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Local cooperation for innovation: food and beverage multinationals in a peripheral European country

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  • Antonio García Sánchez
  • José Molero
  • Ruth Rama

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We performed econometric analysis to identify some of the main features of food and beverage foreign subsidiaries engaged in local R%D cooperation. In Spain, their main contributions to local networks of innovators seem to be financial and commercial rather than technological. Foreign subsidiaries that display high R%D intensity, and have a large number of R%D employees or a large share of new products in turnover, are not necessarily engaged in local R%D networks. Foreign subsidiaries facing fewer obstacles to innovation than the average food and beverage firm seem better able to build those networks. The most important features of food and beverage multinationals that cooperate for innovation with local partners are those of economic strength and dominant market position. Foreign subsidiaries appear to combine internal and external information in order to innovate. Their size or their export activities are not significantly associated with a possible involvement in local cooperation for innovation.

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  • Antonio García Sánchez & José Molero & Ruth Rama, 2016. "Local cooperation for innovation: food and beverage multinationals in a peripheral European country," International Journal of Multinational Corporation Strategy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(2), pages 107-132.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmcst:v:1:y:2016:i:2:p:107-132
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    1. Marina Papanastassiou & Robert Pearce & Antonello Zanfei, 2020. "Changing perspectives on the internationalization of R&D and innovation by multinational enterprises: A review of the literature," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 51(4), pages 623-664, June.
    2. Claudio Cozza & Giulio Perani & Antonello Zanfei, 2018. "Multinationals and R&D cooperation: empirical evidence from the Italian R&D survey," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 35(2), pages 601-621, August.
    3. Antonio García-Sánchez & Ruth Rama, 2022. "Cooperative innovation and crises: Foreign subsidiaries, state-owned enterprises, and domestic private firms [Directorship Interlocks in Comparative Perspective: The Case of Spain]," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 49(6), pages 915-927.
    4. Helena Lenihan & Kevin Mulligan & Justin Doran & Christian Rammer & Olubunmi Ipinnaiye, 2024. "R&D grants and R&D tax credits to foreign-owned subsidiaries: Does supporting multinational enterprises’ R&D pay off in terms of firm performance improvements for the host economy?," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 49(2), pages 740-781, April.
    5. Si Zhang & Shasha Zhao & Ioannis Bournakis & Robert Pearce & Marina Papanastassiou, 2018. "Subsidiary roles as determinants of subsidiary technology sourcing: empirical evidence from China," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 35(2), pages 623-648, August.

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