Innovation in Emerging Markets

This dissertation comprises three studies in the field of innovation and global strategy. Chapter 1 is titled "Does return migration facilitate distributed R&D in multinationals?" and explores whether the phenomenon of MNCs setting R&D centers in emerging markets is realted the the return migration of engineers and scientists from the U.S. to countries like China and India. Chapter 2 is titled "Inventor mobility and knowledge creation : a studing using micro data" and studies how short term inventor mobility across locations in a firm affects knowledge creation. Chapter 3 is joint work with Tarun Kahanna and is titled "Privatization of innovation : evidence from Indian national laboratories." Here, we explore the theme of reforming public R&D institutions in emerging markets.