"To utilize guanxi, or not to utilize guanxi"
(2020) IBUH19 20201Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- The main purpose of this study was to investigate if guanxi increases or decreases international management control mechanisms for foreign MNCs in China. The authors interviewed managers at three Scandinavian MNCs with subsidiaries in China for a comparative case study. Based on previous literature, guanxi was categorized into personal guanxi and organizational guanxi, as well as family guanxi, business guanxi, and stranger guanxi. The international control mechanisms were categorized into output control mechanisms, process control mechanisms and social control mechanisms. The interviews were analyzed through both a within-case analysis and a cross-case analysis. The results showed that guanxi decreased certain output control mechanisms... (More)
- The main purpose of this study was to investigate if guanxi increases or decreases international management control mechanisms for foreign MNCs in China. The authors interviewed managers at three Scandinavian MNCs with subsidiaries in China for a comparative case study. Based on previous literature, guanxi was categorized into personal guanxi and organizational guanxi, as well as family guanxi, business guanxi, and stranger guanxi. The international control mechanisms were categorized into output control mechanisms, process control mechanisms and social control mechanisms. The interviews were analyzed through both a within-case analysis and a cross-case analysis. The results showed that guanxi decreased certain output control mechanisms and social control mechanisms, while it had no effect on process control mechanisms. The study, which showed results in line with previous literature, contributed to the extensive body of literature on guanxi and international management control. (Less)
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- author
- Luttropp, Andreas LU and Liu, Jessica Jinzhi LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- IBUH19 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- China, Culture, Guanxi, International Control Mechanisms, Multinational Companies
- language
- English
- id
- 9020169
- date added to LUP
- 2020-06-23 14:33:07
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- 2020-06-23 14:33:07
@misc{9020169, abstract = {{The main purpose of this study was to investigate if guanxi increases or decreases international management control mechanisms for foreign MNCs in China. The authors interviewed managers at three Scandinavian MNCs with subsidiaries in China for a comparative case study. Based on previous literature, guanxi was categorized into personal guanxi and organizational guanxi, as well as family guanxi, business guanxi, and stranger guanxi. The international control mechanisms were categorized into output control mechanisms, process control mechanisms and social control mechanisms. The interviews were analyzed through both a within-case analysis and a cross-case analysis. The results showed that guanxi decreased certain output control mechanisms and social control mechanisms, while it had no effect on process control mechanisms. The study, which showed results in line with previous literature, contributed to the extensive body of literature on guanxi and international management control.}}, author = {{Luttropp, Andreas and Liu, Jessica Jinzhi}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{"To utilize guanxi, or not to utilize guanxi"}}, year = {{2020}}, }