Time: 14:00-17:00, 22 April 2025
Speaker: J.T. Li is the Lee Quo Wei Professor of Business, Chair Professor in the Department of Management, and Director of the Center for Business Strategy and Innovation at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School. He is a Senior Fellow of the HKUST Institute for Advanced Study, a Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor, a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, Vice President of the Academy of International Business from 2016 to 2019, and Chair of the 2018 AIB Annual Meeting.
Abstract:
Although cross-border collaboration within multinational corporations (MNCs) poses managerial challenges, it can substantially promote knowledge creation. This study examines the relationship between concentrating cross-border co-invention ties on one or a few inventors in a host country and local knowledge creation. Using data on U.S. pharmaceutical MNCs from 1980 to 2008 at the MNC-country-year level, the analysis supports the study's hypotheses.
