Close Together or Far Apart?: The Geography of Host-country Knowledge Sourcing and MNC's Innovation Performance

Alessandra Perri; Grazia D. Santangelo

doi:10.1080/00343404.2022.2084058

Close Together or Far Apart? The Geography of Host-country Knowledge Sourcing and MNC's Innovation Performance

Alessandra Perri, Grazia D. Santangelo^*

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Abstract

We investigate the influence of different host-country knowledge sources on the quality and generality of multinational corporation (MNC) innovation. We suggest that the quality of MNC innovation increases with the geographical distance from local industrial organizations. We also argue that the generality of MNC innovation increases with the distance from local research institutions, but decreases after a certain threshold. We explain these relationships based on the different cognitive and geographical distances separating MNC innovation activities from industrial organizations and research institutions. We test our arguments on a sample of US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patents developed in the United States by foreign semiconductor MNCs.

Original language	English
Journal	Regional Studies
Volume	57
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	370-383
Number of pages	14
ISSN	0034-3404
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2084058
Publication status	Published - Feb 2023

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Published online: 07 Jul 2022.

Keywords

Multinational corporation (MNC)
Innovation quality and generality
Host-country knowledge sourcing
Geographical distance
Cognitive distance

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