Abstract
AbstractThe corporate headquarters (CHQ) is the central organizational unit in the contemporary corporation and is critical for value creation in the overall firm. Since the early 1960s, a signific...
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The corporate headquarters (CHQ) is the central organizational unit in the contemporary corporation (Chandler, 1991; Collis, Young, & Goold, 2007)
Research on the multinational firm’s CHQ has contributed to our knowledge about the role of subordinate unit headquarters, such as regional headquarters (RHQ) and their relationships with the CHQ (Alfoldi, Clegg, & McGaughey, 2012; Mahnke, Ambos, Nell, & Hobdari, 2012; Ohmae, 1989; Parks, 1974), which we identified as lacking in the multibusiness firm literature
CHQ research has the unique potential to contribute to our knowledge about the contemporary corporation
Summary
The corporate headquarters (CHQ) is the central organizational unit in the contemporary corporation (Chandler, 1991; Collis, Young, & Goold, 2007). The first stream concerns the CHQ in the multibusiness firm—a firm that is active across different product markets In this stream, scholars have analyzed the CHQ’s roles and activities (e.g., Chandler, 1991; Foss, 1997), its resources and capabilities (e.g., Adner & Helfat, 2003; Song, 2002; Tan & Vertinsky, 1996), as well as its design and staffing (e.g., Collis et al, 2007; Kleinbaum & Stuart, 2014). The second stream deals with the CHQ in the multinational firm—a firm that operates across several geographic markets (Bartlett & Ghoshal, 1989) Researchers active in this stream have primarily explored CHQ (re-)location (e.g., Birkinshaw, Braunerhjelm, Holm, & Terjesen, 2006; Laamanen, Simula, & Torstila, 2012) and CHQ-international subsidiary relationships (e.g., Bouquet & Birkinshaw, 2008; Nell & Ambos, 2013). This disconnect impedes fertilization across the two streams and, complicates taking stock of our collective knowledge of the CHQ
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