The Adventurous Gene: Technological Imprinting in the International Growth of the Multinational Corporation

Katarina Blomkvist; John A. Cantwell; Philip Kappen; Ivo Zander

The Adventurous Gene: Technological Imprinting in the International Growth of the Multinational Corporation

Katarina Blomkvist, John A. Cantwell, Philip Kappen, Ivo Zander

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In this paper we explore the notion of imprinting in the multinational corporation (MNC), specifically how during the brief period when foreign subsidiaries turn into technologically advanced units they are influenced by the technological activities carried out at headquarters and home country units. We hypothesize and empirically show that during that period of transition the degree of adventurousness or explorative intensity of home country units is replicated and has a long-lasting effect on the type of technological work carried out by the foreign subsidiaries. The results suggest the systematic transfer of an ‘adventurous gene’ in the international growth of the MNC, with potentially broader implications for the study of foreign subsidiary development and a furthering of the evolutionary theory of the MNC.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business : Local Contexts in Global Business
Redaktører	Klaus Meyer, Tunga Kiyak
Antal sider	2
Udgivelsessted	East Lansing, MI
Forlag	Academy of International Business
Publikationsdato	2014
Sider	274-275
Status	Udgivet - 2014
Begivenhed	AIB 2014 Annual Meeting : Local Context in Global Business - Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, Canada Varighed: 23 jun. 2014 → 26 jun. 2014 Konferencens nummer: 56 http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/

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Konference	AIB 2014 Annual Meeting
Nummer	56
Lokation	Westin Bayshore
Land/Område	Canada
By	Vancouver
Periode	23/06/2014 → 26/06/2014
Internetadresse	http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/

Navn	Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings
Vol/bind	56
ISSN	2078-4430

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Blomkvist, K., Cantwell, J. A., Kappen, P., & Zander, I. (2014). The Adventurous Gene: Technological Imprinting in the International Growth of the Multinational Corporation. I K. Meyer, & T. Kiyak (red.), Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business (s. 274-275). Academy of International Business. Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings Bind 56 http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/pdfs/AIB2014_Proceedings.pdf

Blomkvist, Katarina ; Cantwell, John A. ; Kappen, Philip et al. / The Adventurous Gene : Technological Imprinting in the International Growth of the Multinational Corporation. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. red. / Klaus Meyer ; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business, 2014. s. 274-275 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Bind 56).

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Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. red. / Klaus Meyer; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business, 2014. s. 274-275 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Bind 56).

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