Control in Subsidiary Networks in Asia: Toward an Extension of the Centralisation-Formalisation-Socialisation (CFS) Model

Controlando las redes de sucursales en Asia: Expansión del modelo centralización-formalización-socialización (CFS)

Bruno Amann, Jacques Jaussaud () and Johannes Schaaper
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Jacques Jaussaud: CATT - Centre d'Analyse Théorique et de Traitement des données économiques - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
Johannes Schaaper: IRGO - Institut de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations - UB - Université de Bordeaux - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Bordeaux, Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Bordeaux

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Abstract: Prior research establishes that international control by multinational corporations is based on three dimensions: centralisation, formalisation and socialisation. New control mechanisms appeared in the last decade, such as enterprise resource planning, short-term assignments and regional centres. Do these new mechanisms fit the three control dimensions? How do MNCs articulate their control mechanisms, including new ones? Using interviews with 77 managers of 47 French MNCs in 11 Asian countries, this study presents an exploratory factor analysis and clustering. The findings show that French MNCs control their Asian subsidiaries through four dimensions: centralisation of decision making, formalisation of subsidiaries, socialisation and expatriation.

Keywords: Estructuras regionales; Asia Control; Sucursales; Asia Empresas multinacionales; Control; Regional organisation; Subsidiaries; Multinational companies; Multinational companies Subsidiaries Regional organisation Control Asia Empresas multinacionales Sucursales Estructuras regionales Control Asia Control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-10-31
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Published in Management international = International management = Gestión internacional, 2018, 21 (4), pp.89-108. ⟨10.7202/1053580ar⟩

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DOI: 10.7202/1053580ar

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