Functional versus capability-oriented innovation management in multinational firms

Author

Kuemmerle, Walter ; Rosenbloom, Richard S.

Author_Institution

Technol. & Oper. Manage., Harvard Bus. Sch., Boston, MA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

36373

Firstpage

159

Abstract

This paper argues that innovation management in multinational firms can be enhanced by distinguishing two types of geographically dispersed facilities: capability-augmenting ones and capability-exploiting sites ones. The paper shows that this distinction rather than the established distinction of research sites versus development sites facilitates resource allocation decisions and strategic cooperation with local knowledge providers. An analysis of 8 matched case studies as well as a statistical analysis with 156 R&D sites supports this argument

Keywords

research and development management; statistical analysis; technology transfer; R&D; capability-oriented innovation management; case studies; development sites; functional-oriented innovation management; geographically dispersed facilities; multinational firms; research sites; resource allocation decisions; statistical analysis; strategic cooperation; Innovation management; Knowledge management; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Power system management; Research and development; Research and development management; Resource management; Statistical analysis; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

1-890843-02-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.1999.787800

Filename

787800