Frank is director of technology in an MNE in which most of the R&D activities are performed in the parent company's home country,but then,foreign subsidiaries are responsible for introducing the resulting innovations to their local customers.The innovation process adopted by Frank's MNE is:
A) globally linked.
B) local-for-local.
C) center-for-global.
D) locally leveraged.

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In the center-for-global innovation model,new opportunities are sensed in the home country the centralized resources and capabilities of the parent company are brought in to create the new product or process,usually in the main R&D center and implementation involves driving the innovation through subsidiaries whose role is to introduce the innovation to their local market.

Frank Is Director of Technology in an MNE in Which