From rocking the boat to wagging the dog: A literature review of subsidiary initiative research and integrative framework
S Schmid, LR Dzedek, M Lehrer - Journal of International Management, 2014 - Elsevier
This literature review on the topic of subsidiary initiatives discloses a certain lack of
conceptual clarity concerning the phenomenon. After providing an overview of the research …
conceptual clarity concerning the phenomenon. After providing an overview of the research …
From local to global innovation: The role of subsidiaries' external relational embeddedness in an emerging market
This study examines factors that influence the development and transformation of local
innovations into global innovations from an emerging market subsidiary. We argue that …
innovations into global innovations from an emerging market subsidiary. We argue that …
The effects of spatial and contextual factors on headquarters resource allocation to MNE subsidiaries
H Dellestrand, P Kappen - Journal of International Business Studies, 2012 - Springer
Subsidiaries of multinational enterprises are located in a range of environments, in which
they are exposed to organizational, national, and sub-national characteristics. Instead of …
they are exposed to organizational, national, and sub-national characteristics. Instead of …
Overcoming the liability of outsidership—the challenge of HQ of the global firm
JE Vahlne, R Schweizer, J Johanson - Journal of International Management, 2012 - Elsevier
We conceptualize the global firm as being a loosely coupled network of far-flung
subsidiaries with hierarchically acting headquarters (HQ) that design a global organization …
subsidiaries with hierarchically acting headquarters (HQ) that design a global organization …
Internal embeddedness, geographic distance, and global knowledge sourcing by overseas subsidiaries
We investigate determinants of global knowledge sourcing of overseas R&D subsidiaries,
shedding light on vertical cross-border embeddedness within firms. Drawing on the paradox …
shedding light on vertical cross-border embeddedness within firms. Drawing on the paradox …
Which resources matter how and where? A meta‐analysis on firms' foreign establishment mode choice
Firm resources play an important role in explaining the foreign establishment mode choice.
However, a theoretical framework that simultaneously a) differentiates between …
However, a theoretical framework that simultaneously a) differentiates between …
The impact of knowledge and financial resource flows for MNE strategy: A typology of subsidiary roles
What are the implications of finance and knowledge flows for MNE strategy? In this
perspective paper, we discuss the antecedents and implications of HQ-subsidiary financial …
perspective paper, we discuss the antecedents and implications of HQ-subsidiary financial …
[HTML][HTML] Coordination at the edge of the empire: The delegation of headquarters functions through regional management mandates
In this paper, we conceptualise the role of headquarters not as bound to a unique physical
location but as a set of functions distributed across the multinational enterprise. Specifically …
location but as a set of functions distributed across the multinational enterprise. Specifically …
MNC organizational form and subsidiary motivation problems: Controlling intervention hazards in the network MNC
The MNC literature treats the (parent) HQ as entirely benevolent with respect to their
perceived and actual intentions when they intervene at lower levels of the MNC. However …
perceived and actual intentions when they intervene at lower levels of the MNC. However …
Subsidiary roles and dual knowledge flows between MNE subsidiaries and headquarters: The moderating effects of organizational governance types
In this paper, we investigate how various types of subsidiary roles affect dual knowledge
flows between a focal subsidiary and the multinational enterprise's headquarters, a thus far …
flows between a focal subsidiary and the multinational enterprise's headquarters, a thus far …