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Difficulties of Global R&D Projects: A Bridge Manager’s Perspective

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  • Nawarerk Chalarak

    (School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan)

  • Yasuo Sasaki

    (Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University, 1-5-1 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8588, Japan)

  • Naoshi Uchihira

    (School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan)

Abstract

In recent years, technology firms have been facing a highly competitive environment on a global scale. The firms are accelerating to establish R&D sites abroad in order to access global knowledge resources. In this context, global R&D projects have become more complex and R&D bridge managers (BMs), who facilitate global research collaboration, play a pivotal role here. This study aims to investigate the difficulties that BMs are facing and to explore the roles of BMs in global R&D projects. We interviewed nine BMs who have facilitated global R&D projects and propose a model depicting four common and critical difficulties present in facilitating research collaboration between teams in the home country and foreign R&D teams. The unique contribution of this paper focuses on the individual managerial level, while most previous studies on global R&D mainly focused on an organizational level.

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  • Nawarerk Chalarak & Yasuo Sasaki & Naoshi Uchihira, 2021. "Difficulties of Global R&D Projects: A Bridge Manager’s Perspective," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(06), pages 1-19, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:18:y:2021:i:06:n:s0219877021500309
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877021500309
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