Driving Innovation Initiatives in a Multinational Company Subsidiary: A Case Study and Conceptual Framework for Further Application
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Subsidiary Innovation Capacity
2.1. Antecedents to Innovation Capacity: Facilitating Factors
2.2. Structural and Behavioral Contexts
2.3. Leadership
2.4. Influence of Different Contexts
- The local insertion and local resources are considered within the multiple insertion factor;
- The self-determination factor is understood as an initiative;
- The credibility factor is inserted in the relationship with the headquarter;
- Instead, the decentralization factor is considered as the autonomy factor.
2.5. Conceptual Research Framework
3. The Case
3.1. The Company
3.2. Interviews
3.3. Data Collection and Analysis
4. Discussion
4.1. Innovation Drives
4.2. Facilitating Factors
5. Final Remarks
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Respondent | Job Position | Site | Age | Experience (Years) | Scholar Degree |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Director | Subsidiary | 45 | 19 | Engineer |
2 | Supervisor | Subsidiary | 39 | 9 | MSc Engineer |
3 | Manager | Subsidiary | 41 | 8 | MSc Engineer |
4 | Director | Subsidiary | 40 | 13 | MSc Engineer |
5 | Manager | Subsidiary | 47 | 10 | Engineer |
6 | Manager | Subsidiary | 52 | 30 | MSc Engineer |
7 | Director | Subsidiary | 57 | 32 | MSc Engineer |
8 | Manager | Subsidiary | 37 | 16 | Engineer |
9 | Manager | Subsidiary | 61 | 36 | Engineer |
10 | Director | Subsidiary | 55 | 12 | BSc Accounting |
11 | Manager | Subsidiary | 41 | 10 | Engineer |
12 | Manager | Subsidiary | 46 | 10 | MSc Engineer |
13 | Supervisor | Subsidiary | 42 | 13 | Engineer |
14 | Manager | Subsidiary | 39 | 10 | Engineer |
15 | Manager | Headquarter | 39 | 12 | Engineer |
16 | Specialist | Headquarter | 61 | 34 | Engineer |
Top Term | Main Topic | Category |
---|---|---|
Innovations | Reasons to innovate | Competitiveness |
drives | Cost reduction | |
Survival | ||
Quality | ||
Product Complexity | ||
Differentiation | ||
Strategic importance | ||
Facilitating factors: Spontaneous | Skilled people/Knowledge | |
Culture | ||
Available resources | ||
Long-term relationship | ||
Type of Company | ||
Facilitating factors: Stimulated | Leadership | |
Investment policy | ||
Initiative | ||
Communication and Socialization | ||
Autonomy | ||
Cooperation and teamwork | ||
Absorption capacity | ||
Networking |
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Ribeiro, J.L.; Junior, J.A.V.A.; Silva, D.O.d.; Silva, W.D.d.; Sellitto, M.A. Driving Innovation Initiatives in a Multinational Company Subsidiary: A Case Study and Conceptual Framework for Further Application. J. Open Innov. Technol. Mark. Complex. 2022, 8, 187. https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc8040187
Ribeiro JL, Junior JAVA, Silva DOd, Silva WDd, Sellitto MA. Driving Innovation Initiatives in a Multinational Company Subsidiary: A Case Study and Conceptual Framework for Further Application. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity. 2022; 8(4):187. https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc8040187
Chicago/Turabian StyleRibeiro, Jeferson Lima, José Antônio Valle Antunes Junior, Débora Oliveira da Silva, Wagner Dorneles da Silva, and Miguel Afonso Sellitto. 2022. "Driving Innovation Initiatives in a Multinational Company Subsidiary: A Case Study and Conceptual Framework for Further Application" Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 8, no. 4: 187. https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc8040187