Subsidiary‐specific advantages in multinational enterprises
研究了跨国企业子公司内部能力建设的模式，提出了10种母子公司联系类型，发现其中几种与子公司特定优势相关，并讨论了在分散运营的差异化网络中子公司优势的发展过程。
Abstract This paper discusses the internal patterns of competence building in the multinational enterprise (MNE), with a focus on the creation of capabilities in its foreign subsidiaries. We present a new framework to synthesize 10 types of MNE–subsidiary linkages leading to capability development. We find that several of the 10 capability development processes are associated with subsidiary‐specific advantages. We discuss the process of subsidiary‐specific advantage development within the organizational structure of the MNE when it is a differentiated network of dispersed operations. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.