Transfer of technology in Multinational Enterprises and the Roles of Subsidiaries: an Empirical Investigation

This paper considers the Multinational Enterprise (MNE) as a differentiated learning network with subsidiaries playing a critical role in managing knowledge. Drawing on sample of 92 subsidiaries operating in Greece, this paper empirically tests the relationship between sources of technology acquired and/or generated (internally or externally) and relates them to differently strategically motivated subsidiaries.

The impact of governance quality on subsidiaries’ performance: A survey analysis from Turkey

We employ the quality of governance to study the impact oflocal institutional context on foreign subsidiaries’ performance. We propose and empirically document that local institutionalquality has growth-enhancing effects on subsidiary growth. More specifically, we show that political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and rule of low are positively and significantly related to subsidiaries’ output. Our finding ssuggest that, apart from resources and market considerations, institutional constructs should be included as influential predictorsin the general models investigating subsidiaryperformance.Q4WOS:0005081144000012-s2.0-8507861601

How do MNC R&D laboratory roles affect employee international assignments?

Research and development (R&D) employees are important human resources for multinational corporations (MNCs) as they are the driving force behind the advancement of innovative ideas and products. International assignments of these employees can be a unique way to upgrade their expertise; allowing them to effectively recombine their unique human resources to progress existing knowledge and advance new ones. This study aims to investigate the effect of the roles of R&D laboratories in which these employees work on the international assignments they undertake. We categorise R&D laboratory roles into those of the support laboratory, the locally integrated laboratory and the internationally interdependent laboratory. Based on the theory of resource recombinations, we hypothesise that R&D employees in support laboratories are not likely to assume international assignments, whereas those in locally integrated and internationally interdependent laboratories are likely to assume international assignments. The empirical evidence, which draws from research conducted on 559 professionals in 66 MNC subsidiaries based in Greece, provides support to our hypotheses. The resource recombinations theory that extends the resource based view can effectively illuminate the international assignment field. Also, research may provide more emphasis on the close work context of R&D scientists rather than analyse their demographic characteristics, the latter being the focus of scholarly practice hitherto

The strategic bases of MNEs' expansion into a peripheral European economy : the case of Greece

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