Abstract
Prior studies viewed interdependence as an important mechanism for coordinative innovation and examined its impacts on innovations. However, it is still not clear that how latecomer firms with limited innovation capabilities can strategically manage interdependence in order to catch up in global innovation competition. We proposed an inductive case study based on a polar case of Huawei and retrieved its innovation history. Focusing on Huawei’s innovation processes, the study provides insights into how latecomer firms can deliberately manage interdependence and independence in the catch-up process. The results help us to conceptualize and characterize the meaning of interdependence in innovation literature. We also draw implications from our findings for latecomer firms that need to shape their own specific approaches to managing interdependence in order to catch up with first-movers.
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Liang, X., Xu, Y. (2020). Independent or Interdependent Innovation: The Case of Huawei. In: Zhang, W., Alon, I., Lattemann, C. (eds) Huawei Goes Global. Palgrave Studies of Internationalization in Emerging Markets. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47564-2_12
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