Browsing Handelshøyskolen BI by Journals "Global Strategy Journal"
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Are governance mode and foreign location choices independent?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article explores the relationship between organizational governance and location choices. While the existing literature provides significant intuition regarding the factors that influence these choices, it often assumes ... -
Between a rock and a hard place: The consequences of complex headquarters configurations for subsidiary R&D activities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Challenges related to the complexity of overlapping multiple partner headquarters configurations, the resulting power and political tensions between headquarters, and the consequent effects of multiple interventions in ... -
Choosing misaligned governance modes when offshoring business functions: A prospect theory perspective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Transaction cost economics (TCE) holds that multinational corporations (MNCs) should select governance modes based on associated transactional hazards. However, MNCs often adopt theoretically misaligned governance modes. ... -
Complexity and multinationals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Research Summary The multinational corporation (MNC) is a typical example of a complex organization. In this essay, we employ an established body of literature on complexity in organizations to explore and discuss the ... -
Dynamic capability development in multinational enterprises: Reconciling routine reconfiguration between the headquarters and subsidiaries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Starting from the premise that firms need dynamic capabilities to adapt to changing environments, we discuss how multinational enterprises (MNEs) develop dynamic capabilities from internationalization. Unlike domestic firms ... -
The enduring effects of relational attributes on subsidiary evolution after mandate loss
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)We explore the importance of the relational attributes, trust and commitment, and their association with subsidiary development after mandate loss. We examine how greenfield and acquired subsidiaries, through their interaction ... -
The future of global strategy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Global strategy, that is, theanalysis of strategy in an international context, has co-evolved with the dramatic changes in the global econ-omy in the 21st century. Research advances haveenabled a more sophisticated ... -
In the right place at the right time! The influence of knowledge governance tools on knowledge transfer and utilization in MNEs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This article examines the utilization of knowledge transferred between sending and receiving subsidiaries within multinational enterprises. A model was developed and tested on 169 specific knowledge transfer projects. The ... -
Into the unknown: The extent and boldness of firms' international footprint
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Research Summary Firms make footprints as they internationalize. Going beyond simple measures of firms' internationalization, we conceptualize and measure the extent of a firm's international footprint as the number of ... -
Subsidiary capability and charter change: Making Birkinshaw and Hood's framework actionable
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)We provide a more granular and comprehensive approach to subsidiary evolution and enhance the understanding of the complexity of the subsidiary's evolution in the era of value chain fine-slicing. We extend Birkinshaw and ... -
Subsidiary upgrading and global value chain governance in the multinational enterprise
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Upgrading and governance in global value chains (GVCs) have been understood mainly through studying the buyer–supplier transaction, where the supplier is typically an independent contractor from a developing economy. Little ... -
The benefits of internationalization for state-owned enterprises
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Plain language summary: We investigate whether listed state-owned enterprises (SOEs) benefit more from internationalization than listed private enterprises. We argue that SOEs have a greater scope for benefitting from ... -
When are global decisions strategic?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)A robust academic field must set and revisit boundary conditions that define where, when, and to whom its insights apply. This is particularly true for a field such as global strategy where the ubiquity of the key terms ... -
Where do MNEs locate their headquarters? At home!
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)We discuss the concept of corporate headquarters and outline a simple model of where MNEs locate their corporate headquarters. In line with substantial empirical evidence, this model emphasizes the inertial forces that tie ...