DIFFERENT ROLES FOR SUBSIDIARIES: THE CASE OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN SPAIN.

Jarillo, J. Carlos; Martínez, Jon I.

A framework is proposed to characterize the different roles that subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs) can play within the firm's overall strategy. The framework is then applied to a sample of 50 Spanish subsidiaries of MNCs. There are found to be pursuing strategies consistent with the framework. At the same time, a strategy evolution is detected towards a closer integration of the Spanish sociopolitical context, especially the country's entry into the European Economic Community, are fueling that process of strategies change.

SPAIN; SUBSIDIARY corporations; STRATEGIC planning; INTERNATIONAL business enterprises; ORGANIZATIONAL sociology; EUROPEAN Economic Community; BUSINESS planning; SPANISH economy, 1975-2014; SPANISH politics & government, 1975-2014

Strategic Management Journal (Wiley-Blackwell) - 1980 to 2009, 1990, Vol 11, Issue 7, p501

0143-2095

Academic Journal

10.1002/smj.4250110702