The (Un)Predictable Factor: The Role of Subsidiary Social Capital in International Takeovers

Dana Minbaeva; Steen Erik Navrbjerg

The (Un)Predictable Factor: The Role of Subsidiary Social Capital in International Takeovers

Dana Minbaeva, Steen Erik Navrbjerg

University of Copenhagen

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Abstract

When multinational corporations (MNCs) take over subsidiaries in other countries and institutional settings, their headquarters often encounter employment relations systems that differ markedly from the systems they know from their country of origin. Building on insights from social capital theory, we argue that MNCs benefit from employing HRM practices that are sensitive to the local cooperative culture on a micro level and to the industrial-relations system on a macro level as, in doing so, they often receive an unexpected return on their investments. This return takes the form of advantages in terms of work organization and a cooperative culture.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business : Local Contexts in Global Business
Editors	Klaus Meyer, Tunga Kiyak
Place of Publication	East Lansing, MI
Publisher	Academy of International Business
Publication date	2014
Pages	197
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	AIB 2014 Annual Meeting : Local Context in Global Business - Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, Canada Duration: 23 Jun 2014 → 26 Jun 2014 Conference number: 56 http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/

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Conference	AIB 2014 Annual Meeting
Number	56
Location	Westin Bayshore
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	23/06/2014 → 26/06/2014
Internet address	http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/

Series	Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings
Volume	56
ISSN	2078-4430

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Minbaeva, D., & Navrbjerg, S. E. (2014). The (Un)Predictable Factor: The Role of Subsidiary Social Capital in International Takeovers. In K. Meyer, & T. Kiyak (Eds.), Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business (pp. 197). Academy of International Business. http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/pdfs/AIB2014_Proceedings.pdf

Minbaeva, Dana ; Navrbjerg, Steen Erik. / The (Un)Predictable Factor : The Role of Subsidiary Social Capital in International Takeovers. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. editor / Klaus Meyer ; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business, 2014. pp. 197 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 56).

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Minbaeva, D & Navrbjerg, SE 2014, The (Un)Predictable Factor: The Role of Subsidiary Social Capital in International Takeovers. in K Meyer & T Kiyak (eds), Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. Academy of International Business, East Lansing, MI, Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, vol. 56, pp. 197, AIB 2014 Annual Meeting , Vancouver, Canada, 23/06/2014. <http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/pdfs/AIB2014_Proceedings.pdf>

The (Un)Predictable Factor: The Role of Subsidiary Social Capital in International Takeovers. / Minbaeva, Dana; Navrbjerg, Steen Erik.
Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. ed. / Klaus Meyer; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI: Academy of International Business, 2014. p. 197 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 56).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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