Decision-Making Autonomy and Subsidiary Innovation

Dut Van Vo; Sjoerd Beugelsdijk; Gjalt de Jong; Björn  Jindra

Decision-Making Autonomy and Subsidiary Innovation

Dut Van Vo, Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Gjalt de Jong, Björn Jindra

University of Groningen

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Abstract

This paper investigates how decision-making autonomy affects the possibility and intensity of innovation in subsidiaries of multinational enterprises (MNEs). Subsidiaries are increasingly identified as sources of innovation and as vehicles for cross-border transfer of new competences. The question of how much decision-making autonomy subsidiaries should have is a core issue in the management of headquarters-subsidiary relationships. Using two complementary theoretical perspectives, we hypothesize a non-linear relationship between subsidiary’s decision-making autonomy and innovation. We test our hypothesis in a multi-country and multiindustry database based on survey evidence of 134 subsidiaries located in five Central and Eastern European countries from 23 home countries. The empirical results provide support for a non-linear U shaped relationship between subsidiary decision-making autonomy and innovation intensity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
Editors	Patricia McDougall-Covin, Tunga Kiyak
Place of Publication	East Lansing, MI
Publisher	Academy of International Business
Publication date	2013
Pages	63
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	AIB 2013 Annual Meeting : Bridging the Divide: Linking IB to Complementary Disciplines and Practice - Sabancı University, Koç University, and Özyeğin University, Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 3 Jul 2013 → 6 Jul 2013 Conference number: 55 http://aib.msu.edu/events/2013/

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Conference	AIB 2013 Annual Meeting
Number	55
Location	Sabancı University, Koç University, and Özyeğin University
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	03/07/2013 → 06/07/2013
Internet address	http://aib.msu.edu/events/2013/

Series	Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings
Volume	55
ISSN	2078-4430

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Van Vo, Dut ; Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd ; de Jong, Gjalt et al. / Decision-Making Autonomy and Subsidiary Innovation. Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business. editor / Patricia McDougall-Covin ; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business, 2013. pp. 63 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 55).

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Van Vo, D, Beugelsdijk, S, de Jong, G & Jindra, B 2013, Decision-Making Autonomy and Subsidiary Innovation. in P McDougall-Covin & T Kiyak (eds), Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business. Academy of International Business, East Lansing, MI, Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, vol. 55, pp. 63, AIB 2013 Annual Meeting , Istanbul, Turkey, 03/07/2013. <http://aib.msu.edu/events/2013/pdfs/AIB2013_Proceedings.pdf>

Decision-Making Autonomy and Subsidiary Innovation. / Van Vo, Dut; Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd; de Jong, Gjalt et al.
Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business. ed. / Patricia McDougall-Covin; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI: Academy of International Business, 2013. p. 63 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 55).

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