Perspectives of Manufacturing Subsidiaries of Foreign Companies in Russia: Frontier, Faubourg or Sticks?

Gurkov, Igor; Morgunov, Evgeniy; Saidov, Zokirzhon; Arshavskiy, Aleksandr

doi:10.17323/2500-2597.2018.2.24.35

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“…The assessment of the qualitative position of a subsidiary within a particular host country is quite traditional and is based on the assessment of the share of foreign-owned subsidiaries in local markets. The assessment of the qualitative position of a subsidiary within the corporate parent is based on a recently presented model of value exchange between the corporation and a subsidiary (see Gurkov, 2019;Gurkov et al, 2018). In this model, the position of a subsidiary is assessed by the intensity of value transfer in different forms (goods and services, financial resources, knowledge, talent) between the corporate center and a subsidiary, or between a subsidiary and its foreign sister-subsidiaries.…”

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The past, the present, and the foreseeable future of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations

Gurkov

Saidov

2020

Journal of Eurasian Studies

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This article retraces the development of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations from the late 1980s until 2019. Using secondary sources and a unique handcrafted database on significant extensions of manufacturing facilities of Western multinational corporations in Russia during 2012–2018, we present the position of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations before and after the beginning of sanctions. We also indicate the major strategic challenges that they currently face, including the necessity to maintain dual loyalty (to home country and host country authorities), manage the deteriorating quality of business regulations in Russia, and overcome the increasing shortage of qualified personnel at all levels. The data on the opening of new facilities in 2017–2018 reveal that such issues impede but cannot stop the quantitative development of foreign-owned Russian manufacturing facilities. At the same time, saving on managerial expenses and low “investments in non-current assets” of the established manufacturing subsidiaries may break down “the innovation engine” assembled in many Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations and bring them into the periphery of their corporate parents, where the attention and resources from the corporate center are lacking.

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The past, the present, and the foreseeable future of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations

Gurkov

Saidov

2020

Journal of Eurasian Studies

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“…Our quantification of corporate anisotropy is based on the taxonomy of value transfer between corporate headquarters and subsidiaries as proposed in Gurkov (2015) and later developed by Gurkov et al (2018).…”

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“…Gurkov et al (2018, p. 29) presented a near-complete list of the forms of value transfer from headquarters to subsidiaries and from subsidiaries to headquarters, including the transfer of profits, revenues, equity, production capacity, knowledge, talent, current and long-term assets, and liabilities. We had to add to that list the ability to transfer raw materials and semi-finished and finished goods between subsidiaries, which should also be accounted in assessing the anisotropy of a corporation.…”

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The growing anisotropy of the multinational corporation in the “new normal”

Gurkov

2019

JOCM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new research construct to depict more accurately organisational structure and the direction of organisational changes in large multinational corporations (MNCs). Design/methodology/approach The paper presents an overview of the existing literature on the phenomenon of anisotropy in natural sciences and the organisation of large corporations, and transforms an identified phenomenon into a research construct of organisational theory. Findings This paper demonstrates that anisotropy, that is, the differences in the speed and conductivity of the movement of capital (money), products (goods and services), ideas (knowledge) and talent (people) in different directions within the corporation (from the centre to the subsidiaries, from the subsidiaries to the corporate centre and between subsidiaries) is the normal state of the internal space of the MNC. Anisotropy is increasing with the on-going restructuring of the global economic order. This leads to the divergence of business units in MNCs into the core and the periphery. Research limitations/implications The paper outlines a series of promising research avenues in organisational studies. Originality/value The paper provides a novel treatment of the composition of MNCs.

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Sailing through the storm – performance of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of multinational corporations in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

Gurkov

Filinov

2022

Post-Communist Economies

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Perspectives of Manufacturing Subsidiaries of Foreign Companies in Russia: Frontier, Faubourg or Sticks?

Cited by 5 publications

References 36 publications

The past, the present, and the foreseeable future of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations

The past, the present, and the foreseeable future of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations

The growing anisotropy of the multinational corporation in the “new normal”

Sailing through the storm – performance of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of multinational corporations in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

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