• First Name

    Jieyin

  • Last Name

    Zhang

  • Affiliation

    Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

  • (Preliminary) PhD Title

    One Way or Two Way Globalization?-The Double-network Theory and Chinese R&D Internationalization

  • PhD abstract

    In this study, I claim that the R&D internationalization of Chinese firms is an emerging and variegated phenomenon. From a perspective of a double-network R&D organization perspective, I investigate international R&D motivations and organizational learning of Chinese companies to discuss different patterns of R&D internationalization and the dynamics of modes and goal of learning of multinationals from emerging countries.

    I find evidence that both different modes (experiential and cooperative) and different goals (explorative and exploitative) coexist. My qualitative study is designed to identify and describe this phenomenon, showing its richness and complexity. The findings of this study also set the stage for further studies in the causalities and managerial implications.