...Roger Schweizer; Katarina Lagerström Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the subsidiary initiative literature by studying the interaction between a headquarters and its subsidiary during an initiative process that has the potential to “wag the corporate dog” that is, for the global...

... R&D capabilities in subsidiaries. Design/methodology/approach The authors build the conceptualization not only on the prevailing literature on resource management, subsidiary evolution and subsidiary initiatives, but also on empirical observations. Findings A process in four phases...