Intra-firm Global R&D Networks of US IT MNCs as a Source of Competitiveness: Focusing on the Polar Comparison of Google, IBM and Canon

Fumio Komoda (), Atsuho Nakayama () and Takabumi Hayashi ()
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Fumio Komoda: Saitama University
Atsuho Nakayama: Tokyo Metropolitan University
Takabumi Hayashi: Rikkyo University

International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness, 2021, vol. 16, issue 2, No 3, 104-115

Abstract: Abstract Since the end of the twentieth century, creation and transfer of knowledge beyond “time & space (border)” have been promoted like never before in two forms: intra-firm and inter-firm networks, mainly due to the evolution of ICT based on digital and software technology. In the new R&D paradigm, the competitiveness of the company in the global market is determined by whether or not the company succeeds in building a global network created by bringing up for the R&D capacity both of the home country and overseas subsidiaries. In that sense, elucidating the nature of global R&D networks by the company is an important issue. However, previous research on global networking of R&D activities have been biased towards qualitative and empirical rather than quantitative analysis. Therefore, after overviewing the internationalization of R&D activities for eight US IT companies, the paper examines Google, IBM, and Japanese Canon to visualize and clarify characteristics of intra-firm R&D networks quantitatively based on some indicators of network theory such as density and centrality.

Keywords: Globalization of R&D; Network theory; US IT MNCs; Nationality of inventors; Competitiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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