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Cross-national distance and insidership within networks: Japanese MNCs' ownership strategies in their overseas subsidiaries

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This study investigates the controversial question about how cross-national distance influences MNCs' equity ownership in their overseas subsidiaries. Prior studies adopted aggregated constructs and time-invariant measures of cross-national distance, failing to capture the complexity of the phenomenon. Moreover, although 'insidership' within business networks may moderate the foreignness that MNCs confront in overseas markets, prior studies have not incorporated it into analysis. The present study confirms the explanatory power of multiple dimensions of cross-national distance and MNCs' insidership within networks. It also shows that cross-national distance and insidership within relevant works strengthen or weaken each other's influences on Japanese ownership strategies.

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  • Megan Min Zhang, 2015. "Cross-national distance and insidership within networks: Japanese MNCs' ownership strategies in their overseas subsidiaries," Asia Pacific Business Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(3), pages 403-423, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apbizr:v:21:y:2015:i:3:p:403-423
    DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1020649
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    1. Jean-Pascal Bassino & Pablo Jensen & Matteo Morini, 2017. "Network analysis of Japanese global business using quasi-exhaustive micro-data for Japanese overseas subsidiaries," Papers 1707.05699, arXiv.org.
    2. K. Skylar Powell & Eunah Lim & Naoki Ando, 2021. "Seeing the tree and the forest: Japanese auto firm multinational dispersion, cultural distance, and foreign manufacturing subsidiary ownership levels," Asian Business & Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 20(2), pages 163-187, April.
    3. Powell, K. Skylar & Lim, Eunah, 2017. "Investment motive as a moderator of cultural-distance and relative knowledge relationships with foreign subsidiary ownership structure," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 255-262.
    4. Del Bosco, Barbara & Cristina Bettinelli, 2020. "How Do Family SMEs Control Their Investments Abroad? The Role of Distance and Family Control," Management International Review, Springer, vol. 60(1), pages 1-35, February.
    5. Powell, K. Skylar & Lim, Eunah, 2018. "Motive meets experience: Cultural distance, motive, related experience, and foreign subsidiary ownership structure," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 81-92.
    6. Du, Jian & Xu, Yue & Voss, Hinrich & Wang, Song, 2021. "The impact of home business network attributes on Chinese outward foreign direct investment," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 30(4).

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