Autonomy of foreign R&D units in an emerging market: an information processing perspective.

From: Management International Review | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: Luo, Yadong | Copyright information

Abstract

* This study uses an information processing view to assess how autonomy of foreign R&D units in a major emerging market is influenced by the organizational and environmental conditions they face.

* We argue that specification of the autonomy is an optimal decision requiring a balance between the costs of information processing capacity and the needs of information processing for performing R&D tasks.

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