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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Abstract

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 dventurousness 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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business : Local Contexts in Global Business
Editors	Klaus Meyer, Tunga Kiyak
Number of pages	2
Place of Publication	East Lansing, MI
Publisher	Academy of International Business
Publication date	2014
Pages	274-275
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	AIB 2014 Annual Meeting : Local Context in Global Business - Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, Canada Duration: 23 Jun 2014 → 26 Jun 2014 Conference number: 56 http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/

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Conference	AIB 2014 Annual Meeting
Number	56
Location	Westin Bayshore
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	23/06/2014 → 26/06/2014
Internet address	http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/

Series	Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings
Volume	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. In K. Meyer, & T. Kiyak (Eds.), Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business (pp. 274-275). Academy of International Business. 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. editor / Klaus Meyer ; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business, 2014. pp. 274-275 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 56).

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Blomkvist, K, Cantwell, JA, Kappen, P & Zander, I 2014, The Adventurous Gene: Technological Imprinting in the International Growth of the Multinational Corporation. in K Meyer & T Kiyak (eds), Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. Academy of International Business, East Lansing, MI, Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, vol. 56, pp. 274-275, AIB 2014 Annual Meeting , Vancouver, Canada, 23/06/2014. <http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/pdfs/AIB2014_Proceedings.pdf>

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

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Blomkvist K, Cantwell JA, Kappen P, Zander I. The Adventurous Gene: Technological Imprinting in the International Growth of the Multinational Corporation. In Meyer K, Kiyak T, editors, Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. East Lansing, MI: Academy of International Business. 2014. p. 274-275. (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 56).