Subsidiary marketing knowledge and strategic development of the multinational corporation

Ulf Holm and D. Deo Sharma

Journal of International Management, 2006, vol. 12, issue 1, 47-66

Abstract: This paper explores distinctive marketing knowledge of subsidiaries as an important resource contributing to the performance of the multinational corporation (MNC). Two different paths are analyzed. The first is the direct effect of the usage of subsidiary marketing knowledge on the perceived performance of other MNC units. The second is the indirect effect in which an MNC's usage of subsidiary marketing knowledge affects its performance via capability development in technology and market expansion within the MNC. Using data on 237Â MNC subsidiaries in Sweden, six hypotheses are tested in a LISREL model. The results indicate that an MNC's usage of subsidiary marketing knowledge directly affects its performance. Additionally, the results reveal a strong relation between subsidiary marketing knowledge and the subsidiary's impact on development of the capabilities of other MNC units' technology and their expansion on the market, which in turn, positively impacts the performance of the MNC.

Keywords: Subsidiary; Marketing; knowledge; Strategic; development; Performance; Multinational; corporation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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