Innovation Mechanisms and Knowledge Communities for Corporate Central R&D

Abstract

An important method of enhancing or developing new corporate differentiating emerging technological competences is to establish corporate central R&D. This practice is centred on the competency-based view of the firm and has been implemented by companies in numerous developed countries. Corporate R&D centres are now becoming important to newly industrialized smaller nations such as Taiwan. Yet few studies have investigated the R&D management practices of effective corporate central R&D centres in emerging countries. Here the case study method is used to review nine R&D centres from each of three countries: the USA, Japan, and Taiwan. Seven findings are provided regarding effective management of R&D centres. © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.