As subsidiárias de corporações multinacionais sofrem pressões do ambiente interno e externo. Internamente competem por recursos e reconhecimento da matriz, externamente precisam se preocupar com os concorrentes e demais forças do mercado, de maneira que para desenvolver-se a subsidiária deve explorar as oportunidades de mercado e mostrar o potencial empreendedor que possui. Essas oportunidades podem estar num produto ou processo novo ou substancialmente aprimorado no qual a subsidiária teve o auxílio de um parceiro da rede em que está inserida. Particularmente, essa pesquisa analisa as inovações desenvolvidas localmente (dentro do país hospedeiro) através das subsidiárias instaladas no país, essas inovações são passíveis de serem transferidas para as suas matrizes e então utilizadas pelas demais subsidiárias espalhadas pelo mundo, tornando-se inovações globais. O foco principal deste estudo está em compreender a influência do empreendedorismo e das redes de empresas sobre o desenvolvimento e transferência dessas inovações. Para tanto, o presente estudo analisa uma amostra de 172 subsidiárias estrangeiras que operam no Brasil, a qual foi modelada utilizando-se a técnica de equações estruturais para o teste das hipóteses, mensuração do efeito mediador e comparação multigrupos visando avaliar o efeito moderador referente ao porte das subsidiárias. Os resultados sugerem que o empreendedorismo da subsidiária exerce influência significativa sobre o desenvolvimento das parcerias e consequente enraizamento da subsidiária na rede de empresas do mercado emergente, esse enraizamento na rede é um fator determinante para o desenvolvimento de inovações na subsidiária as quais podem ser transferidas para a matriz e então tornarem-se inovações globais. A partir desses resultados, a pesquisa contribui para um maior entendimento dos direcionadores de inovação nas subsidiárias e aprofunda a discussão sobre o desenvolvimento de inovações globais, particularmente àquelas provenientes de mercados emergentes. / The subsidiaries of multinational corporations are under pressure from internal and external environment. Internally compete for resources and recognition of the headquarters, externally have to worry about competitors and other market forces, so that to develop the subsidiary should explore market opportunities and show the potential entrepreneur has. These opportunities may be a product or new or substantially improved process in which the subsidiary had the help of a partner network in which it operates. In particular, this research analyzes the locally developed innovations (within the host country) through subsidiaries established in the country, these innovations are likely to be transferred to their headquarters and then used by other subsidiaries around the world, becoming global innovations. The main focus of this study is to understand the influence of entrepreneurship and business networks on the development and transfer of these innovations. Thus, the present study analyzes a sample of 172 foreign subsidiaries operating in Brazil, which was modeled using the technique of structural equation for the test case, measurement of the mediating effect and multi-groups comparison to assess the moderating effect regarding the size of the subsidiaries. The results suggest that entrepreneurship subsidiary has significant influence on the development of partnerships and consequent rooting subsidiary network of emerging market companies that rooting is a determining factor for the development of innovations in the subsidiary which can be transferred to the headquarter and become global innovation. From these results, the research contributes to a better understanding of the innovation drivers in subsidiaries and deepen the discussion on the development of global innovations, particularly those from emerging markets.

As subsidiárias de corporações multinacionais sofrem pressões do ambiente interno e externo. Internamente competem por recursos e reconhecimento da matriz, externamente precisam se preocupar com os concorrentes e demais forças do mercado, de maneira que para desenvolver-se a subsidiária deve explorar as oportunidades de mercado e mostrar o potencial empreendedor que possui. Essas oportunidades podem estar num produto ou processo novo ou substancialmente aprimorado no qual a subsidiária teve o auxílio de um parceiro da rede em que está inserida. Particularmente, essa pesquisa analisa as inovações desenvolvidas localmente (dentro do país hospedeiro) através das subsidiárias instaladas no país, essas inovações são passíveis de serem transferidas para as suas matrizes e então utilizadas pelas demais subsidiárias espalhadas pelo mundo, tornando-se inovações globais. O foco principal deste estudo está em compreender a influência do empreendedorismo e das redes de empresas sobre o desenvolvimento e transferência dessas inovações. Para tanto, o presente estudo analisa uma amostra de 172 subsidiárias estrangeiras que operam no Brasil, a qual foi modelada utilizando-se a técnica de equações estruturais para o teste das hipóteses, mensuração do efeito mediador e comparação multigrupos visando avaliar o efeito moderador referente ao porte das subsidiárias. Os resultados sugerem que o empreendedorismo da subsidiária exerce influência significativa sobre o desenvolvimento das parcerias e consequente enraizamento da subsidiária na rede de empresas do mercado emergente, esse enraizamento na rede é um fator determinante para o desenvolvimento de inovações na subsidiária as quais podem ser transferidas para a matriz e então tornarem-se inovações globais. A partir desses resultados, a pesquisa contribui para um maior entendimento dos direcionadores de inovação nas subsidiárias e aprofunda a discussão sobre o desenvolvimento de inovações globais, particularmente àquelas provenientes de mercados emergentes. / The subsidiaries of multinational corporations are under pressure from internal and external environment. Internally compete for resources and recognition of the headquarters, externally have to worry about competitors and other market forces, so that to develop the subsidiary should explore market opportunities and show the potential entrepreneur has. These opportunities may be a product or new or substantially improved process in which the subsidiary had the help of a partner network in which it operates. In particular, this research analyzes the locally developed innovations (within the host country) through subsidiaries established in the country, these innovations are likely to be transferred to their headquarters and then used by other subsidiaries around the world, becoming global innovations. The main focus of this study is to understand the influence of entrepreneurship and business networks on the development and transfer of these innovations. Thus, the present study analyzes a sample of 172 foreign subsidiaries operating in Brazil, which was modeled using the technique of structural equation for the test case, measurement of the mediating effect and multi-groups comparison to assess the moderating effect regarding the size of the subsidiaries. The results suggest that entrepreneurship subsidiary has significant influence on the development of partnerships and consequent rooting subsidiary network of emerging market companies that rooting is a determining factor for the development of innovations in the subsidiary which can be transferred to the headquarter and become global innovation. From these results, the research contributes to a better understanding of the innovation drivers in subsidiaries and deepen the discussion on the development of global innovations, particularly those from emerging markets.

Submitted by Adriana Alves Rodrigues (aalves@espm.br) on 2017-11-21T12:08:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Sidney_Matos_Mendes.pdf: 2644478 bytes, checksum: ad05e40b69c9dae20702b1b2183e2bc1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Alves Rodrigues (aalves@espm.br) on 2017-11-21T12:08:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Sidney_Matos_Mendes.pdf: 2644478 bytes, checksum: ad05e40b69c9dae20702b1b2183e2bc1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Alves Rodrigues (aalves@espm.br) on 2017-11-21T12:18:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Sidney_Matos_Mendes.pdf: 2644478 bytes, checksum: ad05e40b69c9dae20702b1b2183e2bc1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-22T12:57:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sidney_Matos_Mendes.pdf: 2644478 bytes, checksum: ad05e40b69c9dae20702b1b2183e2bc1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-28 / This research sought to understand how the product development process occurs with the disaggregation of geographic and proprietary scope. Comparisons were made between different theoretical references on the process of global innovation, open innovation and the relationship between them, to be applied in the three selected premium companies belonging to the Fashion Industry of Brazil, located in the city of São Paulo. For this, fifteen employees were interviewed, whose functions involve the development of collections of these companies. The research objectives were to propose a framework disaggregating the steps in the geographic and proprietary scopes; Identify the innovation process that can be adopted in multinational strategies; And which are the proprietary and geographic scopes of the process steps. The methodological approach is the qualitative one, the method is the one of case study and the technique of treatment of data was the analysis of content. It was found that the process occurs in a disaggregated way between its stages, there is independence of performance in the geographic and proprietary scopes, but, at different intensity, open innovation was more found than global innovation. And, the practice of open innovation does not influence the use of global innovation. / Esta pesquisa buscou entender como ocorre o processo de desenvolvimento de produto com a desagregação do escopo geográfico e proprietário. Foram feitas comparações entre diferentes referenciais teóricos sobre o Processo de Inovação global, inovação aberta e a relação entre eles, para que fossem aplicados nas três empresas premium selecionadas, pertencentes à Indústria Têxtil e Confecção do Brasil, localizadas na cidade de São Paulo. Para isso, foram entrevistados quinze funcionários, cuja as funções envolvem o desenvolvimento de coleções destas empresas. Os objetivos de pesquisa foram propor um framework desagregando as etapas nos escopos geográfico e proprietário; identificar o Processo de Inovação que pode ser adotado em estratégias multinacionais; e quais os escopos proprietário e geográfico das etapas do processo. A abordagem metodológica é a qualitativa, o método é o de estudo de caso e a técnica de tratamento de dados foi a análise de conteúdo. Constatou-se que o processo ocorre de forma desagregada entre suas etapas, existe independência de atuação nos escopos geográfico e proprietário, porém, em intensidade diferente, a inovação aberta foi mais encontrada que a inovação global. E, a prática da inovação aberta não influi no uso da inovação global.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 Aldo_ Jose _Brunhara 15.dez.2017 (4).pdf: 1847598 bytes, checksum: cc07db41a902201f1c611a2b40107b13 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-05 / The objective of this thesis was to verify the association of the Ambidexterity strategy with the formation of non-localized capacities (NLB-FSAs) in subsidiaries of Multinational Companies. The theoretical framework that underpinned the thesis was the resource-based view in international business and the OLI paradigm reflected in the discussion of the organizational capacities of foreign subsidiaries. The quantitative survey was conducted in April 2017 with foreign subsidiaries operating in Brazil. A total of 289 valid responses were received from various segments: industry, commerce and services. To test the model, multiple regression techniques were applied using the PLS (Partial Least Squares) system. The results confirm that Ambidexterity is associated with NLBFSA formation indirectly. Ambidexterity leads to local capacity building, in the form of LB-FSAs (Located Bound - Firm Specific Advantages). Subsidiaries with LB-FSAs present greater competitiveness, which in turn enables the subsidiary to transfer knowledge in the form of NLB-FSAs for the multinational's network. In theoretical terms, this research strengthens the RBV - Resource Based View and Dunning’s OLI theory (1980), more specifically, Ownership and Internalization, whereby through the ownership and exploitation of its resources abroad, MNEs develop and internalized capabilities, in the form of NLB-FSAs, from emerging markets. Regarding to the studies on Ambidexterity, the thesis shows that ambidextrous companies develop NLB-FSAs from the LB-FSAs capabilities that allow the improvement of Competitiveness. Additionally, it fulfills a gap in the studies on Ambidexterity since there are no studies on the impact of Ambidexterity on the formation of organizational capacities, LB-FSAs and NLB-FSAs in subsidiaries of multinational companies operating in Brazil. In terms of contribution to management, it supports in the definition of the strategic management model of multinationals, since, by using ambidextrous strategies, it enables the development of competitive organizational capacities from an emerging country. / O objetivo desta tese foi o de verificar a associação da estratégia de Ambidestria, com a formação de capacidades não locais (NLB-FSAs - Non Located Bound - Firm Specific Advantages) em subsidiárias de Empresas Multinacionais. O marco teórico que sustentou a tese foi a visão baseada em recursos em negócios internacionais e o paradigma OLI refletido na discussão das capacidades organizacionais de subsidiárias estrangeiras. A pesquisa quantitativa, do tipo survey foi conduzida em abril de 2017 com subsidiárias estrangeiras que operam no Brasil. Foram recebidas 289 respostas válidas, de segmentos variados: indústria, comércio e serviços. Para testar o modelo, técnicas de regressão múltiplas foram aplicadas utilizando-se o sistema PLS (Partial Least Squares). Os resultados confirmam que a Ambidestria está associada à formação de NLB-FSA de maneira indireta. A Ambidestria leva à formação de capacidades locais, em forma de LB-FSAs (Located Bound - Firm Specific Advantages). Subsidiárias com LB-FSAs apresentam maior Competitividade, que por sua vez possibilita a subsidiária transbordar o conhecimento na forma de NLB-FSAs para a rede da multinacional. Em termos teóricos, a pesquisa fortalece a teoria VBR - Visão Baseada em Recursos e do OLI de Dunning (1980), mais especificamente, Ownership e Internalization, em que por meio da propriedade e exploração de seus recursos no exterior, as EMNs desenvolvem capacidades internalizadas, na forma de NLB-FSAs, a partir de mercados emergentes. Com relação aos estudos sobre Ambidestria, a tese evidencia que empresas ambidestras desenvolvem NLBFSAs a partir das capacidades LB-FSAs que possibilitam a melhoria da Competitividade. Adicionalmente, preenche um gap nos estudos sobre Ambidestria, uma vez que há ausência de estudos sobre o impacto da Ambidestria na formação de capacidades organizacionais, LB-FSAs e NLB-FSAs por subsidiárias de empresas multinacionais que atuam no Brasil Em termos de contribuição para gestão, auxilia na definição do modelo de gestão estratégica das multinacionais, uma vez que, ao usar estratégias ambidestras, possibilita o desenvolvimento de capacidades organizacionais competitivas a partir de um país emergente.

Around the globe, countries move away from banknotes and coins in the favor of digitized payments. A number of findings from academic research conclude various benefits associated with decreased cash usage, such as enhanced economic development, less costs for governments and banks, financial transparency as well as lower economic-related crime rates. In a light of various benefits moving towards cashless payments, it is hypothesized that there also could be a relationship between how innovative a country is and how much cash circulates in economy. The relationship could be both-sided like less cash circulation can trigger innovation and, at the same time, adoption of cashless payments could be driven by how innovative a country is. To be able to investigate a potential correlation, a correlation analysis is conducted between the two variables: an innovation level of a country and cash circulation in econom. The Global Innovation Index score will be used to summarize various factors that provide an overview of national innovation performance, and percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will be used for currency in circulation. According to the findings, the hypothesis that there is a correlation between cash circulation and innovation performance in a country could not be rejected with a 5% significance level. / Runt om i världen öppnar länder upp för att gå från kontanta betalningsmedel mot digitala betallösningar. Enligt tidigare forskning, leder minskad kontanthantering till flertalet fördelar såsom kraftigare ekonomisk tillväxt, ökad transparens, minskade kostnader samt minskad ekonomiskt brottslighet. De fördelar som kontantlösa betalningar skapar kan vara kopplade till hur innovativt ett land är och hur mycket kontanta medel som cirkulerar i ett lands ekonomi. Ett potentiellt samband mellan mängd kontanter som cirkulerar i ett samhälle och innovation i ett land kan vara tvåsidigt, till exempel att minskade mängder kontanter i ekonomin kan skapa innovation eller så kan kontantlösa betalningar skapas av hög innovationsnivån i ett land. För att kunna undersöka ett potentiellt samband, utförs en korrelationsanalys mellan de två variablerna: nationell innovationsnivå och mängd kontanter i cirkulation i ekonomin. Global Innovation Index används för att sammanfatta olika faktorer som ger en översikt över den nationella innovationsnivå per land och en procentandel av bruttonationalprodukten (BNP) kommer att användas för mängd valuta i omlopp. Enligt framkomna resultat från korrelationsanalysen kunde hypotesen om att det finns ett samband mellan kassaflöde och innovationsnivå i ett land inte förkastas.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 Teresa_Cristina_Alves_Charotta.pdf: 2804681 bytes, checksum: aa9f030caaa3032e561644d098e3ca4c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-19 / The research question that guided this dissertation was how does the management of stakeholders contribute to the implementation of innovations in services? Thus, the general objective of the dissertation was to understand how the positioning and the relationship of the stakeholders guide the strategies of implementation of innovations in services. In order to do so, it was analyzed, as research object, the implementation of innovation in services in the Brazilian pharmaceutical retail. A descriptive exploratory qualitative research was conducted with a single case study method with intracausal analysis of the Pague Menos Pharmacies Network, with structured field interviews and the Focus Group. Next, it was categorized for Stakeholder analysis: Strategy of Positioning and Relationship Approach to carry out the data collection. In the first. In the data collection stage, field interviews were conducted with highlevel hierarchical stakeholders, CEOs, CIOs and specialized managers in the pharmaceutical and health market. A Focus Group was held with consumers who attend pharmacies and drugstores, but are unaware of what differentiated pharmaceutical services are. Participation in the Abrafarma Future Trends 2016 Event provided observational interviews with entity and government (Anvisa). The data collection period occurred between August and November 2016. As an academic contribution, what was sought in this study was to bring the Stakeholders Theory applied to innovation, service innovation and business model innovation to respond as the stakeholder (Freeman, 1984) and strategic relationship matrix (Frooman, 1999, 2002) that identified the interests, the potential of Power and threat potential of stakeholders. The study was able to demonstrate the strategy adopted by stakeholders the retail network, whether it is supported, partially supported or unsupported. As a managerial contribution, we sought to answer the questions Carrol and Buchholtz (2000) establish for an organization to orient itself in the development of actions with stakeholders. / A questão de pesquisa que guiou essa dissertação foi como a gestão dos stakeholders contribui na implementação de inovações em serviços? Assim o objetivo geral da dissertação foi compreender como o posicionamento e o relacionamento dos stakeholders direcionam as estratégias de implementação de inovações em serviços. Para tanto, foi analisada, como objeto de pesquisa, a implementação de inovação em serviços no varejo farmacêutico brasileiro. Foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa exploratória descritiva com método estudo de caso único com análise intracaso da Rede de Farmácias Pague Menos, com entrevistas de campo estruturadas e Focus Group. Em seguida, foi categorizada para análise em Stakeholders: Estratégia de Posicionamento e Abordagem de Relacionamento para realização da coleta de dados. Na 1ª. etapa da coleta de dados foram realizadas entrevistas de campo com stakeholders dirigentes de alto nível hierárquico, CEO, CIO e gestores especialistas atuantes no mercado farmacêutico e da Saúde. Na 2ª. etapa foi realizado um Focus Group com consumidores que frequentam farmácias e drogarias, mas desconhecem o que são serviços farmacêuticos diferenciados. A participação no Evento Abrafarma Future Trends 2016 proporcionou a realização de entrevistas observacionais de entidade e Governo (Anvisa). O período da coleta de dados aconteceu entre os meses de agosto e novembro de 2016. Como contribuição acadêmica o que se buscou nesse estudo foi trazer a Teoria dos Stakeholders aplicada à inovação, inovação em serviços e inovação de modelo de negócio para responder como o stakeholder se comporta perante a implementação de inovação em serviços no varejo farmacêutico brasileiro, o qual foi baseado na matriz estratégica de posicionamento (Freeman, 1984) e matriz estratégica de abordagem de relacionamento (Frooman, 1999, 2002) que identificou os interesses, o potencial de poder e potencial de ameaças exercidas pelos stakeholders. O estudo conseguiu demonstrar a estratégia adotada pelos stakeholders e a rede varejista, se é suportada, parcialmente suportada ou não suportada. Como contribuição gerencial buscou-se responder as questões que Carrol e Buchholtz (2000) estabelecem para uma organização se orientar no desenvolvimento de ações com os stakeholders.

Globalization, time to market, and customer responsiveness present continuous challenges for achieving market innovation across cultures. A cross-cultural and networked business environment has created increased demand for knowledge-sharing within the multinational corporation (MNC). The inability of geographically distributed team members to effectively share and communicate ideas and solutions can result in a lack of product innovation, delayed product introductions, and reduced sales and market opportunities. This requires managers to leverage cross-cultural team knowledge in order to improve the design and delivery of innovative customer solutions worldwide. This dissertation thus intends to examine and identify organizational mechanisms that facilitate cross-cultural collaboration and knowledge-sharing for geographically distributed teams responsible for the front end of innovation.The resource-based and knowledge-based views of the firm inform this dissertation where integrated cognitive and social practices serve an important role for innovation. Through qualitative research, I will examine organizational mechanisms that influence interactions between the project leader and the geographically distributed team during global product launches, from product concept to market introduction. Since there is a lack of empirical research conducted with organizations on cross-cultural collaboration and global innovation, there is a significant opportunity to advance research within innovation management while assisting organizations in the development of knowledge-sharing capabilities that serve as competitive advantage in conceiving and introducing new products to international markets.The purpose of this dissertation research is to investigate and demonstrate how MNCs can facilitate the cross-cultural collaboration process in order to effectively conceive and execute innovation strategies for new products. The research intends to develop a framework and model for cross-cultural team collaboration in exploring and responding to the following research question: How can MNCs optimize cross-cultural team collaboration in order to strengthen the planning and execution of global innovation strategies? This research responds to organizational needs for sharing knowledge amongst cross-cultural teams in order to accelerate responsiveness to international market opportunities.

La mondialisation, l’introduction d’un produit sur le marché, l’adaptation au consommateur représentent des défis permanents pour réussir l’innovation sur le marché à travers les cultures. Un environnement commercial interculturel et interconnecté a créé une demande croissante pour le partage des connaissances dans les entreprises multinationales (EMN). L’incapacité des membres d’une équipe dispersés géographiquement à partager et communiquer efficacement les idées et solutions peut entraîner un manque d’innovation des produits, un retard dans leur introduction, et réduire les ventes et opportunités de marchés. Cela nécessite de la part des dirigeants d’optimiser les connaissances interculturelles de l’équipe afin d’améliorer le design et la livraison de solutions innovantes pour les clients à l’échelle mondiale. Par conséquent cette thèse cherche à examiner et identifier les mécanismes organisationnels qui favorisent la collaboration interculturelle et le partage de connaissances au sein d’équipes dispersées géographiquement, dans l’élaboration d’un processus d’innovation (du front end of innovation). Cette thèse se base sur l’approche par les ressources et par les connaissances de la firme, où les pratiques cognitives et sociales intégrées jouent un rôle important pour l’innovation. A travers une recherche qualitative j’examinerai les mécanismes organisationnels qui influencent les interactions entre le responsable de projet et l’équipe interculturelle durant les lancements globaux de produit, de la conception du produit jusqu’à sa mise sur le marché. Dans la mesure où il y a peu de recherche empirique sur la collaboration interculturelle et l’innovation globale, c’est une opportunité considérable de contribuer à la recherche en management de l’innovation, et d’aider des organisations à développer leurs capacités de partage de connaissances, véritable avantage concurrentiel dans la conception et l’introduction de nouveaux produits sur les marchés internationaux. L’objectif de cette thèse et d’étudier et démontrer comment les EMN peuvent faciliter le processus de collaboration interculturelle afin de concevoir et de mettre en oeuvre efficacement des stratégies d’innovation pour de nouveaux produits. Cette recherche vise à développer un cadre et un modèle théorique pour la collaboration des équipes interculturelles en répondant à la question suivante : Comment les EMN optimisent la collaboration des équipes interculturelles afin d’améliorer le planning et la mise en oeuvre de stratégie globale d’innovation ? Ceci répond aux besoins des organisations de partager les connaissances du marché local entre les équipes interculturelles afin d’accélérer la réactivité aux opportunités du marché à l’international. / Globalization, time to market, and customer responsiveness present continuous challenges for achieving market innovation across cultures. A cross-cultural and networked business environment has created increased demand for knowledge-sharing within the multinational corporation (MNC). The inability of geographically distributed team members to effectively share and communicate ideas and solutions can result in a lack of product innovation, delayed product introductions, and reduced sales and market opportunities. This requires managers to leverage cross-cultural team knowledge in order to improve the design and delivery of innovative customer solutions worldwide. This dissertation thus intends to examine and identify organizational mechanisms that facilitate cross-cultural collaboration and knowledge-sharing for geographically distributed teams responsible for the front end of innovation.The resource-based and knowledge-based views of the firm inform this dissertation where integrated cognitive and social practices serve an important role for innovation. Through qualitative research, I will examine organizational mechanisms that influence interactions between the project leader and the geographically distributed team during global product launches, from product concept to market introduction. Since there is a lack of empirical research conducted with organizations on cross-cultural collaboration and global innovation, there is a significant opportunity to advance research within innovation management while assisting organizations in the development of knowledge-sharing capabilities that serve as competitive advantage in conceiving and introducing new products to international markets.The purpose of this dissertation research is to investigate and demonstrate how MNCs can facilitate the cross-cultural collaboration process in order to effectively conceive and execute innovation strategies for new products. The research intends to develop a framework and model for cross-cultural team collaboration in exploring and responding to the following research question: How can MNCs optimize cross-cultural team collaboration in order to strengthen the planning and execution of global innovation strategies? This research responds to organizational needs for sharing knowledge amongst cross-cultural teams in order to accelerate responsiveness to international market opportunities.