Reverse innovation antecedents

Felipe Mendes Borini, Sidney Costa and Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Junior

International Journal of Emerging Markets, 2016, vol. 11, issue 2, 175-189

Abstract: Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to determine the antecedents of reverse innovation. Design/methodology/approach - – Data were collected through an online survey administered using telephone assistance and sent to the 1,000 largest (in terms of revenue) foreign subsidiaries in Brazil. The responding companies numbered 167. For the data analysis, the authors chose the statistical technique of structural equation modeling. Findings - – The paper shows that reverse innovation is related to headquarters’ support, autonomy, and integration. Specifically, the authors consider the power of strategic integration between headquarters and subsidiaries as one of the important antecedents of reverse innovation. Practical implications - – Integration has an important role to reverse innovation. In order to stimulate integration, the executive of a subsidiary can make such efforts as invest in the mechanism of the relationship and exchange knowledge with headquarters. For example, it is recommended to encourage travel to the headquarters to more accurately align perceptions of parent and subsidiary executives and to utilize expatriates from headquarters to provide knowledge to subsidiaries about the main processes of the company and to promote subsidiary innovations. Originality/value - – Literature contains some articles discussing and relating some cases of reverse innovation. However, this paper shows the organizational structure necessary for reverse innovation.

Keywords: Reverse innovation; Integration; Institutional distance; Autonomy; Foreign subsidiaries; Headquarter support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1108/IJoEM-11-2013-0194

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