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Outside the Triad: An Examination of International R&D Investments within Peripheral Economies

In: Multinationals on the Periphery

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  • Björn Ambos
  • Tina C. Ambos

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Corporate R&D, traditionally one of the most shielded and most centralized activities in the corporate value chain, has experienced a rapid internationalization over the last decade and a half. The risks of technology leakages, expensive double inventions, difficulties to control and a desire to reap economies of scale have traditionally led firms to concentrate their R&D activities within close proximity to corporate headquarters (see Ambos and Schlegelmilch, 2004; Pearce, 1989). A changing competitive environment, the increasing dispersion of knowledge and the concentration of competencies in so-called ‘pockets of knowledge’ around the world, has forced firms to absorb the risks of loosening control on their core competencies and to set up R&D units in overseas locations.

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  • Björn Ambos & Tina C. Ambos, 2007. "Outside the Triad: An Examination of International R&D Investments within Peripheral Economies," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Gabriel R. G. Benito & Rajneesh Narula (ed.), Multinationals on the Periphery, chapter 8, pages 188-205, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59304-6_8
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230593046_8
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    1. Tiwari, Rajnish & Fischer, Luise & Kalogerakis, Katharina, 2017. "Frugal innovation in Germany: A qualitative analysis of potential socio-economic impacts," Working Papers 96, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Institute for Technology and Innovation Management.

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