How transfer of R&D to emerging markets nurtures global innovation performance

In the context of global R&D, we connect literature on knowledge
management to a network-based theoretical framework helpful to explain the
impact of R&D globalisation on innovation performance. This framework is
applied to two case companies, both global leaders within their respective
industries, in order to analyse the extent to which their strategic globalisation
of R&D activities, from Scandinavia to China, has contributed to increased
innovation performance. Our findings suggests that close interaction and
cross-fertilisation with local knowledge networks are of eminent importance for
newly established R&D offsprings to improve overall innovation performance.
Pack Tech illustrates this through a collaboration-intensive approach to
university competitions in China.