TY - JOUR
AU - Sohn, Jung Hoon Derick
AB - Abstract Building upon the concept of clans, this paper introduces the value of social knowledge as a control mechanism available for an MNC to manage its foreign subsidiaries. Social knowledge is defined as one's ability to understand and predict others' general patterns of behavior. The hypotheses are empirically tested with Japanese FDI data into four host countries, the United States, Singapore, Taiwan, and Korea. The results offer broad support for the proposition that for MNCs with social knowledge, the need to resort to ownership for control purposes is reduced.
TI - Social Knowledge as a Control System: A Proposition and Evidence from the Japanese FDI Behavior
JF - Journal of International Business Studies
DO - 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490202
DA - 1994-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/social-knowledge-as-a-control-system-a-proposition-and-evidence-from-83Z0cFzMZ6
SP - 295
EP - 324
VL - 25
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -