Expatriation and its effect on headquarters' attention in the multinational enterprise

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Plourde, Yves; Parker, Simon C.; Schaan, Jean-Louis
• 署名单位: Western University (University of Western Ontario)
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.2125
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 938-947
• 关键词: headquarters' attention; instrumental variables; Expatriates; MNE; GROWTH

摘要

We explore the circumstances under which expatriates can help their host-subsidiary capture headquarters' attention. Our central contention is that expatriates will be particularly helpful in situations where a subsidiary or its market is showing signs of growth, allowing headquarters to recognize information signaling opportunities for the firm that could otherwise go unnoticed. We test this contention using a robust instrumental variable approach in a single multinational enterprise. Our results show that subsidiaries hosting expatriates and experiencing growth at the subsidiary or market level have a higher probability of capturing headquarters' attention. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.