What drives the R&D capacity growth of foreign subsidiaries? A study of MNE subsidiaries in Korea
- Authors
- Hemmert, Martin; Lim, Chaisung; Kim, Seunghoi
- Issue Date
- 4-5월-2015
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- MNE subsidiaries; research and development; knowledge sourcing; cultural distance; Korea
- Citation
- ASIAN JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION, v.23, no.2, pp.121 - 139
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- ASIAN JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
- Volume
- 23
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 121
- End Page
- 139
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/93598
- DOI
- 10.1080/19761597.2015.1074518
- ISSN
- 1976-1597
- Abstract
- We propose and test a model of antecedents of research and development (R&D) capacity growth in foreign subsidiaries of multinational enterprises (MNEs) which considers subsidiaries' knowledge sourcing activities as well as aspects of headquarters-subsidiary relationships. An analysis of survey data collected from 118 foreign subsidiaries in South Korea reveals that their R&D capacity growth is positively related to external knowledge sourcing, but only marginally associated with internal knowledge sourcing. We also find that subsidiaries' R&D capacity growth is positively related to their managerial autonomy. Furthermore, cultural distance between MNE home and host countries has a marginal negative effect on R&D capacity growth and weakens the link between internal knowledge sourcing and R&D capacity growth. Overall, our results suggest that researchers, managers, and policy-makers who are concerned with the growth of R&D activities by MNE foreign subsidiaries should consider knowledge sourcing dimensions and relational factors not in an isolated manner, but in concert.
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