Multinational subsidiary evolution: Capability and charter change in foreign-owned subsidiary companies

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Birkinshaw, J; Hood, N
• 署名单位: Stockholm School of Economics; University of Strathclyde
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.2307/259062
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 773-795
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL-STRUCTURE; Competitive advantage; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; empirical-evidence; GLOBAL STRATEGY; JAPANESE FIRMS; UNITED-STATES; Product cycle; corporations; PERSPECTIVE

摘要

In this article we develop a model of subsidiary evolution to shed light on the processes that drive changes in a subsidiary's activities and its underlying capabilities. We see subsidiary evolution as (1) the enhancement/depletion of capabilities in the subsidiary. coupled with (2) an explicit change in the subsidiary's charter. Building on, this definition, we analyze the interaction between capability and charter change and identify five generic subsidiary evolution processes, developing propositions around the underlying drivers for each process.