Turkina, E., Van Assche, A. and Mudambi, R. (2025) Cross-border innovation for global value chain orchestration. International Business Review. 102450. ISSN 0969-5931 (In Press)
Abstract
This study investigates how multinational enterprises (MNEs) leverage cross-border innovation to enhance their capacity for orchestrating global value chains (GVCs). Grounded in systems integration theory, and using the context of the aircraft engine industry of the aerospace sector, we propose that architectural knowledge is imperative for MNEs to orchestrate their GVCs. This leads us to hypothesize that orchestrating MNEs possess a broader technological scope and a wider range of cross-border innovations compared to other firms. Moreover, we demonstrate the rising complexity and interdependency of the sector's technological system and conjecture that this increases the scope advantage that orchestrating MNEs need over other firms. To test these hypotheses, we analyze a unique longitudinal dataset on formal inter-firm linkages from 2002 to 2014. Our findings provide empirical support for our theoretical predictions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author produced version of an article published in International Business Review, made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Systems integration Architectural knowledge, Orchestration, Knowledge connectedness, Global value chain, Technological scope, Patent, International co-invention, Aircraft engine |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > International Business Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2025 09:49 |
Last Modified: | 03 Jun 2025 10:10 |
Published Version: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/... |
Status: | In Press |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102450 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:227295 |