Innovation in Multinational Firms: Does Cultural Fit Enhance Performance?
Journal
Management International Review
ISSN
0938-8249
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2008
Author(s)
Abstract
Using a dataset of 139 R&D laboratories located in 21 countries, this study empirically tests whether a fit among R&D laboratory mission and national culture impacts R&D performance. Specifically, the authors assume that some cultures possess a natural advantage when it comes to capability augmenting tasks, while other cultures are better suited to host capability exploiting tasks. Where the mission of the laboratory is capability exploiting, their results support a positive effect of culture-mission alignment. However, no relationship between mission-culture alignment and performance can be found in case of capability augmenting laboratories.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Gabler/GWV-Fachverl.
Publisher place
Wiesbaden
Volume
48
Number
2
Start page
189
End page
206
Pages
18
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
218076