Dual embeddedness, influence and performance of innovating subsidiaries in the multinational corporation
Fecha
2014Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa
Impacto
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10.1016/j.ibusrev.2014.02.002
Resumen
This study adopts a business network view to study the effects of subsidiary embeddedness on both subsidiary influence within the MNC and innovation-related business performance. Through Structural Equation Modeling we analyze subsidiary relationships connected to 85 innovation projects. The results show that external and corporate embeddedness are complementary contexts, although they affect sub ...
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This study adopts a business network view to study the effects of subsidiary embeddedness on both subsidiary influence within the MNC and innovation-related business performance. Through Structural Equation Modeling we analyze subsidiary relationships connected to 85 innovation projects. The results show that external and corporate embeddedness are complementary contexts, although they affect subsidiary influence and performance differently. Whereas external embeddedness directly affects innovation-related business performance, corporate embeddedness strengthens the subsidiary’s influence within the MNC, which in turn positively relates to performance. Moreover, as the study also finds that external and corporate embeddedness are positively associated, it stresses the issue of simultaneously balancing both external and corporate relationships (i.e. dual embeddedness) to nurture innovation projects. [--]
Materias
Dual embeddedness,
Business networks,
Corporate embeddedness,
External embeddedness,
Innovation development,
Innovation performance,
Subsidiary influence
Editor
Elsevier
Publicado en
International Business Review 23 (2014) 897–909
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Gestión de Empresas /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Enpresen Kudeaketa Saila
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Entidades Financiadoras
The authors wish to thank the Spanish Ministry of Science and
Innovation, Project ECO2011-28991 for financial support.