The Relationship Between Subsidiary Size and Subsidiary Autonomy in Turkish Outward Foreign Direct Investments

The Interactive Relationship between Economic Growth and Foreign Direct Investments (FDI): A VAR Analysis in Iran

T he impact of FDI on economic growth is neither homogeneous, nor completely clarified. Due to accumulation of capital in the host economy, FDI is expected to encourage the incorporation of new inputs and technologies in the process of production. However, the impact of FDI on economic growth is not so shaped up in empirical studies. Accordingly, while some studies remarked a positiv...

Subsidiary autonomy and performance in Japanese multinationals in Europe

Notwithstanding the growing body of research on headquarters–subsidiary relationships, the conditions under which subsidiary autonomy leads to enhanced subsidiary performance is still a subject of debate. This study adopts a contingency approach and investigates the effects of external uncertainties and intra-MNE coordination on the performance benefits of subsidiary autonomy. The empirical ana...

Subsidiary Decision Making Autonomy: Competences, Integration and Local Responsiveness

Upgrading and Subsidiary Autonomy : Experience of Hungarian Manufacturing Companies

This paper examines the patterns of subsidiary autonomy at the organizational periphery: at multinational companies’ (MNCs) manufacturing subsidiaries in Hungary. It investigates the impact of upgrading on subsidiary autonomy. Our case study-based investigation (27 in-depth interviews at 14 manufacturing subsidiaries) integrates three previously isolated lines of research: 1) subsidiary upgradi...

Within-country product diversification and foreign subsidiary performance

Received: 1 March 2005 Revised: 22 November 2007 Accepted: 11 December 2007 Online publication date: 27 March 2008 Abstract We examine the product diversification of a multinational firm within each of its host-country markets. Based on a sample of 12,992 foreign subsidiaries of Japanese multinational firms, we find that higher levels of within-country product diversity led to higher subsidiary...