Offshore knowledge incubation: the “third path” for embedding R&D labs in foreign systems of innovation Export

@article{citeulike:4096649, abstract = {Offshore knowledge incubation (OKI) denotes the effort by foreign R\&D units of MNCs to achieve local embeddedness within the host-country R\&D system, even at the expense of remaining detached from the rest of the MNC. An open-ended social interaction and learning process, OKI can be seen as a novel path of MNC subsidiary evolution. In a qualitative study of eight European ” knowledge incubators,” the concept was found to be useful for analyzing the adjustment in R\&D strategies of Japanese firms venturing into basic research abroad and of U.S. information technology companies coping with the turbulent IT environment of the 1990s.}, author = {Lehrer, M. and Asakawa, K.}, citeulike-article-id = {4096649}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1090-9516(02)00096-2}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1090951602000962}, doi = {10.1016/S1090-9516(02)00096-2}, issn = {10909516}, journal = {Journal of World Business}, keywords = {foreign, incubation, innovation, knowledge, labs, offshore, pathembedding, rd, systems, third}, month = {FebruaryApril}, number = {4}, pages = {297--306}, posted-at = {2009-02-25 06:47:33}, priority = {2}, title = {Offshore knowledge incubation: the ” third path” for embedding R\&D labs in foreign systems of innovation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1090-9516(02)00096-2}, volume = {37}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4096649 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4096649 N2 - Offshore knowledge incubation (OKI) denotes the effort by foreign R&D units of MNCs to achieve local embeddedness within the host-country R&D system, even at the expense of remaining detached from the rest of the MNC. An open-ended social interaction and learning process, OKI can be seen as a novel path of MNC subsidiary evolution. In a qualitative study of eight European “knowledge incubators,” the concept was found to be useful for analyzing the adjustment in R&D strategies of Japanese firms venturing into basic research abroad and of U.S. information technology companies coping with the turbulent IT environment of the 1990s. IS - 4 JF - Journal of World Business SN - 10909516 EP - 306 TI - Offshore knowledge incubation: the “third path” for embedding R&D labs in foreign systems of innovation VL - 37 SP - 297 KW - foreign KW - incubation KW - innovation KW - knowledge KW - labs KW - offshore KW - pathembedding KW - rd KW - systems KW - third AU - Lehrer, M AU - Asakawa, K PY - 2002/24// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1090-9516(02)00096-2 ER -