C 2021

More than Knowledge Seeking: A Cooperation-seeking Motive for Innovation in MNEs.

ZÁMBORSKÝ, Peter, Igor INGRŠT and Bernhard DACHS

Basic information

Original name

More than Knowledge Seeking: A Cooperation-seeking Motive for Innovation in MNEs.

Authors

ZÁMBORSKÝ, Peter, Igor INGRŠT (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Bernhard DACHS

Edition

United Kingdom, International HRM and Development in Emerging Market Multinationals, p. 149-172, 24 pp. International HRM and Development in Emerging Market Multinationals, 2021

Publisher

Routledge

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50204 Business and management

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

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RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/21:00129961

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

ISBN

978-0-367-47826-1

DOI

UT WoS

000893261000008

Keywords in English

innovation motives; innovation performance; knowledge management; emerging MNE

Tags

Změněno: 8/4/2024 15:18, Mgr. Jiří Poláček, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

The aim of this chapter is to explain the differences between the innovation motives underlying subsidiaries of different types and uncover motives that are inconsistent with the current theory, which mainly focuses on innovation between developed multinational enterprises (MNEs) and by MNEs from emerging economies (EMNEs) operating in developed countries. The chapter employs a multiple case-study analysis method. It first compares and contrasts motives for innovation of four multinationals (two from emerging and two from developed countries) from the machinery and equipment manufacturing industry operating in Europe. Then it conceptualises and explores the cooperation-seeking motive in depth with a focus on the two EMNEs, and develops one proposition about it. The motive is elaborated on by linking it to the underlying management of knowledge and cooperation for innovation in EMNEs. Implications are drawn for the EMNE knowledge management literature, the emerging theory-building effort around knowledge connectivity and connectedness, and the broader EMNE international business literature. The main contribution of this chapter is a development of what we term a cooperation-seeking motive for foreign direct investment (FDI) in innovation-intensive activities. We propose that in addition to the knowledge-seeking (or strategic-asset seeking) motive traditionally ascribed to EMNEs, MNEs from both emerging and developed countries, investing abroad, may also have a cooperation-seeking innovation-investment motive. We define this motive as being motivated by both internal cooperation (high internal connectedness within the group) and external cooperation (high external connectedness with stakeholders such as suppliers, clients and universities in the host market).