Distributed R&D, cross-regional knowledge integration and quality of innovative output

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-96

  Singh, Jasjit ^a  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Distributed R D; Knowledge integration; Mobility; Multinational firms

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INNOVATION; INTEGRATED CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL;

COLLABORATION; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; MULTINATIONAL FIRMS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 38049002023     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

References (99)

1. Agrawal A., Cockburn I., and McHale J. Gone but not forgotten: labor flows, knowledge spillovers, and enduring social capital. Journal of Economic Geography 6 5 (2006) 571-591
2. Ahuja G., and Lampert C.M. Entrepreneurship in the large corporation: a longitudinal study of how established firms create breakthrough inventions. Strategic Management Journal 22 (2001) 521-543
3. Albert M.B., Avery D., Narin F., and Mcallister P. Direct validation of citation counts as indicators of industrially important patents. Research Policy 20 (1991) 251-259
4. Alcacer J., and Gittelman M. Patent citations as a measure of knowledge flows: the influence of examiner citations. Review of Economics and Statistics 88 4 (2006) 774-779
5. Alcacer, J., Zhao, M., 2006. Understanding Local Clusters through Global Firms. The Semiconductor Industry, Mimeo.
6. Almeida P. Knowledge sourcing by foreign multinationals: patent citation analysis in the U.S. semiconductor industry. Strategic Management Journal 7 (1996) 155-165
7. Almeida P., and Kogut B. The localization of knowledge and the mobility of engineers in regional networks. Management Science 45 7 (1999) 905-917
8. Argyres N.S., and Silverman B.S. R&D, organization structure and the development of corporate technological knowledge. Strategic Management Journal 25 8-9 (2004) 929-958
9. Arora A., and Gambardella A. Complementarities and external linkages: the strategies of large firms in biotechnology. Journal of Industrial Economics 38 4 (1990) 361-379
10. Arrow K.J. Economic welfare and the allocation of resources for invention. In: Nelson R.R. (Ed). The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity: Economic and Social Factors, vol. 13 of NBER Special Conference Series (1962), Princeton University Press, New Jersey 609-625
11. Audia P.G., Sorenson O., and Hage J. Tradeoffs in the organization of production: multiunit firms, geographic dispersion and organizational learning. In: Baum J.A.C., and Greve H.R. (Eds). Multiunit Organization and Multimarket Strategy: Advances in Strategic Management 18 (2001) 75-105
12. Audretsch D.B., and Feldman M.P. R&D spillovers and the geography of innovation and production. American Economic Review 86 3 (1996) 630-640
13. Bartlett C.A., and Ghoshal S. Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution (1989), Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA
14. Bhide A. How entrepreneurs craft strategies that work. Harvard Business Review 72 (1994) 150-161
15. Birkinshaw J.M. Entrepreneurship in multinational corporations: the characteristics of subsidiary initiatives. Strategic Management Journal 18 3 (1997) 207-229
16. Buckley P.J., and Casson M.C. The Future of the Multinational Enterprise (1976), Holmes & Meier, London
17. Burt R.S. Structural holes and good ideas. American Journal of Sociology 110 2 (2004) 349-399
18. Cantwell J.A., and Janne O. Technological globalisation and innovative centres: the role of corporate technological leadership and locational hierarchy. Research Policy 28 (1999) 119-144
19. Chung W., and Alcacer J. Knowledge seeking and location choice of foreign direct investment in the United States. Management Science 48 12 (2002) 1534-1554
20. In: Clark G.L., Feldman M.P., and Gertler M.S. (Eds). Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography (2000)
21. Cockburn I.M., and Henderson R.M. Absorptive capacity, coauthoring behavior, and the organization of research in drug discovery. Journal of Industrial Economics 46 2 (1998) 157-182
22. Cohen W.M., and Levinthal D.A. Absorptive capacity: a new perspective on learning and innovation. Administrative Science Quarterly 35 (1990) 128-152
23. Cohen W.M., and Malerba F. Is the tendency to variation a chief cause of progress?. Industrial and Corporate Change 10 (2001) 587-608
24. Cummings J. Work groups, structural diversity, and knowledge sharing in a global organization. Management Science 50 3 (2004) 352-364
25. Dosi G., Nelson R.R., and Winter S.G. The Nature and Dynamics of Organizational Capabilities (2000), Oxford University Press, Oxford
26. Duguet E., and MacGarvie M. How well do patent citations measure knowledge spillovers? Evidence from French innovation surveys. Economics of Innovation and New Technology 14 (2005) 2-5
27. Doz, Y., Wilson, K., Vedhoen, S., Goldbrunner, T., Altman, G., 2006. Innovation: Is Global the Way Forward? Mimeo.
28. Feinberg S., and Gupta A.K. Knowledge spillovers and the assignment of R&D responsibilities to foreign subsidiaries. Strategic Management Journal (2003)
29. Fleming, L., King, C., Juda, A., in press. Small worlds and innovation. Organization Science.
30. Fleming L., Chen D., and Mingo S. Collaborative brokerage, generative creativity, and creative success. Administration Science Quarterly 52 (2007) 443-475
31. Florida R. The globalization of R&D: results of a survey of foreign-affiliated R&D laboratories in the USA. Research Policy 26 1 (1997) 85-103
32. Frost T.S. The geographical sources of foreign subsidiaries' innovations. Strategic Management Journal 22 (2001) 101-123
33. Frost T.S., Birkinshaw J., and Ensign P. Centers of excellence in multinational corporations. Strategic Management Journal 23 (2002) 997-1018
34. Frost T.S., and Zhou C. R&D co-practice and 'reverse' knowledge integration in multinational firms. Journal of International Business Studies 36 (2005) 676-687
35. Furman, J., Kyle, M., Cockburn, I., Henderson, R., in press. Public and private spillovers, location & the productivity of pharmaceutical research. Annales d'Economie et de Statistique.
36. Ghoshal S., Korine H., and Szulanski G. Interunit communication in multinational corporations. Management Science 40 (1994) 96-110
37. Ginarte J., and Park W.G. Determinants of patent rights: a cross-national study. Research Policy 26 3 (1997) 283-301
38. Grant R.M. Prospering in dynamically-competitive environments: organizational capability as knowledge-integration. Organizational Science 7 4 (1996) 375-387
39. Gupta A.K., and Govindarajan V. Knowledge flows within multinational corporations. Strategic Management Journal 21 4 (2000) 473-496
40. Håkanson, L., 2006. The Firm as an Epistemic Community: A Research Agenda. Mimeo.
41. Hall B.H., Jaffe A.B., and Trajtenberg M. Market value and patent citations. Rand Journal of Economics 36 (2005)
42. Hansen M.T. The search-transfer problem: the role of weak ties in sharing knowledge across organization subunits. Administrative Science Quarterly 44 (1999) 82-111
43. Hansen M.T., and Lovas B. How do multinational companies leverage technological competencies? Moving from single to interdependent explanations. Strategic Management Journal 25 (2004) 801-822
44. Hansen M., and Nohria N. How to build collaborative advantage?. Sloan Management Review (2004) 22-30
45. Hargadon A., and Sutton R. Technology brokering and innovation in a product development firm. Administrative Science Quarterly 42 (1997) 716-749
46. Harhoff D., Narin F., Scherer F.M., and Vopel K. Citation frequency and the value of patented inventions. Economics and Statistics 193 (1999) 511-515
47. Hedlund G. A model of knowledge management and the N-form corporation. Strategic Management Journal 15 (1994) 73-90
48. Hirschey R., and Caves R.E. Research and transfer of technology by multinational enterprises. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 43 2 (1981) 115-130
49. Hitt M.A., Hoskisson R.E., and Kim H. International diversification: effects on innovation and firm performance in product-diversified firms. Academy of Management Journal 40 4 (1997) 767-798
50. Hymer S.H. The International Operations of National Firms: A Study of Direct Investment (1976), MIT Press, Boston, MA
51. Jaffe A.B., Trajtenberg M., and Henderson R. Geographic localization of knowledge spillovers as evidenced by patent citations. Quarterly Journal of Economics 434 (1993) 578-598
52. Jaffe A.B., and Trajtenberg M. Patents, Citations & Innovations: A Window on the Knowledge Economy (2002), MIT Press, Cambridge
53. Kogut B., and Zander U. Knowledge of the firm, combinative capabilities, and the replication of technology. Organization Science 3 3 (1992) 383-397
54. Kogut B., and Zander U. Knowledge of the firm and the evolutionary theory of the multinational corporation. Journal of International Business Studies (1993) 625-645
55. Kuemmerle W. Foreign direct investment in industrial research in the pharmaceutical and electronics industries-results from a survey of multinational firms. Research Policy (1999)
56. Leiponen and Helfat, 2006. Geographic location and decentralization of innovative activity. Mimeo.
57. Levin R., Klevorick A., Nelson R., and Winter S. Appropriating the returns from industrial research and development. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 3 (1987) 783-820
58. Levinthal D.A., and March J.G. The myopia of learning. Strategic Management Journal 14 (1993) 95-112
59. Mahmood I.P., and Singh J. Technological dynamism in Asia. Research Policy 32 6 (2003) 1031-1054
60. March J.G. Exploration and exploitation in organizational learning. Organization Science 2 1 (1991) 71-87
61. Mowery D.C., Oxley J.E., and Silverman B.S. Strategic alliances and inter-firm knowledge transfer. Strategic Management Journal 17 (1996) 77-91
62. Nelson R., and Winter S. An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change (1982), Harvard University Press, Cambridge
63. In: Nelson R.R. (Ed). National Innovation Systems (1993), Oxford University Press, New York
64. Newman M.E.J. The structure of scientific collaboration networks. Proceedings of U.S. National Academy of Science 98 (2001) 404-409
65. Nobel R., and Birkinshaw J. Innovation in multinational corporations: control and communication patterns in international R&D operations. Strategic Management Journal 19 5 (1998) 479-496
66. Nonaka I. Dynamic theory of organizational knowledge creation. Organization Science 5 1 (1994) 14-37
67. Orlikowski W.J. Knowing in practice: enacting a collective capability in distributed organizing. Organization Science 13 (2002) 249-273
68. Patel P., and Pavitt K. The technological competencies of the world's largest firms, complex and path dependent, but not much variety. Research Policy 26 (1997) 141-156
69. Penner-Hahn J., and Shaver J.M. Does international research and development increase patent output? An analysis of Japanese pharmaceutical firms. Strategic Management Journal 26 2 (2005) 121-140
70. Podolny J., Stuart T., and Hannan M. Networks, knowledge, and niches: competition in the worldwide semiconductor industry, 1984-1991. American Journal of Sociology 102 (1996) 659-689
71. Porter M. The Competitive Advantage of Nations (1990), Free Press, New York
72. Reagans R., and Zuckerman E.W. Networks, diversity, and productivity: the social structure of corporate R&D teams. Organization Science 12 (2001) 502-517
73. Rodan S., and Galunic C. More than network structure: how knowledge heterogeneity influences managerial performance and innovativeness. Strategic Management Journal 25 (2004) 541-562
74. Rosenkopf L., and Nerkar A. Beyond local search: boundary-spanning, exploration, and impact in the optical disc industry. Strategic Management Journal 22 (2001) 287-306
75. Rosenkopf L., and Almeida P. Overcoming Local Search through Alliances and Mobility. Management Science 49 6 (2003) 0751-0766
76. Saxenian A.L. Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 (1994), Harvard University Press, Cambridge
77. Schumpeter J. The Theory of Economic Development: An Inquiry into Profits, Capital, Credit, Interest and the Business Cycle (1934), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
78. Shaver J.M., and Flyer F. Agglomeration Economies, Firm Heterogeneity, and Foreign Direct Investment in the United States. Strategic Management Journal 21 (2000) 1175-1193
79. Singh J. Collaborative Networks as Determinants of Knowledge Diffusion Patterns. Management Science 51 5 (2005) 756-770
80. Singh J. Asymmetry of knowledge spillovers between MNCs and host country firms. Journal of International Business Studies 38 5 (2007) 764-786
81. Song J., Almeida P., and Wu G. Learning by hiring: when is mobility more likely to facilitate interfirm knowledge transfer?. Management Science 49 4 (2003) 351-365
82. In: Sorenson O., and Baum J.A.C. (Eds). Geography and Strategy: Advances in Strategic Management vol. 20 (2003), Elsevier Science Ltd.
83. Sorenson O., Rivkin J.W., and Fleming L. Complexity, networks and knowledge flow. Research Policy 25 (2006) 994-1017
84. Sorenson O., and Singh J. Science, social networks and spillovers. Industry and Innovation 14 2 (2007) 219-238
85. Stuart T.E., and Podolny J.M. Local search and the evolution of technological capabilities. Strategic Management Journal 17 (1996) 21-38
86. Subramaniam M., and Venkatraman N. Determinants of transnational new product development capability: testing the influence of transferring and deploying tacit overseas knowledge. Strategic Management Journal 22 4 (2001) 359-378
87. Szulanski G. Exploring internal stickiness: impediments to the transfer of best practice within the firm. Strategic Management Journal 17 (1996) 27-43
88. Teece D.J. Technology transfer by multinational firms: the resource cost of transferring technological know-how. Economic Journal 87 346 (1977) 242-261
89. Teece D.J. Transaction cost economics and multinational enterprise. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 7 (1986) 21-45
90. Teece G., Pisano G., and Shuen R. Dynamic capabilities and strategic management. Strategic Management Journal 18 (1997) 509-533
91. Thompson P., and Fox-Kean M. Patent citations and the geography of knowledge spillovers: a reassessment. American Economic Review 95 1 (2004) 450-460
92. Thompson P. Patent citations and the geography of knowledge spillovers: evidence from inventor- and examiner-added citations. Review of Economics and Statistics 88 2 (2006) 383-389
93. Trajtenberg M. A penny for your quotes: patent citations and the value of innovations. Rand Journal of Economics 21 1 (1990) 172-187
94. Trajtenberg, M., 2005. The Mobility of Inventors and the Productivity of Research. Mimeo.
95. Tushman M., and Rosenkopf L. Organizational determinants of technological change: towards a sociology of technological evolution. In: Staw B.M., and Cummings L.L. (Eds). Research in Organizational Behavior vol. 14 (1992), JAI Press, Greenwich, CT 311-347
96. Utterback J.M. Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation (1994), Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA
97. Williamson O.E. The Economic Institutions of Capitalism (1985), The Free Press
98. Zander I. Technological diversification in the multinational corporation: historical evolution and future prospects. Research Policy 26 (1997) 209-227
99. Zhao M. Conducting R&D in countries with weak intellectual property rights protection. Management Science 52 (2006) 1185-1199