Antecedents and consequences of global responsiveness: An empirical examination of MNCs in the global sourcing context

Ming-Tien Tsai, Yen-Chih Huang and Rong Ma

International Business Review, 2009, vol. 18, issue 6, 617-629

Abstract: As global responsiveness (GR) has been recognised as critical for global market advantage, we draw upon social capital theory and develop a theoretical model which clarifies the determinants and consequences of GR. Based upon a cross-national sample of 118 MNCs from the U.S., Europe, and Asia, we found that intra-firm structural and inter-firm relational social capital, as reflected in integrative mechanisms and joint problem solving respectively, are positively associated with GR. In addition, whilst negatively related to global sourcing barriers, GR has a positive effect on MNC performance. Our findings also indicate that GR plays an essential role by fully mediating the associations of information-based mechanisms, people-based mechanisms, and joint problem solving with global sourcing barriers and MNC performance.

Keywords: Global; responsiveness; Global; sourcing; Social; capital; Global; sourcing; barriers; MNC; performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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