MIB Master of International Business: Global Management of Innovation & Knowledge 3

Question 1

Which framework categorizes national innovation systems by the role of government, industry, and universities in producing and diffusing knowledge?

Accepted Answer

Triple Helix Model

Answer

The Triple Helix Model (Etzkowitz & Leydesdorff) examines the interplay among government, academia, and industry as the three helices driving national innovation.

Question 2

A global firm's R&D unit in Germany develops a process innovation. To transfer this to a subsidiary in Brazil, which barrier is most likely to arise?

Accepted Answer

Causal ambiguity making tacit knowledge hard to transfer

Answer

Causal ambiguity occurs when the reasons why a practice works are unclear, making tacit knowledge difficult to replicate across cultural and organizational contexts.

Question 3

Which intellectual property strategy involves deliberately publishing innovations to prevent competitors from patenting them?

Accepted Answer

Defensive publication

Answer

Defensive publication places innovations in the public domain, creating prior art that blocks competitors from obtaining patents on the same technology.

Question 4

In Nonaka's SECI model of knowledge creation, 'Combination' refers to:

Accepted Answer

Combining different bodies of explicit knowledge to create new explicit knowledge

Answer

Combination involves reconfiguring existing explicit knowledge (e.g., documents, databases) through sorting, adding, and categorizing to produce new explicit knowledge.

Question 5

What distinguishes a 'frugal innovation' from a standard product innovation?

Accepted Answer

It is designed to deliver core functionality at significantly lower cost for price-sensitive markets

Answer

Frugal innovation strips products to essential features and minimizes costs, targeting consumers in emerging markets with limited purchasing power.

MIB - Master of International Business Practice Test

MIB - Master of International Business Practice Test

MIB Master of International Business: Global Management of Innovation & Knowledge 3