Ha, Yoo Jung orcid.org/0000-0002-3576-2772 (2021) Attention green aliens? : Activities of multinational enterprises in host countries and eco-innovation diffusion. JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH. pp. 32-43. ISSN 0148-2963
Abstract
This paper investigates the extent to which eco-innovation activities in multinational enterprises (MNEs) in a host country affects local firms. In the attention-based view, the organizational attention field is significant for innovation. By analyzing the Korean Innovation Survey and patent data, we find that as more foreign MNEs conduct eco-innovation locally, attention to environmental issues increases in local firms. Their attention field particularly benefits from the presence of foreign MNEs whose country-of-origin is close to the host country or who have a long-term presence in the host country. A larger attention field then improves the likelihood of local firms successfully implementing eco-innovation and can accelerate eco-innovation implementation; however, this effect is observed only in large local firms and thus able to redeploy abundant internal resources.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. | ||||
Keywords: | Eco-innovation diffusion;, Multinational enterprise (MNE), Attention-based view, Attention field, Psychic distance | ||||
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Institution: | The University of York | ||||
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Management School | ||||
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Depositing User: | Pure (York) | ||||
Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2020 13:30 | ||||
Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2024 23:17 | ||||
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.09.038 | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.09.038 |
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