“Distance” in intellectual property protection and <scp>MNEs</scp>’ foreign subsidiary innovation performance

Konara, Palitha; Batsakis, Georgios; Shirodkar, Vikrant

doi:10.1111/jpim.12617

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“…We argue here that this crucial gap in research is mainly because research has had a limited focus on the paradoxical nature of ID, or in other words, with the exception of the few (see Konara et al, 2022;Konara and Shirodkar, 2018), research has treated distance mainly symmetrically, disregarding how certain factors may offset any given influences simultaneously. To address this, based on the argument that in distant environments, the subsidiary's needs for engagement in local innovation activity increase (Bittencourt et al, 2017;Dunning and Lundan, 2008a, b), we argue that MNEs in certain host countries may assign their subsidiaries a certain level of autonomy to innovate, and this will offset the negative influences of formal ID.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Discussion, implications and limitations This study was motivated by the observation of increasing symmetry in ID research (Konara et al, 2022;Konara and Shirodkar, 2018), which ignores the paradoxical nature of ID, particularly in terms of the factors that offset the possible influences of formal ID. We challenge the assumption that formal ID can only have negative influences.…”

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Linking formal institutional distance, subsidiary autonomy for innovation and subsidiary global (value-added) mandates

Raziq,

Saleem,

Sumbal

et al. 2024

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PurposeThis study examines the effects of formal institutional distance (ID) on the foreign subsidiary global mandates (i.e. the subsidiary value-added role in terms of research and development (R&D), product management and supplying of inputs to the multinational enterprise (MNE) globally). Furthermore, it examines the mediating role of subsidiary autonomy for innovation in the relationship between formal ID and subsidiary global mandates.Design/methodology/approachSurvey evidence from foreign subsidiaries in a remote developed economy, i.e. New Zealand, is obtained. Formal distance is measured based on the worldwide governance indicators (WGI), and the hypotheses are tested using structural equation modeling.FindingsResults show that the direct link between formal ID and subsidiary global mandates is negative. However, autonomy for innovation as a mediator offsets this negative relationship, showing a positive mediating effect between formal ID and subsidiary global mandates.Originality/valueThis study extends research on foreign subsidiaries and their value-added roles in the MNE. We show the differentiated role of formal ID and indicate a contingency showing how the negative influence of formal ID on subsidiary global mandates can be offset. The inconsistent mediation of autonomy for innovation suggests that the concept of ID is multifaceted and complex, in contrast to the popular view that ID has only negative implications. Drawing upon evidence from a remote, developed economy and secondary data sources, we suggest how MNEs may positively use their formal ID with their subsidiaries.

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Linking formal institutional distance, subsidiary autonomy for innovation and subsidiary global (value-added) mandates

Raziq,

Saleem,

Sumbal

et al. 2024

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“…Following recent developments in the literature with regard to the role, effect and treatment of institutional distance, we aim to extend our empirical analysis by joining the debate on direction of institutional distance (see e.g. Contractor, Yang and Gaur, 2016; Hernández and Nieto, 2015; Konara, Batsakis and Shirodkar, 2022). The aforementioned research has argued that the assumed symmetry in interpreting and estimating institutional distance has created an ongoing paradox, to a great extent unresolved, leading to spurious findings and inconsistent estimates.…”

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Contract Types, Institutional Distance and Operational Performance: Evidence from Global Trade Flows in the LNG Industry

Batsakis

Robotis

Koulamas

et al. 2022

British J of Management

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In this study, we examine the relationship between contract types, institutional distance and operational performance in the context of cross‐border trade in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. Drawing on the buyer–supplier long‐term relationships literature, we argue for a negative link between short‐term contractual agreements and operational performance. Further, drawing insights from institutional theory, we contend that a high level of formal and informal institutional distance between the origin (i.e. supplier) and destination (i.e. buyer) countries reduces operational performance. We also argue that formal and informal institutional distance mitigates the negative effect of short‐term contracts on operational performance. Finally, we draw on the role of ‘asymmetry in distance’ by examining the direct and moderating effect of both the relevance and direction of formal institutional distance. We test our assumptions using LNG global trade flows from 39 source countries to 44 destination countries over the 2008–2017 period (a total of 17,447 shipments). Our study extends our knowledge on the operational performance implications of buyer–supplier relationships and stresses the important role formal and informal institutional distance plays as a direct and moderating effect on this relationship.

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“…Literature [11] in order to explore the effect of strategic IP sharing, proposed a game theory model to analyze the interaction between the degree of openness of the same-side platform, the absorptive capacity of the subject and the intensity of the network effect, which reveals the degree of competition of the open platform under the network effect. Literature [12] found that the distance of MNCs and the distance of the intensity of the host country's IP protection on the basis of the institution of intellectual property rights reduces the innovation capacity of MNCs in foreign subsidiaries and negatively affects the innovation performance of foreign subsidiaries through the study. Literature [13] adds a multi-supply environment to a multi-invention environment while incorporating the ecosystem to develop an IP strategy for a logistics network and a continuous and used IP strategy by combining the IP strategy with industry solutions through multi-IP protection.…”

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Modernization of Intellectual Property Discipline Governance Based on Multivariate Statistical Analysis Towards the Construction of a Powerful Intellectual Property Country

2023

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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In this paper, after using the TF-IDF algorithm to calculate the weights of intellectual property keywords of digital content, the weights of fused word multi-features are improved to obtain the proportion of intellectual property keywords. Based on intellectual property keywords, combining adversarial fingerprint generation and intellectual property authentication, an intellectual property protection model based on RCNN is constructed. From the perspective of strong nation-building, the research on intellectual property affecting the artificial intelligence industry is designed, and multivariate statistical analysis of scientific governance of intellectual property in the context of strong nation-building is carried out. The results show that the SSIM values obtained by the method of this paper are much better than those obtained by the comparison method in terms of model analysis. Except for the anti-quantization attack, the rest of the indicators are all greater than 0.9. It confirms that the method presented in this paper has excellent robustness in protecting intellectual property. In the empirical analysis of the impact of intellectual property rights on the artificial intelligence industry, except for RDF, which is significant at the 5% level, the regression coefficients of the other explanatory variables are all significant at the 1% level, 2 R amounting to 0.860771 and with a DW value of 1.667387 in the range of 1.5-2.5, that is, it indicates that the level of China’s intellectual property rights protection and the competitiveness of the AI industry are positively correlated. It is positively correlated. This study promotes the improvement of China’s innovation ability and the formation of innovation mechanisms from the aspect of intellectual property protection so as to realize the comprehensive catching up of technology and economy of late-developed countries.

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“Distance” in intellectual property protection and MNEs’ foreign subsidiary innovation performance

Cited by 12 publications

References 133 publications

Linking formal institutional distance, subsidiary autonomy for innovation and subsidiary global (value-added) mandates

Linking formal institutional distance, subsidiary autonomy for innovation and subsidiary global (value-added) mandates

Contract Types, Institutional Distance and Operational Performance: Evidence from Global Trade Flows in the LNG Industry

Modernization of Intellectual Property Discipline Governance Based on Multivariate Statistical Analysis Towards the Construction of a Powerful Intellectual Property Country

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