This article reviews where we have come from and where we are going in research on
regional growth and development. Our object of study is the region, an imprecise term that …

OVERVIEW: The quality and number of innovations developed by multinational companies
from emerging countries is increasing dramatically. In particular, frugal innovations—“good …

Cisco is regarded as one of the world's most innovative companies. It does very little
research and acquires most of its technology from external sources. After Solow (1957) had …

Research and development are subject to different location drivers. The analysis of 1021
R&D units, each distinguished by its main orientation towards either research or …

Searching for externally available knowledge has been characterised as a vital part of the
innovation process. Previous research has, however, almost exclusively focused on high …

This paper investigates the effect of R&D internationalization on firm innovation
performance. Using a longitudinal dataset of Taiwanese high-tech firms, we test the effects …

The globalization of markets, the regionalization of technical and scientific expertise, and the
rapid change in technologies are forcing technology-based companies to continuously …

The management of innovation through modular product architecture strategies is gaining
increasing importance for firms, both in practice and theory. Modularity refers to a new …

The past years have seen a decentralization of R&D to local markets and centres‐of‐
excellence. Supported by modern information and communication technologies,'virtual …

This study examines factors that influence the development and transformation of local
innovations into global innovations from an emerging market subsidiary. We argue that …