The Emergence and Impact of MNC Centres of Excellence

MARIA ANDERSSON Doctoral Student, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University GABRIEL R. G. BENITO Associate Professor, Department of Strategy, Norwegian School of Management and Australiena Centre for International Business, University of Melbourne JULIAN M. BIRKINSHAW Associate Professor, London Business School LEE DAVIS Associate Professor, Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School PRESCOTT C. ENSIGN Doctoral Student, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario MATTS FORSGREN Professor, Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics LUCIANO FRATOCCHI Lecturer, Department of Energetica, University of L'Aquila TONY S. FROST Associate Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario PATRICK FURU Doctoral Student, Department of Management and Organization, The Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration CHRISTINE HOLMSTROM Doctoral Student, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University JAN JOHANSON Professor, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University GIANNI LORENZONI Professor, Department of Management, University of Bologna CLAUS MATHISON Research Assistant, Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School KARL MOORE Lecturer, Templeton College, Oxford University CECILIA PAHLBERG Lecturer, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University DEO SHARMA Professor, Department of Marketing and Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School

The Emergence and Impact of MNC Centres of Excellence explores an important new element in the development of the multinational corporation.The Emergence and Impact of MNC Centres of Excellence explores an important new element in the development of the multinational corporation. Whilst previously the parent company was seen as the centre, and the foreign subsidiaries as the periphery, today, it is recognized that different subsidiaries have different roles, and are linked to each other in a complicated pattern. One crucial aspect of this is that some subsidiaries become 'centres of excellence' (COE) controlling resources on which other parts of the corporation depend for their operations. This book investigates the existence of COEs in different countries, examining why they emerge and analysing their impact on corporate strategy.