Effect of intra-firm competition in Japanese multinational corporations

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780228
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: OKI Kiyohiro 東京大学, 大学院経済学研究科(経済学部), 講師 (20611073)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 拠点間競争 / 日本企業 / 海外子会社 / 多国籍企業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The goal of this research is to clarify 1) what kind of performance of foreign subsidiaries intra-firm competition in multinational corporations (MNCs) improves, and 2) the condition in which it improves performance of foreign subsidiaries. In this research, I first reviewed prior studies and visited some companies in order to develop hypotheses. Second, I conducted a questionnaire survey of 1715 Japanese manufacturing subsidiaries in Southeast Asia. As a result of quantitative analyses based on this survey, this research found the possibility that intra-firm competition in MNCs can suppress subsidiary autonomy, and the possibility that intra-firm competition in MNCs can improve market and financial performance of subsidiaries in the condition of acquired foreign subsidiary.

Free Research Field

国際経営