RT Journal Article
T1 Are ‘the best’ foreign subsidiaries cooperating for innovation with local partners? The case of an intermediate country
A1 García Sánchez, Antonio
A1 Molero Zayas, José
A1 Rama, Ruth
AB We analyse a sample of firms that are representative of Spanish manufacturing industry, in order to understand the relationship between foreign status and local cooperation for innovation. We focus on foreign subsidiaries (FS) displaying innovation intensity, newness of technology or the ability to build complex networks with local innovators. Foreign status increases the probability of local cooperation for innovation. However, FS displaying these characteristics are not necessarily more prone to cooperate locally for innovation than similar affiliated domestic firms. The distribution of cooperative FS tends to be even across sectors and this is confirmed for advanced FS. This suggests that FS look for general capabilities in local partnerships, rather than for specific expertise. The strategies of domestic affiliated firms seem to influence the relationship between foreign status and local cooperation for innovation.
PB Oxford University Press
SN 0302-3427
YR 2016
FD 2016-08
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18780
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18780
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO Junta de Andalucía
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 may 2024