THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNATIONALIZATION AND INNOVATION IN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES FROM EMERGING COUNTRIES

• Autor(a) principal: Bansi, Ana Claudia
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: de Andrade, Alisson Maxwell Ferreira, Galina, Simone Vasconcelos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Internext
• Texto Completo: https://internext.espm.br/internext/article/view/597
• topic: Internationalization; Research and development intensity; Patents generation; Internacionalização; Intensidade de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento; Geração de Patentes.; Multinational enterprises; Management techniques

Objective: Evaluate the relationship between the degree of internationalization, the intensity of Research & Development (IP&D) and the generation of patents in multinational companies (MNCs) of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa).Method: The study sample corresponds to 219 EMNs from BRICS, whose data were obtained from 2002 to 2010 from two databases: Thomson One Datastream and Compustat Data. Analyzes were performed by multiple regression.Results: The results found were (i) the more internationalized the MNCs, the more they invest in R&D; (ii) IP&D has a positive impact on patent applications; (iii) internationalization increases IP&D, which in turn increases patents. The results differ by the size of the companies, with the impacts of internationalization on innovation being greater for smaller companies, and the impact of IP&D on the generation of patents being greater for larger companies.Originality/relevance: Of the various forms of relationship between innovation and internationalization, the evidence for obtaining knowledge from internationalization is relatively recent and, therefore, the impact of internationalization on innovation has been the focus of more current research. However, a large part of the studies focuses on a single country, mainly developed countries. Therefore, it is of great relevance to study this theme in developing countries.Contributions: This study contributes to the advance in the literature on internationalization, proving empirically that, as in developed countries, internationalization in BRICS has a positive effect on innovation. Contributions for practice: Study shows the need to use international expansion strategy as a tool to increase investment capacity in innovation.