This paper uses network approaches to subsidiary theory to investigate the performance impacts of interactions among the factors of autonomy, intra-organizational network relationships, and inter-organizational network relationships. The paper offers an analysis of both direct and indirect...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how the proportion of skilled jobs in subsidiaries is influenced by resource gaps created by subsidiary development. Design/methodology/approach – This paper develops a range of propositions that connect the constructs of effective autonomy...

Abstract Das hoch regulierte deutsche Arbeitsbeziehungsmodell steht immer wieder in der Kritik. Gelegentlich wird es als Grund für die Abwanderung deutscher Unternehmen ins weniger regulierte, mitbestimmungsfreie Ausland genannt, gelegentlich als mitverantwortlich für die angeblich geringen...

Das deutsche Modell der Beziehungen zwischen Arbeitgebern und Arbeitnehmern innerhalb eines Unternehmens vor allem die betriebliche Mitbestimmung stand lange Zeit in der Kritik, während das anglo-amerikanische Modell als überlegen angesehen wurde. Welches Arbeitsbeziehungsmodell wählen...

In der Globalisierungs- und Standortdebatte wird zunehmend postuliert, daß es nationale Sonderwege in Wahl von Wirtschafts- und Beschäftigungspolitik und der Institutionalisierung der Arbeits- und Tarifsysteme nicht mehr gebe - die Mobilität insbesondere des Kapitals führe letztendlich zur...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop an analytical framework to categorize the quality of industrial relations in foreign affiliates. Using the case of foreign affiliates in Germany, this paper further explores what factors shape the quality of industrial relations in foreign...

Purpose – As subsidiary power has received relatively little attention in existing research, this paper aims to enhance the understanding of genuine sources of subsidiary power and how they work in headquarters‐subsidiary relationships. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a...

Purpose: This paper aims to address the relationship between critical and mainstream international business (IB) research and discuss the ways forward for the former. Design/methodology/approach: The paper empirically maps critical IB scholarship by analysing more than 250 academic articles...

This paper focuses on subsidiary role development in terms of changes in the market, product and value-added scope of foreign subsidiaries within multinational corporations (MNC). In its theoretical part, it identifies three interrelated reasons to explain such role changes: (1) subsidiary...