MNE–SME co-innovation in peripheral regions

While there is growing interest in the division of entrepreneurial labor between MNEs and SMEs, most prior work focuses on empirical settings based within reputed clusters. To gain a more complete understanding of this phenomenon, we explore policy-induced efforts to facilitate MNE–SME collaboration for innovation in peripheral subnational regions (ones outside reputed clusters) in China and the UK. Our inductive study suggests that non-market...