Abstract
How do MNEs manage a complex portfolio of internationally- dispersed subsidiaries? Drawing on structural complexity theory, this study hypothesizes that the structural characteristics of subsidiary portfolio such as the degree of spatial dispersion influence HQ's managerial decisions to configure expatriates across subsidiary portfolio. This paper investigates the influence of both country and regional level dispersions on the MNE's expatriation configuration across subsidiary portfolio in terms of two different aspects: the intensity of expatriate utilization and the variation of expatriation. This study further explores how these two expatriation decisions are related to MNE performance and how the level of spatial dispersion moderates the relationship between expatriate utilization and MNE performance. Our investigation of Korean MNEs revealed that country and regional level dispersion in subsidiary portfolio has different influences on two different aspects of expatriate configuration, and that the intensity and variation of expatriate configuration have different performance implications.
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