英文摘要 |
What determines the importance of subsidiary in MNE? In this paper, we shedlight in this question by linking the environment competitiveness, subsidiarybusiness relationships, and headquarters international attention to the subsidiaryimportance. We test our hypotheses by questionnaires of 197 subsidiaries inTaiwan. Our results indicate that the environment competitiveness, customerbusiness relationship, and competitor business relationship have a positive effecton the subsidiary importance. We also find that headquarters international attentioninto its effect between the subsidiary context and importance. We discussimplication for the MNE literature, internal and external network, and the literatureon the subsidiary’s and headquarters’ role. |