Reference
Ambos, T., Fuchs, S., & Zimmermann, A. (2019). Managing Tensions in a Multinational Hybrid Organization: A New Perspective on Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships. Presented at the 39th Annual International Conference of the Strategic Management Society, Minneapolis.
Publication type
Presentation at Scholarly Conference
Abstract
Multinational hybrid organizations (MHO) face two interconnected categories of tensions, relating to their social and commercial as well as local and global logic. As we know little about how such different types of tensions can be simultaneously managed, we conducted an inductive qualitative study of four headquarters-subsidiary relationships in a Latin American MHO. Our study develops a model showing the interplay of different tensions and the management approaches to address them. This allows us to contribute to the literatures on headquarters-subsidiary relationships and hybrid organizations by providing an organizing framework for subsidiary roles in the MHO.
Research
- Tackling the Complexity of Managing Paradoxes
- FFF-Förderprojekt, May 2018 until August 2020 (finished)
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Persons
Organizational Units
- Institute for Entrepreneurship
- Chair of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management