MNCs’ Intermediate Units and Their Choice of Control Mechanisms

IF 3.9 3区管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT Management International Review Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI:10.1007/s11575-023-00527-z

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Abstract

This paper analyzes how MNCs’ intermediate units—those that exercise authority over other subsidiaries—apply specific control mechanisms: centralization, formalization, outcome control, and socialization. We combine agency and network theory to explain how intermediate units’ dual agency role—as both principal and agent— and their network embeddedness form the choice of control mechanisms. More specifically, we propose hypotheses on how the intermediate units’ internal and external relationships determine their choice of control mechanism. We study this issue in the context of Spanish intermediate units —owned by European MNCs— that exercise authority over subsidiaries in Latin America.

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跨国公司中间机构及其控制机制的选择

摘要本文分析了跨国公司的中间部门--对其他子公司行使权力的部门--如何应用特定的控制机制：集中化、正规化、结果控制和社会化。我们结合代理理论和网络理论，解释了中间部门作为委托人和代理人的双重代理角色及其网络嵌入性如何形成控制机制的选择。更具体地说，我们就中间单位的内部和外部关系如何决定其对控制机制的选择提出了假设。我们以欧洲跨国公司拥有的、对拉丁美洲子公司行使权力的西班牙中间机构为背景，对这一问题进行了研究。

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Management International Review MANAGEMENT-

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