The article reports on an empirical study of environmental scanning within multinational corporations (MNCs) at the headquarters-foreign subsidiary (HQ-FS) level. Specifically, the study examines the following questions: (1) How actively do MNC HQs scan their foreign subsidiary environments? (2)...

Strategic control has recently been recognized to serve two purposes – to ensure that strategy is implemented as planned and to shape strategy content during implementation. While there are many analytical tools available for designing strategic controls that ensure strategy implementation,...

This paper reports on an empirical study of the strategic decision consequences associated with environmental scanning by MNCs at the HQ‐FS level. The study focuses on decisions that relate to strategic change. After a review of theoretical arguments that relate environmental scanning with...

We present a model of the international joint venture (IJV) restructuring process and discuss, from a single partner firm's perspective, the steps involved in recognizing a need for restructuring and deciding to restructure. In addition, we examine the organizational processes involved in...