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Explaining autonomy variations across value‐chain activities in foreign‐owned subsidiaries
Author(s) -
Kingkaew Suthikorn,
Dahms Sven
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.22019
Subject(s) - subsidiary , autonomy , competence (human resources) , business , value (mathematics) , industrial organization , asset (computer security) , survey data collection , qualitative comparative analysis , perspective (graphical) , multinational corporation , marketing , economics , management , political science , finance , computer science , law , computer security , machine learning , artificial intelligence , statistics , mathematics
This article is one of the first to combine the asset bundling model and neo‐configurational perspective to explain autonomy variations across different value‐chain activities in foreign‐owned subsidiaries. We develop tentative answers to three research questions based on survey data of subsidiaries located in Taiwan and Thailand. We use fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis technique to analyze the data. We found that competence bundles in primary and support activities are key for autonomy development across basic and advanced value‐adding activities. Strong relationships with local business networks are more important for autonomy development than links to universities or governmental institutions. The global city location plays a lesser role than expected and the geographic distance is a hindrance to autonomy development in basic as well as advanced value‐chain activities.