The purpose of this project is to identify the organizational processes that will permit multinational organizations to more successfully transfer innovations from R&D laboratories to subsidiaries on other continents. In partnership with the Institute for Global Innovation Management at Northeastern University and Charles River Laboratories, a global supplier to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, the research will analyze cases of global innovation in which the organization attempted to transfer R&D to subsidiaries in France and Japan. The analysis focuses on the impact of organizational change interventions designed to facilitate innovation transfers. This research has important potential for better understanding transfer of innovations and thus a bearing on outsourcing, multinational R&D, and other forms of organizational decentralization and organizing activities.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
0423015
Program Officer
Jacqueline R. Meszaros
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2004-08-15
Budget End
2006-07-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
2004
Total Cost
$158,754
Indirect Cost
Name
Northeastern University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02115