TY - JOUR
T1 - Institutional and sectoral determinants of headquarters-subsidiary relationships: A study of UK service multinationals in China, Korea, Brazil and Argentina
AU - Miozzo, Marcela
AU - Yamin, Mo
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - What is the nature of headquarters-subsidiary relationships in service multinationals? What factors, including sectoral and national features, affect these relationships? Drawing on a study of eight major UK service multinationals operating in four countries with distinctive institutional environments - China, Korea, Brazil and Argentina - we develop a conceptual framework of the determinants of headquarters-subsidiary relationships in service multinationals. We find that one of the determinants of headquarters-subsidiary relationships is the development by service multinationals of tools for integration and co-ordination, including corporate processes and global supply chain management, which reinforce centralisation. Two additional sets of determinants, however, account for variations among the cases in the autonomy of subsidiaries. A first set of factors relates to the characteristics of the different sectors, including whether the multinational serves global or local customers and the scale and diversity of subsidiary operations. A second includes the influence of institutions and regulations in the host country. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - What is the nature of headquarters-subsidiary relationships in service multinationals? What factors, including sectoral and national features, affect these relationships? Drawing on a study of eight major UK service multinationals operating in four countries with distinctive institutional environments - China, Korea, Brazil and Argentina - we develop a conceptual framework of the determinants of headquarters-subsidiary relationships in service multinationals. We find that one of the determinants of headquarters-subsidiary relationships is the development by service multinationals of tools for integration and co-ordination, including corporate processes and global supply chain management, which reinforce centralisation. Two additional sets of determinants, however, account for variations among the cases in the autonomy of subsidiaries. A first set of factors relates to the characteristics of the different sectors, including whether the multinational serves global or local customers and the scale and diversity of subsidiary operations. A second includes the influence of institutions and regulations in the host country. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84855647531
U2 - 10.1016/j.lrp.2011.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.lrp.2011.11.001
M3 - Article
SN - 0024-6301
VL - 45
SP - 16
EP - 40
JO - Long Range Planning
JF - Long Range Planning
IS - 1
ER -