Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to determine the antecedents of reverse innovation. Design/methodology/approach -Data were collected through an online survey administered using telephone assistance and sent to the 1,000 largest (in terms of revenue) foreign subsidiaries in Brazil. The responding companies numbered 167. For the data analysis, the authors chose the statistical technique of structural equation modeling. Findings -The paper shows that reverse innovation is related to headquarters' support, autonomy, and integration. Specifically, the authors consider the power of strategic integration between headquarters and subsidiaries as one of the important antecedents of reverse innovation. Practical implications -Integration has an important role to reverse innovation. In order to stimulate integration, the executive of a subsidiary can make such efforts as invest in the mechanism of the relationship and exchange knowledge with headquarters. For example, it is recommended to encourage travel to the headquarters to more accurately align perceptions of parent and subsidiary executives and to utilize expatriates from headquarters to provide knowledge to subsidiaries about the main processes of the company and to promote subsidiary innovations. Originality/value -Literature contains some articles discussing and relating some cases of reverse innovation. However, this paper shows the organizational structure necessary for reverse innovation.
O presente artigo tem como objetivo mostrar que a inovação global em subsidiárias estrangeiras instaladas em mercados emergentes depende dos contextos competitivos nacional e internacional. A dependência é direta no âmbito internacional e indireta no contexto competitivo nacional. Isso porque as subsidiárias precisam se inserir nas redes externas do país hospedeiro para se valer dos benefícios do contexto competitivo nacional. Nesse intuito, o artigo utiliza como objeto de investigação as subsidiárias estrangeiras instaladas no Brasil como representantes das subsidiárias hospedadas em mercados emergentes. Para tanto, faz uso de modelos de equações estruturais. O resultado sugere que as subsidiárias estrangeiras localizadas em mercados emergentes que praticam atividades de inovação global usam estratégias diferenciadas para acessar os recursos do ambiente externo. Para aproveitar os benefícios do contexto competitivo nacional do país hospedeiro, elas precisam se envolver em redes técnicas como meio de superar as adversidades do local e aprender a operar no mercado emergente. Por sua vez, as subsidiárias integradas em cadeias produtivas globais fazem uso direto do contexto competitivo internacional localizado em países desenvolvidos.
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