The Complexity of the Business Network Context and its Effect on Subsidiary Relational (Over-) Embeddedness

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dc.contributor.author	Nell, Philip C.
dc.contributor.author	Andersson, Ulf
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-19
dc.date.accessioned	2012-02-04T08:32:05Z
dc.date.available	2012-02-04T08:32:05Z
dc.date.issued	2012-02-04
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8402
dc.description.abstract	Many studies have focused on the effects of MNC subsidiaries’ external relational embeddedness. Little attention has been given to its antecedents and especially to the potential effect that the business network context might have. We try to fill this gap and attempt to explain variation among subsidiaries’ degree of relational embeddedness. Our results show a strong and robust effect of the business network context -- i.e. the network context in which the direct business relationships between the subsidiary and its partners are embedded -- on the degree of relational embeddedness. However, contrary to previous literature, we find an inverted u-shaped relationship. We discuss our findings with regard to the issue of over-embeddedness and the literature on the strength of weak versus strong ties.	en_US
dc.format.extent	36	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	SMG Working Paper;
dc.subject.other	Business networks	en_US
dc.subject.other	Subsidiary relational embeddedness	en_US
dc.subject.other	Environmental complexity	en_US
dc.subject.other	Network context	en_US
dc.title	The Complexity of the Business Network Context and its Effect on Subsidiary Relational (Over-) Embeddedness	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt12feb03 lbjl	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Institut for Strategi og Globalisering	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	SMG	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Institut for Strategic Management and Globalization	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	SMG	en_US
dc.idnumber	x656316372	en_US
dc.publisher.city	Frederiksberg	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2012	en_US