Innovation processes in the Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of MNCs – an integrated view from case studies

Igor Gurkov and Sergey Filippov

HSE Working papers from National Research University Higher School of Economics

Abstract: The extant literature acknowledges the role of overseas subsidiaries in the growth and development of multinational companies (MNCs). Such subsidiaries are viewed as critical players in the innovation process at MNCs. Although this topic has gained importance, it remains largely under-researched in the Russian context. This study aims to fill this gap by examining the dynamics of the innovation process in Russian-based subsidiaries of global MNCs. It seeks to explore and understand motivation and drivers of innovation, key participants, and impact and outcomes of innovation, with a specific reference to the peculiarities of the Russian institutional environment. We present qualitative findings from several case studies of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of foreign MNCs, which indicate that Russian subsidiaries are not only recipients of knowledge and technology developed elsewhere in the MNCs, but are active developers of innovative products and solutions that are later applied in other units of the respective MNCs

Keywords: Innovation; Subsidiaries; Russia; Manufacturing; MNCs; Technologies. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 L21 L22 L23 L60 M11 O31 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2013
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Published in WP BRP Series: Management / MAN, July 2013, pages 1-33

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