Attention green aliens?: Activities of multinational enterprises in host countries and eco-innovation diffusion

Yoo Jung Ha

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.09.038

Attention green aliens? Activities of multinational enterprises in host countries and eco-innovation diffusion

Yoo Jung Ha

The York Management School

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Abstract

This paper investigates the extent to which eco-innovation activities in multinational
enterprises (MNEs) in a host country affects local firms. In the attention-based view,
the organizational attention field is significant for innovation. By analyzing the Korean
Innovation Survey and patent data, we find that as more foreign MNEs conduct eco-innovation
locally, attention to environmental issues increases in local firms. Their attention field particularly benefits from the presence of foreign MNEs whose country-of-origin is close to the host country or who have a long-term presence in the host country. A larger attention field then improves the likelihood of local firms successfully implementing eco-innovation and can accelerate eco-innovation implementation; however, this effect is observed only in large local firms and thus able to redeploy abundant internal resources.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	32-43
Number of pages	12
Journal	JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
Volume	123
Early online date	1 Oct 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.09.038
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2021

Bibliographical note

Keywords

Eco-innovation diffusion;
Multinational enterprise (MNE)
Attention-based view
Attention field
Psychic distance

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Environmental Innovation Diffusion
Ha, Y. J.
THE BRITISH ACADEMY
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