Conception design and empirical research of multinational subsidiary's entrepreneurial orientation

Abstract

In the research field of corporate entrepreneurship (CE) and internationalization, the research of multinational subsidiary's entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is a new emerging topic. Although scholars have known importance of subsidiary's EO, but correlative theoretical and empirical research was scarce. There aren't still special conception design and dimension partition about multinational subsidiary's EO. The thesis divides EO of multinational subsidiary into three dimensions according to special behavior of firm: new business venturing, product/technology innovation and strategic renewal. And the thesis uses exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis to validate the conception design. The model embodies meaning of CE and background of multinational, proves multi-dimension of subsidiary's EO, and enriches the research of multinational subsidiary and CE.