MNE-subsidiaries' innovation capability building and learning in emerging economies: firm-level evidence from the ICT industry in Brazil

This paper is concerned with innovation capability accumulation paths and the role of learning processes in MNE-subsidiaries in emerging economies. Drawing on evidence from subsidiaries of the ICT industry in Brazil (1996–2008) we found: 1 variability across the subsidiaries in terms of the manner in which they improved their innovation performance over time 2 such differences reflected heterogeneity across the subsidiaries in terms of their...