The interaction between national and regional institutions: An institutional theory approach to multinational enterprises

• Project/Area Number: 16K03899
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Hosei University
• Principal Investigator: Ando Naoki 法政大学, 経営学部, 教授 (50448817)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: 国際経営 / 多国籍企業 / 制度理論 / 地理的多角化 / 地域内多角化 / 経営学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Countries in a geographic region are getting integrated economically. Because business environments are similar within a region, multinational enterprises set up multiple foreign subsidiaries in a region, which is called intraregional geographic diversification. Analysis of data on foreign subsidiaries of multinational enterprises demonstrated that foreign subsidiaries are affected by regional business environments and intraregional geographic diversification as well as business environments of their host countries. It also demonstrated that their influence on foreign subsidiaries varies depending on attributes of host countries and foreign subsidiaries.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ビジネス環境を構成する政治的、経済的、法的、社会文化的環境は、制度と呼ばれる。国際経営の研究では、海外子会社が立地する国の制度の影響が分析の中心だった。本研究では、制度の分析範囲を地域レベルまで拡大し、地域レベルの制度が多国籍企業や海外子会社に影響を与えると解釈できる結果を部分的に得た。地域的な経済統合が進展し、それが多国籍企業の地域内での活動に変化を与えうることを考慮すると、研究フレームワークに地域レベルの制度を導入することは、多国籍企業の活動をより理解するうえで必要な試みである。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Western Washington University(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Western Washington University(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Griffith University(オーストラリア)
• [Journal Article] Human capital, cultural distance and staffing localization (2020)
  • Author(s): Ando, N.
  • Journal Title: Multinational Business Review Volume: - Issue: 3 Pages: 420-439
  • DOI: 10.1108/mbr-02-2020-0036
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Factors affecting subsidiary staffing of Japanese multinationals: A panel data analysis (2020)
  • Author(s): Ge, G.L., Ando, N., & Ding, D.Z.
  • Journal Title: Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources Volume: - Issue: 3 Pages: 562-583
  • DOI: 10.1111/1744-7941.12263
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] 東ヨーロッパ企業の海外直接投資に関する予備的分析 (2020)
  • Author(s): 安藤直紀
  • Journal Title: 経営志林 Volume: 57(2) Pages: 49-62
  • NAID: 40022329940
• [Journal Article] Recruitment of local human resources and its effect on foreign subsidiaries in Japan (2019)
  • Author(s): Suzuki Manami、Ando Naoki、Nishikawa Hidehiko
  • Journal Title: Management Research Review Volume: 42 Issue: 8 Pages: 1014-1032
  • DOI: 10.1108/mrr-04-2018-0145
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Intra-organizational communication and its consequences (2019)
  • Author(s): Manami Suzuki, Naoki Ando, Hidehiko Nishikawa
  • Journal Title: Management Decision Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Pages: 71-85
  • DOI: 10.1108/md-02-2018-0159
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] English proficiency of foreign subsidiary managers and work performance (2021)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, M., Ando, N. and Nishikawa, H.
  • Organizer: Association of Japanese Business Studies
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] What skills are important to overcome language barriers? An exploratory study (2020)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, M., Ando, N. & Nishikawa, H.
  • Organizer: Academy of International Business Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] What are global talents in multinational corporations?: From perspectives of local subsidiaries (2019)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, M., Ando, N., & Nishikawa, H
  • Organizer: 34th Workshop on Strategic Human Resource Management
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Seeing the tree AND the forest: Multinational network dispersion, cultural distance, and foreign manufacturing subsidiary ownership levels (2019)
  • Author(s): Powell, K. S., Lim, E., & Ando, N
  • Organizer: Association of Japanese Business
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Intra-regional diversification and individual subsidiaries (2019)
  • Author(s): Ando, N.
  • Organizer: European International Business Academy
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Local human resources, cultural distance, and localization (2018)
  • Author(s): Naoki Ando
  • Organizer: Academy of International Business
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The effect of language barriers on the performance of foreign subsidiaries of multinational corporations: An exploratory study (2018)
  • Author(s): Manami Suzuki, Naoki Ando, and Hidehiko Nishikawa
  • Organizer: Association of Japanese Business Studies
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Intra-regional expansion of MNCs and its implication for subsidiary performance (2017)
  • Author(s): Naoki Ando
  • Organizer: Academy of International Business
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The pool of human resource and the localization of foreign subsidiaries (2017)
  • Author(s): Naoki Ando
  • Organizer: European International Business Academy
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Regional expansion of an MNC and its effect on subsidiaries (2016)
  • Author(s): Naoki Ando
  • Organizer: European International Business Academy
  • Place of Presentation: Vienna, Austria
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-02
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Increasing or decreasing PCNs in a subsidiary: The implications for subsidiary performance (2016)
  • Author(s): Naoki Ando
  • Organizer: Academy of International Business
  • Place of Presentation: New Orleans, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Localization, economic distance, and subsidiary performance (2016)
  • Author(s): Naoki Ando
  • Organizer: Association of Japanese Business Studies
  • Place of Presentation: New Orleans, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-25
  • Int'l Joint Research