Developing Subsidiary Contribution to the MNC:Subsidiary Entrepreneurship and Strategy Creativity

Authors

Pamela Sharkey Scott, Technological University DublinFollow
P. T. Gibbons Prof, University College DublinFollow
Joseph Coughlan, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

5.2 ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

Publication Details

Fox School of Business 10^th Annual International Business Research Forum, Philadelphia.

Abstract

Despite its theoretical and managerial significance, subsidiary entrepreneurship and its effects on subsidiary contribution remain underexplored in the literature. We propose that subsidiary entrepreneurship encourages more creative strategic responses to escalating environmental change. We explore the direct and mediating effects of subsidiary entrepreneurship on subsidiary contribution to the MNC, particularly subsidiary strategy creativity. We use structural equation modelling to test our propositions on data generated from surveying the population of Irish subsidiaries of foreign MNCs, and find strong support for our theoretical predictions. The managerial implications of subsidiary entrepreneurship in generating creative strategy, prompting strategic initiatives and improving performance are discussed.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/D7TB84

Recommended Citation

Sharkey Scott, P., Gibbon, P.T., Couglan, J.: Developing Subsidiary Contribution to the MNC:Subsidiary Entrepreneurship and Strategy Creativity. Byond Silicon Valley:How emerging economies are shaping our understanding of global entrepreneurship:10th International Business Forum, Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, April 17-18, 2009.