Microfoundations of Strategic Agility in Emerging Markets: Empirical Evidence of Italian MNEs in India

Alberto Ferraris, William Y. Degbey, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Stefano Bresciani, Sylvaine Castellano, Fabio Fiano and Jerome Couturier
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Alberto Ferraris: DIGEP - Department of Management and Production Engineering [Politecnico di Torino] - Polito - Politecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin
William Y. Degbey: Turku School of Economics - University of Turku
Sanjay Kumar Singh: Maynooth University - National University of Ireland Maynooth
Stefano Bresciani: DIGEP - Department of Management and Production Engineering [Politecnico di Torino] - Polito - Politecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin
Sylvaine Castellano: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School
Jerome Couturier: LARGEPA - Laboratoire de recherche en sciences de gestion Panthéon-Assas - Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas

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Abstract: We propose the individual-level microfoundations of subsidiary CEOs in emerging markets as antecedents of the strategic agility of multinational enterprises, and subsidiary embeddedness as a key organizational-level moderator of these relationships. Combining quantitative data on subsidiary CEOs operating in India with qualitative interviews with Italian HQ counterparts, our results suggest that subsidiary CEOs' tenure in emerging markets, along with their overall experience, affects MNE strategic agility positively. Similarly, CEOs' cognitive characteristics - problem solving and reasoning, and language and communication skills (individual-level microfoundations) - affected strategic agility positively, while subsidiary embeddedness moderated these relationships in different ways, leaving space for fresh managerial and theoretical considerations.

Keywords: Strategic agility; Microfoundation; Subsidiary CEO; CEO experience; CEO cognitive capabilities; Emerging markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in Journal of World Business, 2022, 57 (2), pp.101272. ⟨10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101272⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101272

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