I report the results of observations of management practices in 20 Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations (MNCs). I argue that to counterbalance the higher country-specific risks associated with investing in Russia, MNCs impose on their Russian subsidiaries high...

This study examines how MNCs use strategic human capital appointments in the subsidiary executive team to manage tension between effective monitoring and local knowledge utilization when faced with subsidiary environment uncertainty. Using a sample of executives from 75 subsidiaries of 34 U.S....