the surface, we see phenomena such as the rise of populism and the rise of China. Some aspects of globalisation such as growth of international trade and investment have slowed down after the Great Recession of 2008-09. Scholars including Professor Michael...

The recent wave of China’s acquisitions has expanded the perimeter of FDI screening based on national security grounds in many advanced economies. Only a few goods have been generally part of this protected perimeter, consistently with the methodology proposed by Theodore H. Moran according to...

One of the persistent gaps between FDI spill overs and firm competitive advantage literature is a unified analysis of the role that various factors play in the local firms' ability to maintain or enhance performance in their competitive environment. This study examines foreign competition,...

Emerging markets have long been the recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) from the world’s more advanced countries. They have used this to their advantage and actively attracted inward FDI as part of their growth and development strategies. However, emerging markets have since spurred...