Roles of MNE's Headquarters and Subsidiaries on Global Innovation Strategies

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23730377
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Business administration
• Research Institution: Keio University (2012-2014); Rikkyo University (2011)
• Principal Investigator: IGUCHI Chie 慶應義塾大学, 商学部, 准教授 (20411209)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: グローバル・イノベーション戦略 / 多国籍企業 / 在外子会社 / 研究開発 / 企業間連携 / 東南アジア / 競争優位

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed to get a better understanding of the MNE subsidiaries’ inter-organizational linkages. In the context of a NIS, the crucial actors in this study are MNE subsidiaries and local suppliers for technological innovative activity. Subsidiaries and suppliers are effectively interacting through forms of inter-organizational linkages; both have possible influences from inter-organizational linkages.

This research contributes to discussions on the inter-organizational linkages in a host and neighboring countries by using data obtained in the South East Asian countries. Existing literature addressed and generalized the effectiveness of MNE subsidiaries in NIS; however, the evidence that industrial development in countries like the Philippines is proceeding in a different direction points out some limitations of existing literature.

Free Research Field

国際経営論、グローバル・イノベーション論