Learning and Innovation in Multinational Companies from Emerging Economies

2016 ◽  
pp. 424-454
Author(s):  
Arturo Torres Vargas ◽  
Javier Jasso Villazul
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Global Markets ◽  
Learning Trajectories ◽  
Technological Capabilities ◽  
The World

This chapter aims to illustrate the importance that learning trajectories and the building of technological capabilities have had in the internationalization and competitiveness process of the nowadays Multinational Companies from an Emerging Economy (MCEE), based on the case of CEMEX, a Mexican multinational and one of the largest cement companies of the world. The case study shows that the emergence of this company into the global markets is the result of a mix of assets and capabilities (Penrose, 1995; Bell & Pavitt, 1995; Bell, 2007) developed over a period of nearly eight decades, at whose base are productive, technological and organizational capabilities. Findings substantiate that multinationalization through mergers and acquisitions has strengthened the technological capabilities of CEMEX, as a result of the learning and knowledge sharing processes driven by the actual integration of CEMEX with the acquired companies. By establishing learning routines, CEMEX feeds an innovation process within the group.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship and Creativity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gülay Tamer
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The World ◽  
Tolerance Of Uncertainty ◽  
The Relationship

In recent years, the concept of entrepreneurship has become very important in ensuring social welfare and economic development and attracts attention as the driving force of economic development and social welfare. Because of these reasons, studies on entrepreneurship find support from all over the world, and in the universities, besides studies supporting the entrepreneurship, also related courses are featured. The concept of entrepreneurship is investigated in this research, and personality traits observed in entrepreneurs such as need for achievement, self-confidence, risk taking, innovativeness, creativity, locus of control, tolerance of uncertainty are tried to explain. The relationship between enterprising tendency and self-confidence trait, as well as innovation and creativity are given. Also, innovation process and types are explained, and the significance of entrepreneurial creativity and its measurement is tried to explain through a case study.

Building firm capability through imitative innovation: Chinese manufacturing SME cases

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 575-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Si ◽  
Song Wang ◽  
Steven M. Welch
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Process ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Technological Capabilities ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Firm Capability ◽  
Multiple Case

PurposeThis study aims to investigate how firm capability can be accumulated with the inputs of learning efforts targeted at resolving barriers existing in the imitative innovation process. This paper takes imitative innovation as a process involving a few stages during which learning efforts are targeted at overcoming barriers existing within each process.Design/methodology/approachThe multiple case study approach has been adopted to explore how Chinese manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) learn and increase their technological capabilities through a continuous process of product refinement and improvement based on imitative innovation. In particular, the authors accentuate the learning efforts that firms must make to cope with various technological barriersFindingsIt is revealed that during the initial stages of imitative innovation, the organizational learning of Chinese manufacturing SMEs is highly constrained by the limitations of their technological resources and capabilities. It is also found that original equipment manufacturers can play an important role in providing Chinese learners with both explicit and tacit technological knowledge.Originality/valueThis study investigates how firm capability can be accumulated with the inputs of learning efforts targeted at resolving barriers existing in the imitative innovation process. The multiple case study approach has been adopted to explore how Chinese manufacturing SMEs learn and increase their technological capabilities through a continuous process of product refinement and improvement based on imitative innovation that could add new and great value to this research area.

scholarly journals Knowledge Sharing as the Basis of Learning in Innovation Pattern in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs)

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 214
Author(s):  
Hafiz Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Medium Scale ◽  
Depth Interview

<p><strong></strong>The study discusses process and implementation of knowledge sharing as the basis of learning in the innovation process that is undertaken in small and medium scale enterprises/SMEs with the contextual overview on the West Sumatran SMEs in Indonesia. As the context of the study, a specific SME in West Sumatra was taken as the case study. The study is an empirical-exploratory research where the qualitative method in terms of descriptive analysis was used as the main research approach. It also uses content analysis from the result of an in-depth interview as its main data analysis. A case study approach is used to collect data and information from the informants of the study. It can be inferred from the study that knowledge sharing has allowed an equal dissemination of information between people in the organisation of SME. Employees and owners spread information, knowledge as well as experience equally one to each other and this has led to the creation of a conducive environment in which learning processes can be smoothly undertaken. Such learning processes directly ease the innovation processes that is schemed and undertaken by the SME.</p><em><strong>Bahasa Indonesia Abstrak:</strong></em> <em>Artikel ini membahas proses dan implementasi knowledge sharing sebagai sebuah dasar bagi pembelajaran dalam proses inovasi yang dterjadi pada usaha kecil dan menengah/UKM dengan konteks pada UKM di Provinsi Sumatera Barat, Indonesia. Sebagai bagian dari konteks, maka dilakukan pemilihan UKM spesif</em><em>i</em><em>k yang dijadikan sebagai studi kasus. Studi ini merupakan penelitian empiris-exploratory yang menggunakan metode kualitatif dalam bentuk analisa deskriptif. Studi ini juga menggunakan analisa konten sebagai hasil dari in-depth interview untuk menganalisis data yang telah berhasil dikumpulkan. Pendekatan studi kasus digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data dan informasi dari informan penelitian. Studi ini menyimpulkan bahwa knowledge sharing akan memberikan dampak berupa adanya pembagian informasi yang merata antara sesama individu didalam UKM. Para karyawan dan pemilik UKM saling menyebarkan informasi, pengetahuan serta pengalaman secara merata pada sesamanya. Situasi ini lebih lanjut menciptakan lingkungan yang kondusif dimana proses pembelajaran dapat terlaksana dengan baik.  Proses pembelajaran yang dilakukan tersebut secara langsung mempermudah proses inovasi yang direncanakan dan dilakukan oleh UKM.     </em>

scholarly journals Detection and Characterization of Cherries: A Deep Learning Usability Case Study in Chile

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Fernando Villacrés ◽  
Fernando Auat Cheein
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Vision System ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Artificial Vision ◽  
Real Field ◽  
Sweet Cherries ◽  
The World

Chile is one of the main exporters of sweet cherries in the world and one of the few in the southern hemisphere, being their harvesting between October and January. Hence, Chilean cherries have gained market in the last few years and positioned Chile in a strategic situation which motivates to undergo through a deep innovation process in the field. Currently, cherry crop estimates have an error of approximately 45%, which propagates to all stages of the production process. In order to mitigate such error, we develop, test and evaluate a deep neural-based approach, using a portable artificial vision system to enhance the cherries harvesting estimates. Our system was tested in a cherry grove, under real field conditions. It was able to detect cherries with up to 85% of accuracy and to estimate production with up to 25% of error. In addition, it was able to classify cherries into four sizes, for a better characterization of the production for exportation.

scholarly journals Hotel chains entering the Macedonian market

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1284-1291
Author(s):  
Natasha Miteva
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Global Markets ◽  
Entry Barriers ◽  
International Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Hotel Chains

Hotel industry is characterized as one of the oldest, diverse, innovative, and important industries around the world. Given the low entry barriers for global markets, it is also highly attractive, and its greatest growth happens on international level. Hotel chains are the leaders in hotel industry using franchise, managerial contract, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and joint venture, as an expansion strategies. The main goal of this article is to evaluate the entry and presence of international hotel chains on the Macedonian market, their contribution and effect. Even though young, the hotel market in Macedonia is with stable potential for growth and development, and with low entry barriers. 

The Pug Goes Red- Vodafone Acquires Hutch in India

Metamorphosis ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-211
Author(s):  
Thillai A. Rajan ◽  
S.P. Mukund ◽  
R. Siddharth
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Investment Banks ◽  
Growth Options ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
The World ◽  
Investor Sentiments ◽  
Sheer Size ◽  
Telecom Sector

India has been one of the fastest growing mobile markets in the world in recent times. With the rapid economic growth in the past few years, many companies in India have actively pursued inorganic growth options . Large mergers and acquisitions have happened in India in industries like steel, aviation, and telecom. This case deals with the acquisition of Hutchison Essar by Vodafone for US$10.9 billion from Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (HTIL), which has been the largest acquisition in India till date. Acquisition of Hutchison is also considered to be the second largest M&A transaction ever in Asia. The deal was considered noteworthy not only because of its sheer size, but also because of the interest it created among potential acquirers across the world and the regulatory road blocks that it had to encounter in deal closure. The case tries to capture the complexity that characterizes such large deals. Starting with a brief overview of the telecom sector, the case study highlights the chronological list of events leading to the acquisition, the strategic motivations behind the deal and view points from select analysts of leading investment banks. The case ends with a note on the investor sentiments back home of both Vodafone and HTIL.

Culture and the plasticity of perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lifshitz ◽  
T. M. Luhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

HIPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM PADA IBU HAMIL DI KLINIK BIDAN SUPRIYATI SRIBIT BERBAH SLEMAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Pramukti Dian Setianingrum ◽  
Farah Irmania Tsani
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Hyperemesis Gravidarum ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Nausea And Vomiting ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World

Backgroud: The World Health Organization (WHO) explained that the number of Hyperemesis Gravidarum cases reached 12.5% of the total number of pregnancies in the world and the results of the Demographic Survey conducted in 2007, stated that 26% of women with live births experienced complications. The results of the observations conducted at the Midwife Supriyati Clinic found that pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum, with a comparison of 10 pregnant women who examined their contents there were about 4 pregnant women who complained of excessive nausea and vomiting. Objective: to determine the hyperemesis Gravidarum of pregnant mother in clinic. Methods: This study used Qualitative research methods by using a case study approach (Case Study.) Result: The description of excessive nausea of vomiting in women with Hipermemsis Gravidarum is continuous nausea and vomiting more than 10 times in one day, no appetite or vomiting when fed, the body feels weak, blood pressure decreases until the body weight decreases and interferes with daily activities days The factors that influence the occurrence of Hyperemesis Gravidarum are Hormonal, Diet, Unwanted Pregnancy, and psychology, primigravida does not affect the occurrence of Hyperemesis Gravidarum. Conclusion: Mothers who experience Hyperemesis Gravidarum feel nausea vomiting continuously more than 10 times in one day, no appetite or vomiting when fed, the body feels weak, blood pressure decreases until the weight decreases and interferes with daily activities, it is because there are several factors, namely, hormonal actors, diet, unwanted pregnancy, and psychology.

Social Design for Services Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie SARANTOU ◽  
Satu MIETTINEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

This paper addresses the fields of social and service design in development contexts, practice-based and constructive design research. A framework for social design for services will be explored through the survey of existing literature, specifically by drawing on eight doctoral theses that were produced by the World Design research group. The work of World Design researcher-designers was guided by a strong ethos of social and service design for development in marginalised communities. The paper also draws on a case study in Namibia and South Africa titled ‘My Dream World’. This case study presents a good example of how the social design for services framework functions in practice during experimentation and research in the field. The social design for services framework transfers the World Design group’s research results into practical action, providing a tool for the facilitation of design and research processes for sustainable development in marginal contexts.

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