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Environmental Influences on Mne Subsidiary Roles

Gabriel R.G BenitoBirgitte GrogaardRajneesh Narula

其他書名	Economic Integration and the Nordic Countries
出版	SSRN, 2014
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=yNLbzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋In this paper, we seek to examine the importance of environmental factors in determining subsidiary roles. In particular, we examine the environmental factors associated with deep integration schemes. Such schemes require a convergence of economic structure due to the establishment of common regional institutions, regulations and policies. Specifically, we distinguish between the scope of activities performed by subsidiaries and their level of competence. The empirical analysis is based on a large-scale survey of foreign-owned units in Denmark, Finland, and Norway. These Nordic countries differ with regard to their EU-membership status - Norway being the 'outsider' whereas the others are members - but are very similar to each other in most other respects. Our data show that subsidiaries in Norway report significantly lower scores for both scope and level dimensions of subsidiary development. Effects remain strong even when controlling for other potentially influential factors. The findings indicate that being on the 'outside' of the EU may indeed carry the price of becoming less attractive to MNE activity.