Using a sensemaking lens to examine the creation of subsidiary roles, this paper is built on three premises: (1) subsidiary managers often have different perceptions about their subsidiary role in the multinational enterprise, and (2) that such roles are not static and require continues...

The paper explores how subsidiaries in emerging markets establish their innovation activities. The configuration of innovation activity involves: a) manufacturing (multidomestic and global); and b) knowledge transfer (inflows and outflows). In this paper, we study the largest Swedish...

This article presents a case study of small, distributed electrical power generators, representing a potential substitute for large power plants, and raises questions regarding the ability of established manufacturers to manage this kind of technological transition. The analysis demonstrates...

This article focuses on technological discontinuities and late shakeouts in mature industries. The empirical case is combined cycle gas turbine technology in the power generation industry, where two of four main incumbents (GE, ABB, Siemens, and Westinghouse) exited the industry after several...