| Author: | Mu, S. Gnyawali, D. R. Hatfield, D. E. |
| Title: | Foreign subsidiaries' learning from local environments: an empirical test |
| Journal: | Management International Review
2007 : VOL. 47:1, p.79-102 |
| Index terms: | organizational learning subsidiarity innovation knowledge top management team work |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This study examines antecedent factors that influence foreign subsidiaries' innovation through learning from local environments. Innovation through learning from local environments influences the subsidiariesÂ’ knowledge contribution back to the headquarters. Subsidiary local embeddedness, subsidiary top management team heterogeneity, and MNC corporate entrepreneurial culture are the key enablers for subsidiaries to learn and innovate in the local environments. The findings support that the learning and innovation of US-based subsidiaries are significantly influenced by their local embeddedness, their top management team heterogeneity, and the corporate entrepreneurial culture of their parent company, along with the control variables including subsidiary size and the internationalization of parent company. |
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