Evolution Mechanism of Subsidiary Roles in Multinational Corporations - Analytical Perspective of Subsidiary Network Capital

Author: Shi Liangping
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book focuses on the subsidiaries of multinational corporations, analyzing the internal mechanisms of the evolutionary development of subsidiaries' roles. It explores the internal laws and trends of the mutual evolution among various types of subsidiaries, providing strategies and recommendations for host country governments to guide the evolutionary direction of subsidiaries' roles, for local enterprises in the host country to collaborate with multinational corporations in knowledge learning and innovation, and for multinational corporations to integrate global resources and for subsidiaries to formulate strategic decisions. To this end, the book conducts analysis from the following three aspects: First, by examining the differences in the closeness of knowledge and information exchange between subsidiaries and parent companies as well as local organizations in the host country, it analyzes the role differences of subsidiaries within the parent company and in the external environment of the host country, as well as the differences in the impact of different role subsidiaries on the host country's economy. Second, it establishes a theoretical model for the evolutionary development of subsidiaries' roles, analyzing why and how subsidiaries' roles evolve. Third, it analyzes how to guide the evolutionary development of subsidiaries' roles by examining the evolutionary paths and driving forces of subsidiaries' roles. This book focuses on the subsidiaries of multinational corporations, analyzing the internal mechanisms of the evolutionary development of subsidiaries' roles, exploring the internal laws and trends of the mutual evolution among various types of subsidiaries, providing strategies and recommendations for host country governments to guide the evolutionary direction of subsidiaries' roles, for local enterprises in the host country to collaborate with multinational corporations in knowledge learning and innovation, and for multinational corporations to integrate global resources and for subsidiaries to formulate strategic decisions. To this end, the book conducts analysis from the following three aspects: First, by examining the differences in the closeness of knowledge and information exchange between subsidiaries and parent companies as well as local organizations in the host country, it analyzes the role differences of subsidiaries within the parent company and in the external environment of the host country, as well as the differences in the impact of different role subsidiaries on the host country's economy. Second, it establishes a theoretical model for the evolutionary development of subsidiaries' roles, analyzing why and how subsidiaries' roles evolve. Third, it analyzes how to guide the evolutionary development of subsidiaries' roles by examining the evolutionary paths and driving forces of subsidiaries' roles.