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Strategic R%D internationalisation in developing Asian countries - the Italian experience

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  • Stefano Bresciani
  • Alkis Thrassou
  • Demetris Vrontis

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Increasingly over the last two decades, companies not only produce and sell, but also develop goods and services outside their home countries. Rapidly becoming the rule rather than the exception, these firms undertake significant R%D activities at different locations abroad. The phenomenon is especially visible in the developing Asian countries, whose markets are becoming extremely attractive to foreign firms while their workforces and infrastructural R%D capacities and competencies themselves progressively favour R%D. The aim of this paper is to show R%D internationalisation activities of firms from Italy in Asian developing countries. Using a dataset of 500 Italian firms with international R R%DD units, as well as interviews, we researched whether companies follow a knowledge augmenting or knowledge sourcing strategy. The results show a positive relation between the choice to settle R%D units in Asia and the sale of innovative products in Asia, concluding that firms follow a knowledge exploiting strategy, establishing their whole innovation value chain to developing Asian countries.

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  • Stefano Bresciani & Alkis Thrassou & Demetris Vrontis, 2015. "Strategic R%D internationalisation in developing Asian countries - the Italian experience," World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(2/3), pages 200-216.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:wremsd:v:11:y:2015:i:2/3:p:200-216
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    1. Veronica Scuotto & Gabriele Santoro & Armando Papa & Elias G. Carayannis, 2017. "Triggering open service innovation through social media networks," MERCATI & COMPETITIVIT?, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2017(3), pages 21-40.
    2. Bresciani, Stefano & Ferraris, Alberto & Del Giudice, Manlio, 2018. "The management of organizational ambidexterity through alliances in a new context of analysis: Internet of Things (IoT) smart city projects," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 331-338.
    3. Debellis, Francesco & De Massis, Alfredo & Messeni Petruzzelli, Antonio & Frattini, Federico & Del Giudice, Manlio, 2021. "Strategic agility and international joint ventures: The willingness-ability paradox of family firms," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 27(1).

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