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Front cover -- Managing Subsidiary Dynamics: Headquarters Role, Capability Development, and China Strategy -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Editors’ biography -- Preface -- Section I. Headquarters Role in an MNE Network -- Chapter 1. In search of the matrix advantage: A reexamination of the fit of matrix structures to transnational strategy -- Introduction -- Theory and hypotheses of matrix advantage -- Study of German MNEs -- Analysis of fit to transnational strategy variables singly -- Advantage on each strategy of two-structural-dimension matrix structures -- Advantage on each strategy of three-structural-dimension matrix structure -- Analysis of fit to transnational strategy variables jointly -- Discussion -- Lessons for management of MNE headquarters-subsidiary relationships -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2. The dynamics of attention markets in multinational enterprises -- Introduction -- Attention markets within the multinational enterprise -- How firms influence the attention that HQ executives invest in the international marketplace -- How corporate attention gets allocated across the multinational system -- Visualizing the link between HQ attention and subsidiary performance -- Implications -- References -- Chapter 3. Subsidiaries in motion: Assessing the impact of sunk versus flexible assets -- Literature review: subsidiaries, growth, and decline -- Conceptual framework: specificity versus flexibility -- Data, context, and research design -- Measuring the specificity-flexibility of committed assets -- Assessing transformation intentions -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4. Commentary: The changing dynamics of headquarters-subsidiary relations: Toward greater system flexibility -- Future research -- References -- Section II: Subsidary Capability and Performance -- Chapter 5. Subsidiary capability development in multinational enterprises: An empirical investigation -- The multinational enterprise evolution -- A process model of subsidiary capabilities development -- Hypotheses -- Empirical research design -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6. Does knowledge sharing pay? A multinational subsidiary perspective on knowledge outflows -- The effect of excessive cross-border knowledge-sharing -- Subsidiary objectives: Self-interest and MNE citizenship -- Determinants of subsidiary knowledge outflow -- Performance implications of knowledge outflows -- Method -- Measures -- Discussion -- References -- Appendix -- Chapter 7. Commentary: The liability of foreignness, capabilities, knowledge, and the performance of the subsidiary -- The liability of foreignness and the dilemma of the multinational -- Knowledge and the MNE -- Capabilities and the subsidiary -- Knowledge and the subsidiary -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Section III. Subsidiary strategy in China -- Chapter 8. New perspectives on subsidiaries in the transition economy of China -- Introduction -- Background -- Conceptual framework -- Method -- Data analysis and results -- Adaptive Attributes and Dispute Resolution in CJVs -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix 15. 15 CJVs involving interviews, key informants, and direct observation -- Chapter 9. The effects of strategies on the management control-performance relationship in Sino joint ventures -- Introduction -- Theory and hypothesis development -- Methodology -- Method -- Results -- Discussion and conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix -- Chapter 10. Competition, learning, and foreign entry strategy: A macro organization perspective -- Managing uncertainties associated with investing in china’s transition economy -- Theory and hypotheses -- Cross-national competition in a local industry -- The moderating effect of uncertainty -- Research methods -- Results -- Discussion and conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 11. Commentary: Subsidiary operations in China: Learning in an evolving institutional environment -- Learning and other research opportunities -- Toward more interdisciplinary inquiry -- References -- .