When do multinational corporations adjust production volume flexibly among in-network subsidiaries?

Song, Sangcheol

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.06.068

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“…Social sustainability in supply chains in turn, is a significant agricultural partner to a number of nations (Gale et al, 2019), as well as a large consumer market for their companies (Diniz, 2014). Finally, South Korea configures a recently developed country with strong local characteristics and global enterprises (Song, 2021).…”

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Social sustainability in supply chains: the role of local practices and informal networks

Park

Nunes

Machuca

2022

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PurposeThe study aims to investigate cultural aspects in supply chains, analysing the effect that local customs may have in the quality of buyer–supplier relationships. Building on the premisses of social exchange theory (SET), it concentrates on the impacts that suppliers’ use of local practices and informal networks may have in buyers’ attitudes and perceptions. The issues addressed and the empirical evidence provided represent initial, yet important steps in the fulfilment of the ‘cultural void’ within supply chain social sustainability (SCCS) literature.Design/methodology/approachThrough a role-playing experiment applied to a total sample of 468 participants, the effects of Chinese guanxi, Russian blat, South Korean yongo and Brazilian jeitinho on buyers’ satisfaction, buyers’ commitment, trust and solution severity are measured by their use to access informal networks as solutions to both common (i.e. documentation irregularities) and extraordinary (i.e. modern slavery) supply chain problems.FindingsResults show that, while the activation of informal networks may impact buyers’ perceptions, the use of some local practices by suppliers (i.e. Chinese guanxi and Brazilian jeitinho) cause greater variations in buyers’ attitudes and perceptions than others (i.e. South Korean yongo and Russian blat), with ethical offences (i.e. modern slavery) and higher levels of buyers’ dependency acting as catalysts of these processes.Originality/valueThe investigation of cultural practices typical of economically peripheral countries contributes to the understanding of new facets of buyer–supplier relationships, with the investigation of non-Northwestern practices being particularly important in this regard.

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“…, 2019), as well as a large consumer market for their companies (Diniz, 2014). Finally, South Korea configures a recently developed country with strong local characteristics and global enterprises (Song, 2021).…”

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Social sustainability in supply chains: the role of local practices and informal networks

Park

Nunes

Machuca

2022

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“…In addition, firms internationalize their operations in order to minimize uncertainty and risk, which in turn affect their performance. Song (2021) suggests, through their multinational operational flexibility (MOF), that firms tend to manage the associated risk which is created by host countries' macro-economic condition changes. Belderbos, Tong and Wu (2020) suggest that multinationals' risk management strategies involve engagement on diversification global investments, which in turn reflect on their productivity levels.…”

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The Degree of Internationalization and Firm Productivity: Empirical Evidence from Large Multinationals

Tsionas

Tzeremes

2021

British J of Management

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This paper examines whether the S-shaped and M-shaped hypotheses explain the internalization firm's productivity relationship. The internationalization-performance (I-P) literature uses accounting-based performance indicators in order to examine such a relationship. In contrast to the mainstream literature, productivity and its components (efficiency and technical change) are used as a firm's performance measures. Utilizing a semi-parametric model based on artificial neural network techniques, accounting for potential heterogeneity, firms' productivity, efficiency and technical change levels are estimated. The innovative methodological framework is applied in a sample of large, experienced non-financial firms over the period 1992-2019. The empirical evidence suggests that firms' internationalization in relation to their productivity and efficiency levels exhibits an inverted U-shaped relationship. This finding corresponds to the last two stages of the S-shaped and M-shaped hypotheses. Furthermore, the evidence suggests that internationalization has a positive nonlinear effect on firms' innovation capacity (technical change). Overall, the empirical findings from data-driven techniques applied, support the view that the effect of internationalization on firms' productivity levels is asymmetric.

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Optimal Strategy for Corporate International Investment and Consumption Problem with Stochastic Hyperbolic Discounting

Long,

Zeng,

Gupta

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

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When do multinational corporations adjust production volume flexibly among in-network subsidiaries?

Cited by 4 publications

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Social sustainability in supply chains: the role of local practices and informal networks

Social sustainability in supply chains: the role of local practices and informal networks

The Degree of Internationalization and Firm Productivity: Empirical Evidence from Large Multinationals

Optimal Strategy for Corporate International Investment and Consumption Problem with Stochastic Hyperbolic Discounting

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