.... Based on social capital theory, our study conceptualizes corporate diplomacy as a three-dimensional construct and quantifies its distinct and combined impacts on multinational enterprises’ (MNE) subsidiary performance. Design/methodology/approach This research analyzes 134 responses collected from...

...Kiyohiro Oki; Norifumi Kawai Purpose Based on a legitimacy perspective, this study aims to investigate when local sourcing, as a strategic legitimacy action, improves or impairs subsidiary performance. The authors investigate the moderating role of regulatory/normative institutional distance...

... a contingency approach to study multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiary performance in the appropriate context of European transition economies at the beginning of the current millennium. Design/methodology/approach Methodologically, the authors introduce abduction as a line of inquiry into IB...