Organizational Innovation, MNEs and Emerging Economies: Promoting co- innovation within 'shared-value governance' R&D alliances in India Event
Event details
A rare opportunity to hear and question the Editors of the world's two leading/flagship journals in economic geography. Professor Yuko Aoyama, Clark University, USA (Editor, Economic Geography) Chaired by Professor Neil Wrigley FBA DSc (Editor, Journal of Economic Geography)
Abstract:
MNEs are devising new organizational innovation in emerging economics. In this seminar, I discuss alliances with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by taking cases of global corporate R&D activities in India. The significance of R&D activities in India is not solely based on its newness and the changes in perception of India as a industrial location. I argue that the emerging phenomenon of R&D alliances between MNEs and NGOso demands a new conceptual framework that explicitly recognizes innovation as arising from a shared value between for-profit and non-profit organizations. How they co-innovate, co-develop and nurture knowledge assets, in spite of competing incentive structures, institutional objectives, and organizational cultures, demands not only new solutions to multi-dimensional coordination problems, but also conceptualization of a potential governance form. I will present some findings based on semi-structured interviews conducted with corporations and NGOs in India, and explore their significance in the broader debate on the transformation of, and the heterogeneity of capitalism(s).