The role of subsidiaries in Global Value Chains (GVCs): An institutional voids perspective on LVC upgrading and integration
通过农业企业的纵向案例研究，揭示了跨国子公司如何通过制度桥接活动，在新兴市场制度空洞中吸引并留住小供应商，推动本地价值链升级与整合。
We explore the process through which MNE subsidiaries engage and retain a critical mass of small suppliers in Global Value Chains (GVCs) while addressing institutional voids in emerging markets. Using evidence from an interpretive inductive longitudinal case study in agribusiness, we draw on the GVC and institutional voids literatures to: (1) extend the GVC literature by offering a subsidiary-focused view of GVCs; and (2) demonstrate the dynamic process of void engagement through complementary institutional bridging activities. Our temporal sequencing of subsidiary institutional agency in response to different modalities of voids demonstrates a constellation of bridging activities that results from a dynamic interplay between voids and practices.