The Competences of the Parent Company and the Network Embeddedness of the Subsidiary
The MNC is a complex network and the subsidiary of the MNC is embedded in a formal network including the internal and extemal network. The network embeddedness is one of the important factors determining the success of the MNC and the informal network embeddedness of the subsidiary is introduced in the MNC network. To examine the influence to the network embeddedness of the subsidiary, the competences of the parent company are studied. Transnational experience, brand and reputation, and technological innovation of the parent are positively and significantly related to the intemal network embeddedness of the subsidiary. And technological innovation is significantly and positively associated with the external and informal network embeddedness of the subsidiary.
Network Embeddedness Parent Company Subsidiary Informal Network Embeddedness
LIU Ting ANNICK Williem AIME Heene
Business School, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, P.R.China, 411105 Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tweekerkenstraat 2, 9000 GENT, Belgium
国际会议
2009年战略管理国际会议(2009 International Conference on Strategic Management)
成都
英文
889-899
2009-06-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）