TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract The role of HQ in the contemporary MNC has recently received a good deal of research attention. This article argues that the contemporary MNC requires an organizational model that can embrace different perspectives of the HQ role. The same HQ must at times hierarchically lead the firm and at other times assume a more passive, facilitative role that allows direct interaction and decision making among the subunits to coordinate interdependency within the firm. To achieve this integration, the article proposes a contingency model that specifies when the HQ should assume a hierarchical role and when it should assume a facilitative role.
VL  - 49
SN  - 978-1-78635-386-3, 978-1-78635-385-6/0733-558X
DO  - 10.1108/S0733-558X20160000049003
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20160000049003
AU  - Egelhoff William G.
AU  - Wolf Joachim
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - The Role of Headquarters in the Contemporary MNC: A Contingency Model
T2  - Multinational Corporations and Organization Theory: Post Millennium Perspectives
T3  - Research in the Sociology of Organizations
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 71
EP  - 98
Y2  - 2021/01/27
ER  -