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Código: 82
Tipo: Artigo Científico
Área: Inovação
Tema: Inovação, Internacionalização e Estratégia

 

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Development Of Local Innovation Capabilities For Global R&d Projects Integration On Mnes
 

This article extends knowledge concerning the building of local innovation capabilities that contribute to enables multinational subsidiaries from emerging markets its insertion in global R&D global projects opening opportunities for the attraction of R&D centers. The results outline the importance of these local capabilities and contributes to demonstrate that, in emerging markets, the insertion of multinational subsidiaries in a global R&D projects occur through an evolutionary process that starts with local capabilities development in process/product innovation, for then evolute to develop of R&D local capabilities through the local collaboration with partners and institutions. Our research investigated 131 foreign multinational subsidiaries operating in Brazil, in which were interviewed from two to five directors or executives at C-Level and from Innovation, R&D, Engineering, Product Development, Projects departments. Our results show that the participation and the innovation in process and product are a result of the specific characteristics of the market but also the targeting of R&D local activities for capability build that lead to the insertion in a global project, especially for companies on emerging markets contexts. Moreover, some theoretical and managerial contributions are presented as well as some directions for future research.