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Implementing Global Strategy: Characteristics of Global Subsidiary Mandates
Kendall Roth,Allen J. Morrison +1 more
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In this article, the authors identify subsidiary characteristics associated with receiving a global mandate by examining foreign subsidiaries located in France, Germany, Japan, U.K., U.S., and Canada.Abstract:
Implementing a global strategy requires coordinating subsidiary activities across country locations. The assumption often made is that such coordination must be managed at headquarters. However, an alternate approach is decentralized-centralized responsibilities in which different subsidiaries within the multinational are given worldwide mandates to manage specific products or products lines. This study identifies subsidiary characteristics that are associated with receiving a global mandate by examining foreign subsidiaries located in France, Germany, Japan, U.K., U.S., and Canada.read more
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Multinational Subsidiary Evolution: Capability and Charter Change in Foreign-Owned Subsidiary Companies
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TL;DR: This paper developed models such as the heterarchy (Hedlund, 1986) and the transnational (Bartlett and Ghoshal, 1989) to reflect the critical role played by many subsidiaries in their corporations' competitiveness.
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Entrepreneurship in multinational corporations : The characteristics of subsidiary initiatives
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Navigating in the new competitive landscape: Building strategic flexibility and competitive advantage in the 21st century
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Building firm-specific advantages in multinational corporations: the role of subsidiary initiative
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Configurations of Strategy and Structure in Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations
TL;DR: In this paper, a three-fold typology of subsidiary roles (world mandate, specialized contributor, local implementer) was induced from the literature and its empirical validity was confirmed by adopting a configurational approach, and explored the ways in which subsidiary "structural context" varies across subsidiary role types.
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Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution
TL;DR: Bartlett and Ghoshal as mentioned in this paper argue that success in global strategy is as much a function of the ability to organize and manage as it is the ability of creating a sound strategy.
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