The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cultural determinants of local subsidiaries' initiatives. An … corporation), business culture and national culture are considered as barriers to local subsidiaries' initiatives. Second, these … factors enhance subsidiaries capabilities and isolation while preventing the transformation of local initiatives into hybrid …

German and 113 French subsidiaries operating in the UK. German companies were found to pursue market‐focused strategies with … German subsidiaries in other areas of marketing decision making. Some differences by industry sector were observed, with …

is based on four exploratory case studies undertaken in German subsidiaries in France. Applying a matched pair approach … it compares two subsidiaries run by parent country nationals (PCNs) with two subsidiaries run by host country nationals …

headquarters and foreign subsidiaries. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical study is based on three in‐depth case‐studies of … French multinationals. The authors conducted 31 interviews with managers from both the headquarters and foreign subsidiaries …. Findings – The findings of the study indicate that headquarters‐subsidiaries relationships are shaped by the location of …

, Romania and Sweden. [...] …

illustrate our argument by examining two important cases - Sweden's recent export success and the financialization of non … exports have been reshaped by intragroup trade among foreign subsidiaries of domestic corporations. The growth of financial …