Autonomy and Performance of Foreign Subsidiaries in Transition Countries

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urmas Varblane ◽  
Katrin Männik ◽  
Helena Hannula
Keyword(s):  
Transition Countries ◽  
Foreign Subsidiaries ◽  
And Performance

Technology Sourcing and Performance of Foreign Subsidiaries in Greece: The Impact of MNE and Local Environmental Contexts

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitris Manolopoulos ◽  
Pavlos Dimitratos ◽  
Stephen Young ◽  
Spyros Lioukas
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Subsidiaries ◽  
Technology Sourcing ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

Enhancing foreign subsidiaries' performance through relational ties, market- and nonmarket-based capabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amonrat Thoumrungroje ◽  
Supara Kapasuwan
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Foreign Subsidiaries ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Path Analyses ◽  
And Performance

PurposeGiven the inconclusive findings on relational ties–performance relationships, this study approaches this phenomenon through social capital theory and resource-based view (RBV) lenses to advocate the mediating role of nonmarket- and market-based capabilities.Design/methodology/approachA survey-based research methodology was employed. A list of 1,425 foreign subsidiaries was identified from the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) website, and key informants were contacted. A final response rate of 11.8% was achieved. All hypotheses were tested via path analyses with the bootstrapping technique.FindingsThe results indicate that the relationships between business- and government-relational ties and performance are fully mediated by market- and nonmarket-based capabilities with the latter serving as essential but inadequate preconditions for achieving superior firm performance.Practical implicationsTo mitigate the liability of foreignness and to enhance performance of foreign subsidiaries operating in volatile emerging economies such as Thailand, government and business relational ties are crucial in developing nonmarket- and market-based capabilities. The nonmarket-based capabilities entail the ability to negotiate with and influence policy makers, which in turn helps augment the development of market-based capabilities, including the ability to be highly responsive to customers' needs.Originality/valueThis research illustrates the embedded roles of nonmarket and market-based capabilities developed through complex interactions among social actors, including the multinational enterprises’ (MNEs’) subsidiaries and government and nongovernment counterparts, in attaining superior performance. The results indicate how relational ties enable MNEs’ subsidiaries to develop various capabilities, and how these capabilities are related with each other and linked to firm performance. Findings from an emerging economy undergoing recent political and economic uncertainties also provide theoretical advancements for international business studies.

scholarly journals When geography matters: International diversification and firm performance of Spanish multinationals

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 234094442089898
Author(s):  
Xavier Mendoza ◽  
Christian Espinosa-Méndez ◽  
Luis Araya-Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Multinational Firms ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Foreign Subsidiaries ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
S Curve ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

This paper studies how the nature and shape of the relationship between inter- national diversification (ID) and performance (P) may vary according to a firm’s geographical focus of internationalization. Using a sample of Spanish multinational firms for the 2004—2012 period we find an M-shaped relationship. However, significant differences are found when the different geographical foci of internationalization are considered. Strong support is found when firms adopt a regional focus (an inverted S-curve when the ID measure refers to the number of foreign countries and an M-curve when it refers to the size of the network of foreign sub- sidiaries), a biregional focus (an S-curve) and a semiglobal focus (an inverted S-curve but also an M-curve with foreign subsidiaries). These findings and their pattern suggest the critical impor- tance of the country of origin and the geographical focus of internationalization in explaining the relationship between ID—P. JEL CLASSIFICATION C33; F23; G15; L25

TIMING AND PERFORMANCE OF POST-ENTRY FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES.

2004 ◽  
Vol 2004 (1) ◽  
pp. D1-D6 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUIHUA JOY JIANG ◽  
PAUL W. BEAMISH
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Subsidiaries ◽  
Post Entry ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Corporate Governance of SOEs and Performance in Transition Countries. Evidence from Lithuania

2016 ◽  
Vol 07 (12) ◽  
pp. 1339-1360
Author(s):  
Claudia Curi ◽  
Justas Gedvilas ◽  
Ana Lozano-Vivas
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Transition Countries ◽  
And Performance
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