MNE Subsidiaries’ Outsourcing and Insourcing of R&D: The Role of Local Institutions

Grazia D. Santangelo; Klaus E. Meyer; Björn Jindra

doi:10.1002/gsj.1137

MNE Subsidiaries’ Outsourcing and Insourcing of R&D: The Role of Local Institutions

Grazia D. Santangelo (First Author), Klaus E. Meyer (Participant Author), Björn Jindra (Participant Author)

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Abstract

The rules for business vary not only between countries, but within countries. Subsidiaries of multinational enterprises (MNEs), thus, have to consider both the national level and the local context when designing their business practices. To examine this impact, we study R&D outsourcing in four Eastern member states of the European Union and find that local R&D outsourcing is used more frequently where local institutions are strong. However, this local impact depends on the MNE's overall knowledge sourcing practice and is weaker when MNE subsidiaries’ knowledge management prioritizes external sources of knowledge.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	247-268
Journal	Global Strategy Journal
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1137
Publication status	Published - 2016

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kmeyer@ceibs.edu

Keywords

EMERGING ECONOMIES
FOREIGN
GOVERNANCE
HOST-COUNTRY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY-RIGHTS
LOCATION
MNE subsidiaries
MULTINATIONAL-ENTERPRISE
R&D outsourcing
STRATEGIES
TECHNOLOGICAL-INNOVATION
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
contractual hazards
openness to external knowledge
subnational institutions

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