Centralization in Headquarters–Subsidiary Relationships
Research to date on centralization in MNCs has produced many inconsistent findings. The present study attempts to add clarity to the situation by re-testing many of the existing hypotheses with data from a recent study of centralization in 50 large US, UK and European MNCs. It examines how the degree of centralization inherent in the head quarters-foreign subsidiary relationship varies in response to a variety of company-wide and subsidiary level conditions. The influence of company-wide conditions on centralization appears to be much clearer than the influence of subsidiary-level conditions. The study also identifies several new contingency patterns that appear to be at work in MNCs today.© 1986 JIBS. Journal of International Business Studies (1986) 17, 71–92
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1986
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Authors: | Gates, Stephen R ; Egelhoff, William G |
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Journal of International Business Studies. - Palgrave Macmillan, ISSN 0047-2506. - Vol. 17.1986, 2, p. 71-92
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