Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature discussing the internationalization of research and development (R&D) among multinational companies by proposing a process description to capture the development of local R&D capabilities in subsidiaries....

This article, using an in-depth single case study approach, studies the local integration process between two globally merging multinational companies’ (MNCs) subsidiaries in India. The focus is on the interplay between the parent company and the subsidiary level during the local...

Innovation Spaces in Asia provides insight into how and why Asia is poised to impact global innovation. Asia is undergoing rapid developments in markets, sources of technology and user preferences. A key characteristic of the book is the rich empirical understanding of the dynamic processes,...

Despite extensive research on the importance of business networks for the internationalization of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), there is still a lack of knowledge on how such firms actively create networks that facilitate their international expansion. By employing and thereby also...

Examining the explanatory power of Lindblom's muddling-through concept, the paper contributes to the literature on SMEs' internationalization processes by exploring the underlying rationality of decisions made. The conducted case study shows that whereas several of the studied firm's decision...