The liability of localness in innovation

Volume: 47, Issue: 1, Pages: 44 - 67
Published: Oct 1, 2015
Abstract
I analyze differences in the innovativeness of domestic firms and subsidiaries of foreign firms operating in the same country. I argue that domestic firms suffer a liability of localness in innovation, or a competitive disadvantage in product innovation relative to subsidiaries of foreign firms. I propose that this liability of localness is driven by the relatively lower levels of multiculturalism in employees of domestic firms in comparison...
Paper Details
Title
The liability of localness in innovation
Published Date
Oct 1, 2015
Volume
47
Issue
1
Pages
44 - 67
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