The strategic impact of external networks: subsidiary performance and competence development in the multinational corporation
研究了跨国子公司外部网络中的关系嵌入性（业务嵌入和技术嵌入）如何影响其市场绩效及在跨国公司能力发展中的作用，基于97家瑞典子公司数据发现技术嵌入正向影响绩效和产品/流程开发。
Abstract This paper explores the importance of relational embeddedness in external networks as a strategic resource for performance and competence development in multinational corporations (MNCs). Two different types of relational embeddedness at the subsidiary level—business embeddedness and technical embeddedness—are proposed to have an influence on the subsidiary's market performance as well as its importance for competence development in the MNC. Using data on 97 Swedish MNC subsidiaries, five hypotheses are tested in a LISREL model analysis. The results suggest that technical embeddedness has a positive impact on both the subsidiary expected performance and its role in the development of products and production processes in the MNC. Indirectly, through external technical embeddedness, external business embeddedness also influences the sister units' product and process development and subsidiary market performance. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.