Masking, claiming and preventing innovation in Cross-border B2B relationships: Neo-colonial frameworks of power in global IT industry
This paper analyzes the role of innovation in cross-border business-to-business (B2B) relationships within the born-global information technology (IT) industry to unmask the assertion that some nations, such as India, are simply ‘less innovative’ than others. We reveal a dark side in B2B relationshi...
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| author | Malik, Ashish Mahadevan, Jasmin Sharma, Piyush Nguyen, Tuyet-Mai |
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| description | This paper analyzes the role of innovation in cross-border business-to-business (B2B) relationships within the born-global information technology (IT) industry to unmask the assertion that some nations, such as India, are simply ‘less innovative’ than others. We reveal a dark side in B2B relationships that masks, claims and prevents innovation. The dark side in innovation in the Indian IT industry is often manifested via three mechanisms of power; namely, a) masking the true ownership of innovation, b) preventing innovation by dominant organiza-tional structures in multinational enterprises (MNEs), and c) finally, the institutionalization of these practices in MNEs. We show when and how the dark side effects in (dis-) innovation are institutionalized in the business system itself through neo-colonial influences and trace power imbalances across multiple interfaces, such as headquarters – subsidiary or service provider – client. We discuss the theoretical contributions and managerial implications of our findings. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-831492024-05-24T09:29:06Z Masking, claiming and preventing innovation in Cross-border B2B relationships: Neo-colonial frameworks of power in global IT industry Malik, Ashish Mahadevan, Jasmin Sharma, Piyush Nguyen, Tuyet-Mai This paper analyzes the role of innovation in cross-border business-to-business (B2B) relationships within the born-global information technology (IT) industry to unmask the assertion that some nations, such as India, are simply ‘less innovative’ than others. We reveal a dark side in B2B relationships that masks, claims and prevents innovation. The dark side in innovation in the Indian IT industry is often manifested via three mechanisms of power; namely, a) masking the true ownership of innovation, b) preventing innovation by dominant organiza-tional structures in multinational enterprises (MNEs), and c) finally, the institutionalization of these practices in MNEs. We show when and how the dark side effects in (dis-) innovation are institutionalized in the business system itself through neo-colonial influences and trace power imbalances across multiple interfaces, such as headquarters – subsidiary or service provider – client. We discuss the theoretical contributions and managerial implications of our findings. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83149 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.04.044 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Elsevier fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Malik, Ashish Mahadevan, Jasmin Sharma, Piyush Nguyen, Tuyet-Mai Masking, claiming and preventing innovation in Cross-border B2B relationships: Neo-colonial frameworks of power in global IT industry |
| title | Masking, claiming and preventing innovation in Cross-border B2B
relationships: Neo-colonial frameworks of power in global IT industry |
| title_full | Masking, claiming and preventing innovation in Cross-border B2B
relationships: Neo-colonial frameworks of power in global IT industry |
| title_fullStr | Masking, claiming and preventing innovation in Cross-border B2B
relationships: Neo-colonial frameworks of power in global IT industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Masking, claiming and preventing innovation in Cross-border B2B
relationships: Neo-colonial frameworks of power in global IT industry |
| title_short | Masking, claiming and preventing innovation in Cross-border B2B
relationships: Neo-colonial frameworks of power in global IT industry |
| title_sort | masking, claiming and preventing innovation in cross-border b2b
relationships: neo-colonial frameworks of power in global it industry |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83149 |