Host-country environment and subsidiary competence: Extending the diamond network model

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Asmussen, Christian Geisler; Pedersen, Torben; Dhanaraj, Charles
• 署名单位: Copenhagen Business School; Indiana University System; Indiana University Indianapolis; IU Kelley School of Business
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400420
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 42-57
• 关键词: MNE environment; subsidiary competence configuration; industrial clusters; differentiated networks; subsidiary embeddedness

摘要

We extend the centers of excellence'' concept to address the diversity and multidimensionality of subsidiary competence. Using Rugman and Verbeke's diamond network model, we hypothesize the contingencies influencing the links between host-country environments and subsidiary competence configuration, and provide evidence from more than 2000 subsidiaries in seven European countries. Our results provide new insights into how multinational enterprises can overcome unbalanced'' national diamonds by acquiring complementary capabilities across borders.