Giuliani, Elisa, Gorgoni, Sara, Günther, Christina and Rabellotti, Roberta (2014) Emerging versus advanced country MNEs investing in Europe: a typology of subsidiary global–local connections. International Business Review, 23 (4). pp. 680-691. ISSN 0969-5931 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2013.06.002)

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Abstract

This paper empirically investigates how subsidiaries of multinationals from both emerging (EMNEs) and advanced (AMNEs) economies investing in Europe learn from the local context and contribute to it as much as they benefit from it. To explore this we classify the behavior of MNE subsidiaries into different typologies on the basis of how knowledge is transferred within the multinational and on the nature of the local innovative connections. The empirical analysis relies on an entirely new, subsidiary-level dataset in the industrial machinery sector in Italy and Germany. Results show that EMNEs and AMNEs undertake different strategies for tapping into local knowledge and for transferring it within the company. We identify a new typology of EMNE subsidiary that contributes through its significant local innovative efforts to development processes in the host country. This result suggests possible win-win situations from which novel policy implications may be drawn.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	multinational enterprise (MNE); emerging economies; knowledge transfer; innovation; local development;
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business Faculty of Business > Department of International Business & Economics Faculty of Business > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC) Faculty of Business > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC) > Centre for Business Network Analysis (CBNA)
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Last Modified:	14 May 2020 15:57
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/8916

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