Driving forces and organisational configurations of international R&D: the case of technology-intensive Chinese multinationals

被引:6
作者
Liu, Jingjiang [1 ]
Wang, Yi [2 ]
Zheng, Gang [3 ]
机构
[1] Zhejiang Univ, Coll Management, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
[2] Tsinghua Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 100086, Peoples R China
[3] Zhejiang Univ, Natl Inst Innovat Management, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
R&D internationalisation; multinational corporations; MNCs; driving forces; organisational configurations; home-base-augmenting R&D; strategic R&D; innovation capabilities; developing countries; China; INDUSTRIAL-RESEARCH; DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES; JAPANESE MNCS; INNOVATION; GLOBALIZATION; CORPORATIONS; ENTERPRISES; MANAGEMENT; PATTERNS; TRIANGULATION;
D O I
10.1504/IJTM.2010.033812
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
International R&D by multinational corporations (MNCs) from developing countries is on the increase. Some technology-intensive Chinese MNCs, which arc playing an increasingly significant role in carrying out Chinese innovation strategies, have recently established global R&D networks. Based on the evidence from two technology-intensive Chinese MNCs in the telecommunications equipment industry, this paper focuses specifically on exploring the driving forces and organisational configurations of international R&D in these MNCs. Our findings and results show, firstly, that establishing home-base-augmenting/strategic R&D sites in developed and other developing countries is the predominant driving force behind R&D internationalisation in these Chinese MNCs. Secondly, in terms of the dispersion of R&D activities and the degree of cooperation between individual R&D units, each of these MNCs has successively gone through different organisational configurations of international R&D at its three strategic stages: ethnocentric centralised R&D, geocentric centralised R&D, and R&D hub model.
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页码:409 / 426
页数:18
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