Chapter 6 Entrepreneurial Deficits in the Global Firm
Entrepreneurship in the Global Firm
ISBN: 978-1-78052-114-5, eISBN: 978-1-78052-115-2
Publication date: 20 October 2011
Abstract
Purpose – In this chapter, we address the lack of sufficient entrepreneurship in multinational enterprises (MNEs) that seek to improve their ability to achieve national responsiveness. The main reason for this deficiency appears to be the transfer of proven routines from the home country, even when it is clear from the outset that these routines will simply not work and will require much more than a quasi-mechanistic ‘adaptation’ to the new environment.
Methodology/approach – Conceptual
Practical implication – This chapter suggests that MNEs need to close their entrepreneurial deficits in host countries, by allowing novel resource recombinations. These resource recombinations should lead to accessing fully the coveted host country location advantages that triggered entry in these countries and to success in the market place.
Originality/value of the chapter – Most of the contemporary international business literature has studied subsidiary entrepreneurship in the context of established affiliates abroad. Here, we argue that entrepreneurship is equally important in the setting of new foreign market entry. We identify entrepreneurial deficits as the main source of MNEs' failure when trying to achieve national responsiveness.
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Citation
Grogaard, B., Verbeke, A. and Amin Zargarzadeh, M. (2011), "Chapter 6 Entrepreneurial Deficits in the Global Firm", Verbeke, A., Tavares-Lehmann, A.T. and Van Tulder, R. (Ed.) Entrepreneurship in the Global Firm (Progress in International Business Research, Vol. 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 117-137. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-8862(2011)0000006009
Publisher
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