Boso, N., Amankwah-Amoah, J., Essuman, D. orcid.org/0000-0003-1838-2505 et al. (5 more authors) (2023) Configuring political relationships to navigate host-country institutional complexity: insights from Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of International Business Studies, 54 (6). pp. 1055-1089. ISSN 0047-2506
Abstract
We examine how ties with multiple host-country political institutions contribute to MNE subsidiary performance in countries with weak formal institutions. We suggest that forging relationships between subsidiaries and host-country government actors, local chieftains, and religious leaders generates regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive political resources. We integrate institutional and configuration theories to argue that similarity to an ideal configuration of the three political resources contributes to MNE subsidiary performance, and that the more dysfunctional host-country institutions, the greater the impact on performance. We test our hypotheses using primary and archival data from 604 MNE subsidiaries in 23 Anglophone sub-Saharan African countries and find support for our hypotheses. In our conclusion, we discuss the wider theoretical, managerial, and public-policy implications of our findings.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Academy of International Business. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of International Business Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | corporate political activity; political resources; dysfunctional market conditions; MNE subsidiary performance; institutional theory; configuration theory; moderated regression model; sub-Saharan Africa |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2022 11:43 |
Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2024 15:12 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/s41267-022-00594-8 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194341 |