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Research paper thumbnail of Dynamic Marketing Capabilities, Foreign Ownership Modes, Sub-national Locations and the Performance of Foreign Affiliates in Developing Economies

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of dynamic marketing capabilities (DMC), foreign... more The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of dynamic marketing capabilities (DMC), foreign ownership modes and sub-national locations on the performance of foreign owned affiliates (FOAs) in developing economies. Based on a sample of 254 FOAs in Indian manufacturing sector (covering the period of 2000-2008 leading to 623 firm-year observations), the empirical paper adopts the panel data regression approach. The study confirms the significant importance of DMC to assist FOAs to gain better sales performance in an emerging market such as India. The findings indicate that Wholly Owned Foreign Affiliates (WOFAs) have better sales performance than International Joint Venture (IJV), and Majority-owned IJV (MAIJV) perform better than Minority-owned IJV (MIIJV) in the Indian manufacturing sector. The results confirm that effective deployment of DMC leads to better sales performance in WOFAs and to some extent in MAIJVs. Perhaps the most interesting finding is that developing DMC in non-Metropolitan areas is associated with higher sales growth than in Metropolitan locations. The study contributes to the literature by examining the impact of DMC on performance of FOA by considering the organised manufacturing sector in a large and fast growing developing economy. In addition, the results for the moderating effects provide novel evidence of the conditions under which DMC of FOA interacts with different ownership modes and influence firm performance.

Research paper thumbnail of Sectors, clusters and regions: restructuring the South African steel industry: case-study, Newcastle

Research paper thumbnail of Section 10: Human resources in business Social reform: some implications for HRM strategy

Research paper thumbnail of Executive salaries: fat cats or stars?

Research paper thumbnail of Human resources in business Are UK human resource management systems Dickensian?

Research paper thumbnail of The Type and Number of Resources and the Performance of Early Internationalizing South Korean SMEs

International Business, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Outward Foreign Direct Investment and the Adaptive Efficiency of the German Institutional System

The Changing Geography of International Business, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Effective autonomy, organisational relationships and skilled jobs in subsidiaries

Management Research Review, 2011

... Frank McDonald, Bradford Centre in International Business, Bradford University School of Mana... more ... Frank McDonald, Bradford Centre in International Business, Bradford University School of Management, Bradford, UK. ... Further, knowledge transfers between organisational functions have shown to be difficult (Asmussen et al., 2009). ...

Research paper thumbnail of Globalisation and the convergence to US-style industrial relations? German and US affiliates in the UK in comparison1

Research paper thumbnail of Arbeitsbeziehungsmodelle im Vergleich: Deutsche und amerikanische Tochterunternehmen in Großbritannien

Research paper thumbnail of The persistence of outward foreign direct investment from German Manufacturing Industries

Research paper thumbnail of Cross-Border Transfer of Employment Relations Approaches: Country-of-Origin Effects and the Level and Type of Industry Internationalization

Research paper thumbnail of Standort UK?: German DFI and Employment

Research paper thumbnail of International business: adjusting to new challenges and opportunities

Research paper thumbnail of Das adaptierte deutsche Arbeitsbeziehungsmodell im Vergleich

Research paper thumbnail of Vive les différences? Voice in French MNCs' overseas workplaces: a comparative study of voice in French, German and US subsidiaries in the UK

ABSTRACT Foreign-owned firms help to disseminate management practices across UK companies; this i... more ABSTRACT Foreign-owned firms help to disseminate management practices across UK companies; this includes the ability of indigenous firms to learn improved human resource management (HRM) practices from leading foreign companies. Analysing the transfer of HRM policies forms an important strand of the international HRM and comparative capitalisms literatures; however, large-scale, comparative studies of voice patterns in German, US and, in particular, French subsidiaries in the UK are limited. This paper draws on a major survey that includes the, to date, largest sample of French MNC subsidiaries. It does not simply identify the existence of different kinds of voice mechanisms, but examines how these different practices come together in the implementation of subsidiaries' voice policies. This enables the detection of subtle, but important, differences in the subsidiaries' voice practices. French subsidiaries are significantly less likely to pursue a partnership approach to voice than their German and US counterparts. French and US establishments are significantly more likely to adopt a ‘bleak house’ approach than German ones. Importantly, these key differences only emerge at a fine-grained level of analysis that examines how subsidiaries implement voice practices.

Research paper thumbnail of The strategic challenge of electronic commerce

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 2000

... Nuran Fraser , Nuran Fraser is a Lecturer in the International Business Unit, Manchester Metr... more ... Nuran Fraser , Nuran Fraser is a Lecturer in the International Business Unit, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK. ... has enabled more observations to be made of the use of e-commerce by organisations (Cronin, 1994; Tapscott, 1995; Lloyd and Boyle, 1998). ...

Research paper thumbnail of The use of contractual working time flexibility by Spanish SMEs

Personnel Review, 2003

This paper investigates the use of contractual working flexibility (temporary and part-time contr... more This paper investigates the use of contractual working flexibility (temporary and part-time contracts) by Spanish small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). A framework based on a contingency approach is used to identify variables that influence contractual working flexibility and is used to put forward a number of propositions and hypotheses that are tested using data collected from a survey of

Research paper thumbnail of Globalisation, nationality of ownership and employee relations: German multinationals in the UK

Personnel Review, 2002

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Autonomy, Embeddedness, and the Performance of Foreign Owned Subsidiaries

Multinational Business Review, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Dynamic Marketing Capabilities, Foreign Ownership Modes, Sub-national Locations and the Performance of Foreign Affiliates in Developing Economies

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of dynamic marketing capabilities (DMC), foreign... more The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of dynamic marketing capabilities (DMC), foreign ownership modes and sub-national locations on the performance of foreign owned affiliates (FOAs) in developing economies. Based on a sample of 254 FOAs in Indian manufacturing sector (covering the period of 2000-2008 leading to 623 firm-year observations), the empirical paper adopts the panel data regression approach. The study confirms the significant importance of DMC to assist FOAs to gain better sales performance in an emerging market such as India. The findings indicate that Wholly Owned Foreign Affiliates (WOFAs) have better sales performance than International Joint Venture (IJV), and Majority-owned IJV (MAIJV) perform better than Minority-owned IJV (MIIJV) in the Indian manufacturing sector. The results confirm that effective deployment of DMC leads to better sales performance in WOFAs and to some extent in MAIJVs. Perhaps the most interesting finding is that developing DMC in non-Metropolitan areas is associated with higher sales growth than in Metropolitan locations. The study contributes to the literature by examining the impact of DMC on performance of FOA by considering the organised manufacturing sector in a large and fast growing developing economy. In addition, the results for the moderating effects provide novel evidence of the conditions under which DMC of FOA interacts with different ownership modes and influence firm performance.

Research paper thumbnail of Sectors, clusters and regions: restructuring the South African steel industry: case-study, Newcastle

Research paper thumbnail of Section 10: Human resources in business Social reform: some implications for HRM strategy

Research paper thumbnail of Executive salaries: fat cats or stars?

Research paper thumbnail of Human resources in business Are UK human resource management systems Dickensian?

Research paper thumbnail of The Type and Number of Resources and the Performance of Early Internationalizing South Korean SMEs

International Business, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Outward Foreign Direct Investment and the Adaptive Efficiency of the German Institutional System

The Changing Geography of International Business, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Effective autonomy, organisational relationships and skilled jobs in subsidiaries

Management Research Review, 2011

... Frank McDonald, Bradford Centre in International Business, Bradford University School of Mana... more ... Frank McDonald, Bradford Centre in International Business, Bradford University School of Management, Bradford, UK. ... Further, knowledge transfers between organisational functions have shown to be difficult (Asmussen et al., 2009). ...

Research paper thumbnail of Globalisation and the convergence to US-style industrial relations? German and US affiliates in the UK in comparison1

Research paper thumbnail of Arbeitsbeziehungsmodelle im Vergleich: Deutsche und amerikanische Tochterunternehmen in Großbritannien

Research paper thumbnail of The persistence of outward foreign direct investment from German Manufacturing Industries

Research paper thumbnail of Cross-Border Transfer of Employment Relations Approaches: Country-of-Origin Effects and the Level and Type of Industry Internationalization

Research paper thumbnail of Standort UK?: German DFI and Employment

Research paper thumbnail of International business: adjusting to new challenges and opportunities

Research paper thumbnail of Das adaptierte deutsche Arbeitsbeziehungsmodell im Vergleich

Research paper thumbnail of Vive les différences? Voice in French MNCs' overseas workplaces: a comparative study of voice in French, German and US subsidiaries in the UK

ABSTRACT Foreign-owned firms help to disseminate management practices across UK companies; this i... more ABSTRACT Foreign-owned firms help to disseminate management practices across UK companies; this includes the ability of indigenous firms to learn improved human resource management (HRM) practices from leading foreign companies. Analysing the transfer of HRM policies forms an important strand of the international HRM and comparative capitalisms literatures; however, large-scale, comparative studies of voice patterns in German, US and, in particular, French subsidiaries in the UK are limited. This paper draws on a major survey that includes the, to date, largest sample of French MNC subsidiaries. It does not simply identify the existence of different kinds of voice mechanisms, but examines how these different practices come together in the implementation of subsidiaries' voice policies. This enables the detection of subtle, but important, differences in the subsidiaries' voice practices. French subsidiaries are significantly less likely to pursue a partnership approach to voice than their German and US counterparts. French and US establishments are significantly more likely to adopt a ‘bleak house’ approach than German ones. Importantly, these key differences only emerge at a fine-grained level of analysis that examines how subsidiaries implement voice practices.

Research paper thumbnail of The strategic challenge of electronic commerce

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 2000

... Nuran Fraser , Nuran Fraser is a Lecturer in the International Business Unit, Manchester Metr... more ... Nuran Fraser , Nuran Fraser is a Lecturer in the International Business Unit, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK. ... has enabled more observations to be made of the use of e-commerce by organisations (Cronin, 1994; Tapscott, 1995; Lloyd and Boyle, 1998). ...

Research paper thumbnail of The use of contractual working time flexibility by Spanish SMEs

Personnel Review, 2003

This paper investigates the use of contractual working flexibility (temporary and part-time contr... more This paper investigates the use of contractual working flexibility (temporary and part-time contracts) by Spanish small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). A framework based on a contingency approach is used to identify variables that influence contractual working flexibility and is used to put forward a number of propositions and hypotheses that are tested using data collected from a survey of

Research paper thumbnail of Globalisation, nationality of ownership and employee relations: German multinationals in the UK

Personnel Review, 2002

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Autonomy, Embeddedness, and the Performance of Foreign Owned Subsidiaries

Multinational Business Review, 2008

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