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Reverse Transfers of Innovation and National Development: Evidence from Brazilian Subsidiaries

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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Title Reverse Transfers of Innovation and National Development: Evidence from Brazilian Subsidiaries
 
Creator Bezerra, Maitê Alves
Borini, Felipe Mendes
Ferranty, Maria Laura Maclennan
 
Subject reverse transfer, innovation transfer, product innovation, process innovation, subsidiaries
 
Description The search for innovation has become an important motivation for the internationalization of companies in emerging countries. In that context, this study tests the impact that a nation’s development has on whether subsidiaries transfer innovation of products or that of processes. Survey data collected from 73 subsidiaries of Brazilian companies indicate that companies located in developed markets tend to transfer more product-oriented innovations than do those based in emerging countries. Furthermore, the size and age of a subsidiary has an impact on the transfer process. The larger and younger the subsidiary, the more likely a company is to favor the flow of product innovation into its headquarters. The level of national development was not identified as an influence on the flow of process innovation.
 
Publisher Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
 
Contributor FAPESP
Observatório de Multinacionais Brasileiras
 
Date 2015-12-15
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1891
10.4067/S0718-27242015000400001
 
Source Journal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol 10, No 4 (2015); 1-8
Journal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol 10, No 4 (2015); 1-8
0718-2724
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1891/990
 
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