Entrepreneurial Orientation and International New Entry: The Moderating Role of Autonomy and Structures in Subsidiaries
研究了子公司创业导向如何影响其国际新进入行为，发现决策自主性和内部结构是重要的边界条件，自主性受限时正式结构比有机结构更有利于新进入。
We study how the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of subsidiaries influences international initiatives—new entries originating from a subsidiary that go beyond the local environment of the subsidiary. Building on structural contingency theory, we expect to find that the effect of EO is contingent on the structural conditions of decision‐making autonomy and the subsidiary decision‐making structure. Our results from 294 subsidiaries confirm that decision‐making autonomy and internal structures are important boundary conditions delimiting the effectiveness of EO in terms of international new entry. Although autonomy is highly important for international new entries, when it is restricted, formal rather than organic structures benefit new‐entry initiatives.