Globalizing domestic absorptive capacities

Management International Review

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 769-792

  Sofka, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Global sensing; Globalization; Innovation management; International innovation impulses; Trivariate probit estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349100039     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-008-0106-9     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. Al-Laham, A./Amburgey, T. L., Knowledge Sourcing in Foreign Direct Investments: An Empirical Examination of Target Profiles, Management International Review, 45, 3, 2005, pp. 247-275.
2. Almeida, P./Phene, A., Subsidiaries and Knowledge Creation: The Influence of the MNC and Host Country on Innovation, Strategic Management Journal, 25, 8/9,2004, pp. 847-864.
3. Anand, J./Kogut, B., Technological Capabilities of Countries, Firm Rivalry and Foreign Direct Investment, Journal oflnternational Business Studies, 28, 3,1997, pp. 445-465.
4. Bartlett, C. A./Ghoshal, S., Managing across Borders: New Organizational Responses, Sloan Management Review, 29,1,1987, pp. 43-54.
5. Birkinshaw, J./Hood, N., Multinational Subsidiary Evolution: Capability and Charter Change in Foreign-Owned Subsidiary Companies, Academy of Management Review, 23, 4, 1.998, pp. 773-795.
6. Branstetter, L. G., Are Knowledge Spillovers International or Intranational in Scope?, Journal of International Economics, 53,1, 2001, pp. 53-80.
7. Buckley, P. J./Casson, M. C., Analyzing Foreign Market Entry Strategies: Extending the Internalization Approach, Journal of International Business Studies, 29, 3,1998, pp. 539-562. (Pubitemid 128344333)
8. Chatterji, D., Accessing External Sources of Technology, Technology Management, 39, 2, 1996, pp. 48-57.
9. Chesbrough, H. W., Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology, Boston: Harvard Business School Press 2003.
10. Cohen, W. M./Levinthal, D. A., Innovation and Learning: The Two Faces of R&D, The Economic Journal, 99,397,1989, pp. 569-596.
11. Cohen, W. M./Levinthal, D. A., Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation, Administrative Science Quarterly, 35,1,1990, pp. 128-153.
12. Craig, C. S./Douglas, S. P., Configurai Advantage in Global Markets, Journal of International Marketing, 8,1, 2000, pp. 6-26.
13. Doz, Y. L./Santos, J./Williamson, P., From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Knowledge Economy, Boston: Harvard Business School Press 2001.
14. Dyer, J. H./Singh, H., The Relational View: Cooperative Strategy and Sources of Interorganizational Competitive Advantage, Academy of Management Review, 23,4,1998, pp. 660-679. (Pubitemid 128149020)
15. Feinberg, S. E./Gupta, A. K., Knowledge Spillovers and the Assignment of R&D Responsibilities to Foreign Subsidiaries, Strategic Management Journal, 25, 8/9,2004, pp. 823-845.
16. Frosch, R. A., The Customer for R&D Is Always Wrong!, Research Technology Management, 39, 6,1996, pp. 22-25.
17. Garud, R./Nayyar, P. R., Transformative Capacity: Continual Structuring by Intertemporal Technology Transfer, Strategic Management Journal, 15, 5, 1994, pp. 365-385.
18. Gottfredson, M./Puryear, R./Phillips, S., Strategic Sourcing: From Periphery to the Core, Harvard Business Review, 83,2,2005, pp. 132-139.
19. Govindarajan, V./Gupta, A. K., The Quest for Global Dominance: Transforming Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage 1, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass 2001.
20. Greene, W. H., Econometric Analysis, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company 1993.
21. Gupta, A. K./Govindarajan, V., Knowledge Flows within Multinational Corporations, Strategic Management Journal, 21,4,2000, pp. 473-496.
22. Gupta, A. K./Westney, E. D., Introduction, in Gupta, A. K./Westney, E. D. (eds.), Smart Globalization: Designing Global Strategies, Creating Global Networks, San Francisco 2003, pp. 1-12.
23. Hakanson, L./Nobel, R., Organizational Characteristics and Reverse Technology Transfer, Management International Review, 41,4, 2001, pp. 395-420.
24. Harvey, M./Novicevic, M. M., Staffing Global Marketing Positions: What We Don't Know Can Make a Difference, Journal of World Business, 35,1,2000, pp. 80-94.
25. Hellriegel, D./Slocum Jr., J. W., Organizational Climate: Measures, Research and. Contingencies, Academy of Management Journal, 17,2,1974, pp. 255-280.
26. Irwin, D. A./Klenow, P. J., Learning-by-Doing Spillovers in the Semiconductor Industry, Journal of Political Economy, 102,6, 1994, pp. 1200-1227.
27. Jaffe, A. B./Trajtenberg, M., International Knowledge Flows: Evidence from Patent Citations, Economics of Innovation & New Technology, 8,1/2,1999, pp. 105-137.
28. Jaffe, A. B./Trajtenberg, M./Henderson, R., Geographic Localization of Knowledge Spillovers as Evidenced by Patent Citations, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 108, 3, 1993, pp. 577-599.
29. Jansen, J. J. P./Van den Bosch, F. A. J./Volberda, H. W., Managing Potential and Realized Absorptive Capacity: How Do Organizational Antecendents Matter?, Academy of Management Journal,48,6,2005, pp. 999-1015.
30. Jensen, R./Szulanski, G., Stickiness and the Adaption of Organizational Practices in Cross-Border Knowledge Transfers, Journal oflnternational Business Studies, 35, 6,2004, pp. 508-523.
31. Kaiser, U., An Emprical Test of Models Explaining Research. Expenditures and Research Cooperation: Evidence for the German Service Sector, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 20, 6, 2002, pp. 747-774. (Pubitemid 34227320)
32. Kleinschmidt, E. J./Cooper, R. G., The Performance Impact of an International. Orientation of Product Innovation, European Journal of Marketing, 22, 10, 1988, pp. 56-72.
33. Kuemmerle, W., The Drivers of Foreign Direct Investment into Research and Development: An Empirical Investigation, Journal of International Business Studies, 30,1,1999, pp. 1-25.
34. Lane, P. J./Koka, B. R./Pathak, S., The Relocation of Absorptive Capacity: A Critical Review and Rejuvenation of the Construct, A cademy of Management Review, 31,4,2006, pp. 833-863. (Pubitemid 44639647)
35. Lane, P. J./Lubatkin, M., Relative Absorptive Capacity and Interorganizational Learning, Strategic Management Journal, 19, 5, 1998, pp. 461-477. (Pubitemid 128468556)
36. Laursen, K./Salter, A., Open for Innovation: The Role of Openness in Explaining Innovation Performance among U.K. Manufacturing Firms, Strategic Management Journal, 27,2,2006, pp. 131-150.
37. Le Bas, C./Sierra, C, 'Location Versus Home Country Advantages in R&D Activities: Some Further Results on Multinationals' Locational Strategies, Research Policy, 31,4,2002, pp. 589-609.
38. Levinthal, D. A./March, J. G., The Myopia of Learning, Strategic Management Journal, 14, 8, 1993, pp. 95-112.
39. Lloyd, T., A Little Bat Sense, Journal of Business Strategy, 16, 5, 1995, pp. 9-10.
40. Lord, M. D./Ranft, A, L., Organizational Learning About New International Markets: Exploring the Internal Transfer of Local Market Knowledge, Journal oflnternational Business Studies, 31, 4, 2000, pp. 573-589.
41. Lu, J. W./Beamish, P. W., International Diversification and Firm Performance: The S-Curve Hypothesis, Academy of Management Journal, 47, 4, 2004, pp. 589-609.
42. Malmberg, A./Maskell, P., Localized Learning Revisited, DRUID Working Paper No. 05-19, 2005.
43. Mu, S. C./Gnyawali, D. R.; Hatfield, D. E., Foreign Subsidiaries' Learning from Local Environments: An Empirical Test, Management International Review, 47,1,2007, pp. 79-102.
44. Nonaka, I., A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation, Organization Science, 5,1, 1994, pp. 14-37.
45. Peri, G., Determinants of Knowledge Flows and Their Effect on Innovation, Review of Economics and Statistics, 87,2,2005, pp. 308-322. (Pubitemid 40801763)
46. Pittaway, L. et al, Networking and Innovation: A Systematic Review of the Evidence, International Journal of Management Review, 5/6, 3/4,2004, pp. 37-168.
47. Porter, M. E./Stern, S., Measuring The "Ideas " Production Function: Evidence from International Patent Output, NBER Working Paper No. 7891,2000.
48. Rothwell, R./Dodgson, M., External Linkages and Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, R&D Management, 21,2,1991, pp. 125-137.
49. Rugman, A. M./Verbeke, A., Extending the Theory of the Multinational Enterprise: Internalization and Strategic Management Perspectives, Journal of International Business Studies, 34,2, 2003, pp. 125-137. (Pubitemid 36657258)
50. Rugman, A. M./Verbeke, A., A Perspective on Regional and Global Strategies of Multinational Enterprises, Journal of International Business Studies, 35,1,2004, pp. 3-18. (Pubitemid 38739711)
51. Sandberg, B., Customer-Related Proactiveness in the Radical Innovation Development Process, European Journal of Innovation Management, 10, 2, 2007, pp. 252-267.
52. Schmidt, T., Absorptive Capacity: One Size Fits All? A Firm-Level Analysis of Absorptive Capacity for Different Kinds of Knowledge, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-72, Mannheim 2005.
53. Sofka, W./Schmidt, T., I Like the Way You Move: An Empirical Investigation into the Mechanisms Behind First Mover and Follower Strategies, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-87, Mannheim 2004.
54. Sofka, W./Teichert, T., Global Sensing and Sensibility: A Multi-Stage Matching Assessment of Competitive Advantage from Foreign Sources of Innovation, Proceedings of Academy of Management, Atlanta 2006.
55. Stock, G. N./Tatikonda, M. V., External Technology Integration in Product and Process Development, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 24, 7, 2004, pp. 642-665. (Pubitemid 38956478)
56. Sullivan, D., Measuring the Degree of Internationalization of a Firm, Journal oflnternational Business Studies, 25, 2, 1994, pp. 325-342.
57. Szulanski, G., Exploring Internal Stickiness: Impediments to the Transfer of Best Practice within the Firm, Strategic Management Journal, 17, Special issue, 1996, pp. 27-43.
58. Szulanski, G., The Process of Knowledge Transfer: A Diachronic Analysis of Stickiness, Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, 82,1,2000, pp. 9-27.
59. Todorova, G./Durisin, B., Absorptive Capacity: Valuing a Reconceptualization, Academy of Management Review, 32, 3,2007, pp. 774-786.
60. Van den Bosch, F. A. J./Volberda, H. W./de Boer, M., Coevolution of Firm Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Environment: Organizational Forms and Combinative Capabilities, Organization Science, 10,5,1999, pp. 551-568.
61. Veugelers, R./Cassiman, B., Importance of International Linkages for Local Know-How Flows: Some Econometric Evidence from Belgium, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 2337, London 1999.
62. Von Zedtwitz, M., Managing Foreign R&D Laboratories in China, R&D Management, 34,4,2004, pp. 439-452.
63. Von Zedtwitz, M./Gassmann, O., Managing Customer Oriented Research, International Journal of Technology Management, 24,2/3,2002a, pp. 165-193.
64. Von Zedtwitz, M./Gassmann, O., Market Versus Technology Drive in R&D Internationalization: Four Different Patterns of Managing Research and Development, Research Policy, 31, 4, 2002b, pp. 569-588.
65. Von Zedtwitz, M./Gassmann, O./Boutellier, R., Organizing Global R&D: Challenges and Dilemmas, Journal of International Management, 10,1, 2004, pp. 21-49.
66. West, J./Graham, J. L., A Linguistic-Based Measure of Cultural Distance and Its Relationship to Managerial Values, Management International Review, 44, 2, 2004, pp. 239-260.
67. Wolter, F., Factor Proportions, Technology and West-German Industry's International Trade Patterns, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv No. 113, Tübingen 1977.
68. Zahra, S. A./George, G., Absorptive Capacity: A Review, Reconceptualization and. Extension, Academy of Management Journal, 27,2,2002, pp. 185-203.
69. Zaheer, S., Overcoming the Liability of Foreignness, Academy of Management Journal, 38, 2, 1995, pp. 341-364.
70. Zander, U./Kogut, B., Knowledge and the Speed of the Transfer and Imitation of Organizational Capabilities: An Empirical Test, Organization Science, 6,1,1995, pp. 76-92.