| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, April 2, 2019 | 1:00PM - 3:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, 1 Devonshire Place |
Innovation is the source of sustainable competitive advantage for firms. Innovation itself has been argued to stem from control of valuable and non-imitable resources. As the pace of technology change has increased, however, firms find that resources or resulting innovations fail to secure sustained competitive advantage. Drawing upon field research on contract manufacturers in China, this talk will discuss how resource-constrained SMEs develop different categories of innovations and their impacts on firm organization and performance.
Michael Murphree is assistant professor of international business at the University of South Carolina and is currently a visiting professor with the Innovation Policy Lab at the University of Toronto. Professor Murphree is currently working with the Innovation Policy Lab on a study of knowledge transfer, innovation, entrepreneurship, economic growth and employment in the offshore petroleum industry in Newfoundland and Labrador. His primary research interests include globalization, innovation in emerging economies, technology standards and market formation, and intellectual property rights. His research considers China in comparative perspective with other emerging economies and the developed West, particularly Europe. His other research interests are globalization, state-firm relations, innovation, technology standards and market formation, and intellectual property rights, especially in China and East Asia. He has conducted field research in China since 2007 and speaks fluent Mandarin. Professor Murphree has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, as well as a book, chapters in edited volumes and numerous commissioned reports for groups including the Global Commission on Internet Governance and the U.S. National Academies.
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