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How controversial innovation succeeds in the periphery? A network perspective of BASF Argentina

Johannes Glückler · 2014 · Journal of Economic Geography

Summary. BASF's Argentine subsidiary, despite being geographically and organizationally peripheral, successfully developed and implemented controversial innovations. Through interviews and network analysis of employee knowledge sharing, the study identifies contextual and network conditions that enable peripheral subsidiaries of multinational corporations to create and enforce innovations, challenging assumptions that innovation concentrates at corporate headquarters.

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Glückler, J.. (2014). How controversial innovation succeeds in the periphery? A network perspective of BASF Argentina. Journal of Economic Geography. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbu016

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DOI
10.1093/jeg/lbu016
Countries
Argentina
Regions
South America
Categories
innovation-networks, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation
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2026-04-28