英文摘要 |
Prior research has highlighted the importance of subsidiary autonomy in multinational corporations (MNC), but there are relatively few empirical evidences supporting the statement of direct relationships among subsidiary autonomy, entrepreneurship and performance. Furthermore, the previous research treated both subsidiary autonomy and entrepreneurship as uni-dimensional variables; however, these two constructs should be multi-dimensional variables. Therefore, based on the exploration and exploitation perspectives, this study categorize the construct of subsidiary's autonomy into operational vs. strategic variables, and the subsidiary entrepreneurship into radical vs. incremental variables. Agency theory is adopted to point out that the subsidiary entrepreneurship is a proper strategic control mechanism in MNC parent-subsidiary agency structure. Another further deduction is that the subsidiary entrepreneurship is the meditating variable between autonomy and performance. This study also explores the influences from varied autonomies to varied performances as well as analyzes the mediating effects of autonomies and performances from varied subsidiary entrepreneurship. This study generated hypothesis from previous research and conducted a survey in subsidiaries of Taiwanese multinational corporations in China. Among 240 effective questionnaires, this study finds (1) the positive relationship between operational subsidiary autonomy and subsidiary performance in MNC, (2) the positive relationship between strategic subsidiary autonomy and radical subsidiary entrepreneurship in MNC, (3) the positive relationship between operational subsidiary autonomy and incremental subsidiary entrepreneurship in MNC, and (4) the incremental subsidiary entrepreneurship holding the mediating effects on the positive relationship between operational subsidiary autonomy and subsidiary performance in MNC. |