Innovation in multinational subsidiaries: The role of knowledge assimilation and subsidiary capabilities
Innovation in multinational subsidiaries: The role of knowledge assimilation and subsidiary capabilities
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DOI：
10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400383
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发表时间：
2008-04
影响因子：
11.6
通讯作者：
A. Phene;P. Almeida
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作者：
A. Phene;P. Almeida
跨国公司的子公司在创新全球化中扮演着重要的角色，但对其创新活动的影响还不完全清楚。在国际商业和战略研究的基础上，我们确定了影响跨国公司子公司知识吸收和利用的两组因素：(A)可获得的外部和内部知识来源的范围；(B)与知识吸收和利用相关的附属能力。我们发现，从东道国吸收的知识对辅助创新是有用的。我们还发现了对附属能力作用的支持：采购能力和组合能力对创新的规模和质量都有显著的影响。
Subsidiaries of multinational firms play an important role in the globalization of innovation, yet we have an incomplete idea of the influences on their innovative activity. Drawing on prior research in international business and strategy, we identify two sets of factors that influence the absorption and utilization of knowledge in multinational corporation subsidiaries: (a) the range of external and internal knowledge sources available; and (b) the subsidiary capabilities associated with knowledge absorption and utilization. We find that knowledge absorbed from the host country is useful to subsidiary innovation. We also find support for the role of subsidiary capabilities: both sourcing capability and combinative capability have a significant influence on the scale and quality of innovation.