Distel, Andreas P, Sofka, Wolfgang 
ORCID: 0000-0003-1598-6127, de Faria, Pedro, Preto, Miguel Torres and Ribeiro, Antonio Sergio
(2022)
Dynamic capabilities for hire - How former host-country entrepreneurs as MNC subsidiary managers affect performance.
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES, 53 (4).
pp. 657-688.
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Abstract
MNC subsidiaries benefit from managers with entrepreneurial skills for finding superior combinations of MNC and host-country resources. However, such management skills are scarce. We reason that subsidiaries can improve their performance by hiring host-country entrepreneurs as managers since they develop similar skills in start-ups. Our theoretical model integrates mechanisms from entrepreneurial experience into theory on the microfoundations of dynamic capabilities. We test and support our prediction using longitudinal employer–employee data for 5587 foreign MNC subsidiaries in Portugal. Further, we show that performance effects are weaker when a subsidiary’s management is internationally diverse and stronger in dynamic host-country environments.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | MNC subsidiaries, dynamic capabilities, entrepreneurship, microfoundations, subsidiary managers, entrepreneurial experience, entropy balancing |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2019 15:21 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 00:12 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/s41267-019-00274-0 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3067217 |
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