【院庆·学术】贸易经济系学术讲座系列

主 题：Knowledge Transfer from the MNE Network and Foreign Subsidiaries’ Local Innovation

主讲人: 李家涛 (香港科技大学)

时 间：2020-10-21 14:00

地 点：Zoom 会议室

语 言：中英文

Zoom 会议室地址：

https://zoom.com.cn/j/64516259854

会议ID：645 1625 9854

讲座摘要：

Knowledge transfer from a multinational (MNE) and its global network to a foreign subsidiary does not automatically lead to innovation in a host country. To develop from a learner into an innovator a foreign subsidiary must develop sufficient absorptive capacity. But too much reliance on knowledge transferred from a parent firm could hinder local innovation by generating resource constraints. We thus predict an inverted U-shaped relationship between knowledge transfer from the MNE and its global network and local innovation. Moreover, factors which influence the transition from learner to innovator were investigated using data on patent applications by foreign subsidiaries of 75 large multinationals in China between 2008 and 2016. The number of research and development (R&D) centers the subsidiary maintains was found to be influential, as is hiring a local person as the subsidiary’s top manager. Greater institutional distance between parent’s and the subsidiary’s economies was found to promote the transition, as do greater technological richness and more vigorous competition in the host country. The relationship between knowledge transfer from an MNE and its global network and local innovation is weaker, however, in older subsidiaries.

主讲人简介：

李家涛教授，香港科技大学商学院利国伟商学讲席教授，管理学系讲座教授、商业战略与创新研究中心主任，美国国际商务学会(Academy of International Business)院士。李家涛教授是管理学研究领域全球最为知名的资深华人学者之一。他担任国际商务顶尖期刊Journal of International Business Studies 副主编。