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6. Engineering in International Business Networks: The Motivations and Practices of Chinese MNCs

Authors : Quan Zhou, Xiaobo Wu, Yongjiang Shi

Published in: Value Creation through Engineering Excellence

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

There was a strong movement for multinational corporations (MNCs) from developed countries to establish a transnational configuration of engineering capabilities in other developed countries in the 1980s and 1990s, and in emerging economies in the new millennium. In the last decade, MNCs from emerging countries such as China are trying to move up the value chain by investing in engineering capabilities overseas. This chapter tries to understand such new trends by incorporating the existing literature and practices of international research and development (R&D, as a core part of MNCs’ engineering capabilities), and to contrast them with Chinese MNCs’ current practices of expanding overseas engineering capabilities. We suggest that MNCs from China (and emerging countries) should learn from the experience of their Western counterparts, but more importantly, the unique challenges and opportunities should be considered in managing their international engineering strategies and decisions.

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Metadata
Title
Engineering in International Business Networks: The Motivations and Practices of Chinese MNCs
Authors
Quan Zhou
Xiaobo Wu
Yongjiang Shi
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Value Creation through Engineering Excellence

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-56335-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-56336-7

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56336-7_6