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Performance Evaluation of Foreign Subsidiaries

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Authors:
  1. Katharina Kretschmer

    1. Boston Consulting Group, Boston

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVI
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  2. Introduction

    • Katharina Kretschmer
    Pages 1-5

  3. Defining Performance Evaluation and Its Role as Control Mechanism

    • Katharina Kretschmer
    Pages 7-25

  4. Review of the Literature on Performance Evaluation of Foreign Subsidiaries

    • Katharina Kretschmer
    Pages 27-43

  5. The Research Framework

    • Katharina Kretschmer
    Pages 45-89

  6. The Empirical Study

    • Katharina Kretschmer
    Pages 91-132

  7. Empirical Findings

    • Katharina Kretschmer
    Pages 133-292

  8. Contributions, Limitations and Implications for Future Research

    • Katharina Kretschmer
    Pages 293-299

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 301-363
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About this book

Today, Multinational Corporations (MNCs) spread their value chains across the globe and foreign subsidiaries play a crucial role in creating value within and for the MNC. While some MNCs are aware of their subsidiaries’ performance, others only have a vague idea. Research findings in this area are scarce and it is still little known on how different subsidiaries should be evaluated in order to maximize their contribution to the performance of the MNC as a whole.

Katharina Kretschmer aims at filling this research gap. Qualitative case studies are used to analyze performance evaluation within MNCs empirically. The author shows that role differentiation exists within one MNC when subsidiaries with different strategic roles are identified. Furthermore, patterns are discovered in their performance evaluation. Deep insights into the implications of subsidiary roles are displayed, and it is demonstrated that role-specific subsidiary management is possible, if not necessary. In the future, MNC managers could benefit even more if, instead of treating all their subsidiaries alike, they approached them differently – especially when evaluating their performance.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Boston Consulting Group, Boston

    Katharina Kretschmer

About the author

Dr. Katharina Kretschmer promovierte an der ESCP-EAP, Europäische Wirtschaftshochschule, in Berlin und ist als Unternehmensberaterin bei The Boston Consulting Group tätig.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Performance Evaluation of Foreign Subsidiaries

  • Authors: Katharina Kretschmer

  • Series Title: mir-Edition

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-9922-1

  • Publisher: Gabler Verlag Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Gabler Verlag | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-8349-1149-0Published: 25 November 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-8349-9922-1Published: 19 January 2011

  • Series ISSN: 2512-5494

  • Series E-ISSN: 2512-6490

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 363

  • Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Management

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