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National Culture and Research and Development Activities

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: This paper examines the effect of national culture on the process of innovation and research and development activities in the subsidiaries of multinational companies. For this purpose, we use a sample of 222 subsidiaries for five European countries. The paper has drawn up two important findings. Firstly, cultural dimensions such as individualism, masculinity, power distance and uncertainty avoidance influence research and development activities of the subsidiaries. Secondly, the type of management model, defined according to the location of the parent company, influence the organization of the research and development activities.

Source: Multinational Business Review

DOI: 10.1108/1525383x200400002

Authors: Joao Pedro Couto, Jose Cabral Vieira

Institution: Universidade dos Açores

Language: English

Topic: Global and Cross-Cultural Management

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2119789700

FWCI: 3.276

Cites: 60

Cited by: 36

Related to: 10