New Knowledge in Global Innovation Teams

Christopher Gresse and Andre Slowak

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Abstract: In multinational enterprises (MNEs), global innovation teams are used increasingly to pool knowledge from different international subsidiaries. While it is fairly well described how subsidiaries fulfill product and know-how mandates, how parents and subsidiaries may/should interact and why team diversity is desirable from the corporate standpoint (i.e. to strengthen corporate culture), little is known about the possible innovation and technology knowledge-related benefits global innovation teams offer. In this paper, it is proposed that resources, customer knowledge, knowledge diffusion, and knowledge protection play a crucial role in a MNEs decision to deploy a global innovation team. Results from four case studies and two expert interviews show that there are indeed significant reasons for a global team deployment within innovation projects.

Keywords: Global Teams; Innovation; Knowledge Creation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 M20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-01-21
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