Skip to main content

Seminar - General Manager Successors in Local-Market-Seeking Subsidiaries Of MNEs: A Multiple Case Analysis

International Business and Strategy Seminar Series

Presenter: Arthur Li, Henley Business School

A LI 002
Event information
Date 27 October 2021
Time 13:00-14:30 (Timezone: Europe/London)
Price Free
Venue Henley Business School
Event types:
Seminars

Arthur Li, Henley Business School is giving a seminar presentation during the International Business and Strategy lunchtime seminar series on 27th October, at 13.00-14.30 in room 108, Henley Business School. If you would like to join the seminar online please contact department administrator Jana Oslejova.

Abstract:

How do decision makers of multinational enterprises (MNEs) appoint general manager (GM) successors in their local-market-seeking foreign subsidiaries? Extant literature suggests that to better address host country business practices and cultures that may contrast markedly with those of the home country, it is sensible to deploy a host-country national (HCN) subsidiary GM. Our field data, however, suggest that using HCN GM successors is not always the best strategy. For HCN GM successors promoted from within the subsidiary, ex post opportunism is likely to arise, resulting in unsatisfactory subsidiary performance. Appointing HCN GMs from outside the subsidiary may limit ex post opportunism, but it may entail divided engagement. Appointing parent-country national (PCN) subsidiary GMs, on the other hand, may beget over-reliance on existing practices. This qualitative inquiry corroborates the value of bounded reliability as a standard micro-foundation in international management research and reveals several managerial safeguards that can reduce bounded reliability.

You might also like

The Five Steps to 360 Success - Jo Manton

7 July 2025 · Webinars
Join this webinar where Jo Manton explores how you can overcome common problems and utilise 360-feedback successfully as an executive coach in your work with clients and HR leaders, as a tool to encourage the growth of a feedback-rich culture in their organisation.
Business professionals Prospective students Current students Alumni Researchers

Coaching as a Spiritual Vocation - Aboodi Shabi

17 July 2025 · Webinars Accredited
We tend to think about coaching being about helping people achieve their goals. While this is the reason most people come to coaching, what often emerges in the coaching are deeper concerns which go beyond the contingent goals, questions about how we reconnect to ourselves and what’s truly important in the midst of the pressure to be busy and perform.
Business professionals Current students Alumni Researchers

Bringing the Best of You to Your Clients: Accessing your Most Resourceful States as a Coach - Sarah Hardman

7 August 2025 · Webinars
To bring the best of ourselves to our coaching we need to also resource and sustain ourselves. This session will give you an experience of a methodology called Sophrology, that when practiced regularly, can help sustain you as a coach.
Business professionals Current students Alumni Researchers