Environmental Influences on MNE Subsidiary Roles: Economic Integration and the Nordic Countries Export

@article{citeulike:3483920, abstract = {We seek to examine the importance of environmental factors in determining MNE subsidiary roles. In particular, we examine the environmental factors associated with 'deep' integration schemes such as the EU. 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 the level of competence of those subsidiaries. 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', while 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 of activities and levels of competence. The effects remain strong even when we are 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.}, author = {Benito, G. R. G. and Grogaard, B. and Narula, R.}, citeulike-article-id = {3483920}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3557161}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/3557161}, doi = {10.2307/3557161}, issn = {00472506}, journal = {Journal of International Business Studies}, keywords = {countries, economic, environmental, influences, integration, mne, nordic, roles, subsidiary}, number = {5}, pages = {443--456}, posted-at = {2008-11-06 08:58:23}, priority = {3}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan Journals}, title = {Environmental Influences on MNE Subsidiary Roles: Economic Integration and the Nordic Countries}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3557161}, volume = {34}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3483920 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3483920 N2 - We seek to examine the importance of environmental factors in determining MNE subsidiary roles. In particular, we examine the environmental factors associated with 'deep' integration schemes such as the EU. 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 the level of competence of those subsidiaries. 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', while 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 of activities and levels of competence. The effects remain strong even when we are 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. IS - 5 JF - Journal of International Business Studies SN - 00472506 EP - 456 TI - Environmental Influences on MNE Subsidiary Roles: Economic Integration and the Nordic Countries PB - Palgrave Macmillan Journals VL - 34 SP - 443 KW - countries KW - economic KW - environmental KW - influences KW - integration KW - mne KW - nordic KW - roles KW - subsidiary AU - Benito, GRG AU - Grogaard, B AU - Narula, R PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3557161 ER -