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MNCs’ Intermediate Units and Their Choice of Control Mechanisms

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  • Àngels Dasí

    (University of Valencia)

  • Torben Pedersen

    (Copenhagen Business School)

  • José Pla-Barber

    (University of Valencia)

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This paper analyzes how MNCs’ intermediate units—those that exercise authority over other subsidiaries—apply specific control mechanisms: centralization, formalization, outcome control, and socialization. We combine agency and network theory to explain how intermediate units’ dual agency role—as both principal and agent— and their network embeddedness form the choice of control mechanisms. More specifically, we propose hypotheses on how the intermediate units’ internal and external relationships determine their choice of control mechanism. We study this issue in the context of Spanish intermediate units —owned by European MNCs— that exercise authority over subsidiaries in Latin America.

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  • Àngels Dasí & Torben Pedersen & José Pla-Barber, 2024. "MNCs’ Intermediate Units and Their Choice of Control Mechanisms," Management International Review, Springer, vol. 64(1), pages 59-88, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:manint:v:64:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s11575-023-00527-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s11575-023-00527-z
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