Innovation systems and ‘inertia’ in R&D location: Norwegian firms and the role of systemic lock-in

By Rajneesh Narula. 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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R&D Offshoring and the Productivity Growth of European Regions (2012, positive): “Research and Development (R&D), together with other core business activities, is usually centralized at the firms’ headquarters in the home country (Patel and Pavitt, 1991; Narula, 2002; Belderbos et al., 2010), but the last decades have documented an increase in the internationalization of R&D and ”
Advancing regional innovation systems: What does evolutionary economic geography bring to the policy table? (2017, background): “…developed externally (Chaminade and Plechero 2015; O'Farrell, Zheng, and Wood 1996), yet at the same time constrain their ability to do so due to overall peripherality (Johanson and Vahlne 2009) and lock-in effects at the level of firms (Narula 2002; Ebersberger, Herstad, and Koller 2014).”
Environmental influences on MNE subsidiary roles: economic integration and the Nordic countries (2003, background): “Thus, when an MNE chooses to exit, it must suffer the costs of entry in another location (in terms of effort, capital and time), and these costs are non-trivial (Narula 2002).”
Exploring the paradox of competence‐creating subsidiaries : balancing bandwidth and dispersion in MNEs (2014, neutral): “Formal and informal institutions bind firms to other actors, including governments (Narula 2002, Nachum and Keeble 2003).”
The Emergence of China and India as New Competitors in MNCs' Innovation Networks (2009, background): “As a result, the R&D function of firms may be subject to a path-dependent systemic ‘lock-in’ in their national or regional industry-specific innovation system (Narula 2002).”
Location, collocation and R&D alliances in the European ICT industry (2009, background): “…and that this changes relatively slowly over time (Cantwell, 1989; Cantwell and Iammarino, 2003) because firms are often ‘locked-in’ to relationships with suppliers, customers and knowledge infrastructure through formal and informal institutions that have taken years to evolve (Narula, 2002).”
Do we need different frameworks to explain infant MNEs from developing countries (2012, background): “These advantages are not transferable to foreign markets, and establishing ‘membership’ in business and innovation networks in new locations is not costless (Narula 2002).”
The performance of the Norwegian carbon dioxide, capture and storage innovation system (2009, background): “Together with the national oil companies, these resources-based industrial interest groups occupy a privileged role in Norwegian politics and the Norwegian innovation system (Narula, 2002).”
Innovation in and from emerging economies: New insights and lessons for international business research (2021, background): “This presents challenges for states in their pursuit of higher levels of innovatory activity, and the building-up of competitive advantage (Narula, 2002).”
Evolutionary entrepreneurial ecosystems: a research pathway (2021, background): “Excessive specializing in a narrow set of economic activities is deemed detrimental to the long-term competitiveness of a mature regional economy (Hassink & Shin, 2005; Narula, 2002; Williams & Vorley, 2014) as this makes them vulnerable to others’ comparative advantages.”
Multinational Enterprises, Development and Globalization: Some Clarifications and a Research Agenda (2010, background): “MNEs tend to display a strong inertia towards maintaining their R&D activities in a few (carefully selected) locations (Narula, 2002).”
Strategic repositioning by means of alliance networks: The case of IBM (2007, background): “It departs from the classical view in which large firms reposition themselves through internal restructuring processes or by means of Merger and Acquisition activities and can also be seen as a solution to the structural inertia problem which is widely discussed in organizational ecology theory (e.g”
Reverse knowledge transfer in MNEs: : subsidiary innovativeness and entry modes (2014, background): “Foreign direct investment (FDI) resulting in the formation of foreign subsidiaries has become an important means of spurring the dynamic process of learning and competence creation within the MNE (Cantwell and Piscitello, 1999; Cantwell and Piscitello 2000).”
Role of home and host country innovation systems in r&d internationalisation: a patent citation analysis (2005, background): “A single national innovation system is often unable to offer the full range of inter-related technological assets required for this diversification strategy (Narula, 2002).”