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So far, very little attention has been paid to the roles of foreign subsidiaries located in Poland and if or how these roles have evolved. Simultaneously, there exists strong empirical justification for assuming these roles have been evolving over the years. Through a literature review and empirical case study of a foreign subsidiary located in Poland, this study analyzes the evolution of the subsidiary role and indicates its relations with groups of external and internal determinants. The case study examines a 10-year period of operations of a foreign subsidiary active in the automotive industry. The results indicate that the evolution of the subsidiary role encompasses factors such as markets served, functional areas of operations, and complexity of operations. The presented case study describes the complex relations among factors related to the subsidiary, HQ, and environment concerning the evolution of the subsidiary role.
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So far, very little attention has been paid to the roles of foreign subsidiaries located in Poland and if or how these roles have evolved. Simultaneously, there exists strong empirical justification for assuming these roles have been evolving over the years. Through a literature review and empirical case study of a foreign subsidiary located in Poland, this study analyzes the evolution of the subsidiary role and indicates its relations with groups of external and internal determinants. The case study examines a 10-year period of operations of a foreign subsidiary active in the automotive industry. The results indicate that the evolution of the subsidiary role encompasses factors such as markets served, functional areas of operations, and complexity of operations. The presented case study describes the complex relations among factors related to the subsidiary, HQ, and environment concerning the evolution of the subsidiary role.


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Poznan University of Economics and Business

International Journal of Management and Economics

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Long-term evolution of the subsidiary’s role: a qualitative perspective on a subsidiary located in Poland

So far, very little attention has been paid to the roles of foreign subsidiaries located in Poland and if or how these roles have evolved. Simultaneously,...

Long-term evolution of the subsidiary’s role: a qualitative perspective on a subsidiary located in Poland¹

Article Category: Empirical Paper

Published Online: Mar 31, 2020

Page range: 79 - 95

Received: May 02, 2019

Accepted: Jan 21, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2020-0001

Keywords
foreign subsidiary, Poland, multinational enterprise, MNE, evolution of a subsidiary, subsidiary role, value chain

© 2020 Marlena Dzikowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Long-term evolution of the subsidiary’s role: a qualitative perspective on a subsidiary located in Poland1

Article Category: Empirical Paper

Published Online: Mar 31, 2020

Page range: 79 - 95

Received: May 02, 2019

Accepted: Jan 21, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2020-0001

Keywordsforeign subsidiary, Poland, multinational enterprise, MNE, evolution of a subsidiary, subsidiary role, value chain

© 2020 Marlena Dzikowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Long-term evolution of the subsidiary’s role: a qualitative perspective on a subsidiary located in Poland¹

Keywords
foreign subsidiary, Poland, multinational enterprise, MNE, evolution of a subsidiary, subsidiary role, value chain