The evolution of R&D capability in multinational corporations in emerging markets: evidence from China

This paper presents a longitudinal case of Motorola’s RD to a local development unit, undertaking independent product development tasks for the local market; to a global RD and finally, to a global integration centre, playing a leading and centrally-coordinating role in global projects for the global market. A balance between exploitation and exploration was achieved through temporal and domain separations, which, in turn, drove the development of the dynamics of component competences and architectural competences in the evolution.

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