With the internationalization of innovation, multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiaries have been found to play a critical role in product and process innovation. Deriving from a rich and diverse subsidiary innovation (SI) literature, this article attempts to develop a comprehensive model to study the factors that impact SI in a developing economy by devising three macro constructs, namely, (a) local environment (LE), (b) subsidiary traits (ST) and (c) headquarters (HQ) strategy (HS). The 15 factors associated with these macro constructs identified through literature review are statistically validated through an ‘Idea Engineering’ exercise for their contextual relevance. Based on an expert survey carried out in the developing economy context of India, barring 2 HS factors, rest of them have been found to be statistically significant in the Indian context. Antecedents of SI, identified by this article, can be used by domain practitioners and experts in the field to improve their organization’s innovative capability. The proposed model in this study can be further empirically validated by researchers working in the area of SI.
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