Exam 13: Managing Global Research and Development Rd

The pattern of interorganizational technology cooperation becoming a widespread practice pertains to

______________ is a process by which one user's technology or knowledge is passed to another in different countries for economic benefit.

Nissan's formation of a project team in Western Europe was a great step in globalizing operations.

An example of increased coordination and control cost in demonstrated when the cultural and business differences between home and host countries elevate the difficulty in running over seas R&D activities.

If Sparks Co. opens an interactive systems center in Greenland and the hiring manager (US) is having difficulty hiring local employees due to government stipulation, Sparks is facing the challenge of

Autonomy of foreign R&D units should be based on their strategic roles in overall corporate strategy and requirements for global integration.

______________& ________________ are both globally interdependent laboratories that provide inputs into a centrally defined and coordinated R&D program, with no necessary connection with a host country production operations.

The global central lab structure

Organizational bridges do which of the following?

The __________ capability concerns a firm's ability to acquire, assimilate, integrate, and exploit knowledge and skills that are transferred from others.

Human bridges do which of the following?

The absorptive capability concerns a firm's ability to acquire, assimilate, exploit, and integrate knowledge and skills that are transformed from the other firm.

Maintaining some regular contacts and visits between foreign R&D units and the home lab center is useful.

The globally integrated network structure

The ____________ stresses to improve the of the product development process globally rather than to localize operations in one area.

Videoconferencing images, facsimiles, of visual and written material, e-mail, and computer conferencing all offer greater possibilities for communication that a simple telephone call is an example of electronic communication.

______________ bridges involve the joint planning and joint staffing of activities, particularly around the time of the transfer of the technology.

Resource allocation is a not crucial vehicle in balancing global integration and local autonomy for managing dispersed R&D units abroad.

The ______________ R&D structure is characterized by a decentralized federation of R&D sites with no supervising corporate R&D center.

An example of autonomy specification is 3M sending laboratory and production people to counterpart labs in the U.S. from Japan.