Initiatives by Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations An Empiric
In the field of international business, it is increasingly recognized that Multinational Corporations (MNCs) can no longer rely on headquarters as the single source of competitive advantage. Therefore, growing interest centers on decentralized entrepreneu
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Initiatives by Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations An Empirical Study on the Influence of Subsidiary Role Context
Initiatives by Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations
Lars R. Dzedek
Initiatives by Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations An Empirical Study on the Influence of Subsidiary Role Context With a foreword by Prof. Dr. Stefan Schmid
Lars R. Dzedek Fort Lauderdale, USA Dissertation ESCP Europe Wirtschaftshochschule Berlin, 2017 Original Title: “Role-Specific Subsidiary Initiative-Taking in Multinational Corporations – A Contingent and Dynamic Resource-Based Perspective”
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Foreword For 20 years, the phenomenon of subsidiary initatives has received considerable attention in International Business (IB) and International Management (IM) literature. While Julian Birkinshaw’s 1997 article in Strategic Management Journal was certainly breaking the ground, many other authors have provided us with valuable and insightful research on subsidiaries being proactive, risk-taking and autonomous or semi-autonomous. The present thesis has several merits: First of all, the thesis contains an excellent literature review on subsidiary initiatives in Multinational Corporations (MNCs). The literature review fosters our understanding of subsidiariy initiatives, various types of subsidiary initiatives, their antecedents and consequences. The literatu
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