Antecedents and innovation performance implications of MNC political ties in the Chinese automotive supply chain
| Autor: | Stefan Zagelmeyer, Ruey-Jer 'Bryan' Jean, Rudolf R. Sinkovics |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Product innovation
Emerging market Strategy and Management 05 social sciences Subsidiary MNCs Political ties Multinational corporation 0502 economics and business Opportunism Survey data collection 050211 marketing Business Dynamism Institutional environment Business and International Management Emerging markets Database transaction 050203 business & management Industrial organization |
| Zdroj: | Jean, R-J B, Sinkovics, R R & Zagelmeyer, S 2018, ' Antecedents and innovation performance implications of MNC political ties in the Chinese automotive supply chain ', Management International Review, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 995-1026 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-018-0370-2 |
| ISSN: | 0938-8249 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11575-018-0370-2 |
| Popis: | The development of political ties represents a non-market strategy, which may substitute for formal contracts in safeguarding against transaction risks of innovation processes in emerging markets with weak institutions, such as China. Previous work has largely ignored the role political ties play in product innovation, and especially with respect to subsidiaries of foreign multinational corporations (MNCs). This study investigates the antecedents and role of political ties in relation to the innovation performance of foreign subsidiaries supplying automotive parts in China. Our analysis is based on survey data from 170 foreign MNC supplier firms in China. A partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach is employed to examine relationships through a ‘soft-modelling’ analysis, using SmartPLS 3. The results empirically confirm the positive impact of political ties, in terms of enhancing foreign MNCs’ product innovation performance in China. Furthermore, it is found that the extent to which foreign suppliers invest in and maintain political ties is driven by a mix of organizational and environmental factors, namely protection orientation, relationship-specific investment, technological dynamism and competitor opportunism. The paper contributes to the understanding of the antecedents and the implications of political ties with respect to the innovation performance of foreign MNC subsidiaries in emerging economies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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