International Business Networks

This track aims to explore the relationships between subsidiaries and its local environment, parent company or headquarter and its subsidiaries, as well as the relations between subsidiaries.
These relationships have shown to have profound influence on MNE development and strategies. Appropriate understanding of how such relations influence the governance and strategies of the MNE is imperative to understand how and why MNEs are acting and develops. The International Business Network track welcomes submissions that specifically deals with how networks influence the management and evolution of the MNE and its subsidiaries.

Keywords:
subsidiary networks; HQ – subsidiary relations; internal networks; external networks; internal & external networks influence on MNEs.