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Configuring Political Relationships to Navigate Host-Country Institutional Complexity: Insights from Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa

Boso, N., Amankwah-Amoah, J., Essuman, D., Olabode, O., Bruce, P., Hultman, M., Kutsoati, JK, Adeola, O. (2023) Configuring Political Relationships to Navigate Host-Country Institutional Complexity: Insights from Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of International Business Studies, . ISSN 0047-2506. (doi:10.1057/s41267-022-00594-8) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:98375)

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Abstract

We examine how ties with multiple host-country political institutions contribute to MNE subsidiary performance in countries with weak formal institutions. We suggest that forging relationships between subsidiaries and host-country government actors, local chieftains, and religious leaders generates regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive political resources. We integrate institutional and configuration theories to argue that similarity to an ideal configuration of the three political resources contributes to MNE subsidiary performance, and that the more dysfunctional host country institutions, the greater the impact on performance. We test our hypotheses using primary and archival data from 604 MNE subsidiaries in 23 Anglophone sub-Saharan African countries and find support for our hypotheses. In our conclusion we discuss the wider theoretical, managerial, and public policy implications of our findings.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1057/s41267-022-00594-8
Uncontrolled keywords: multinational non-market strategy; corporate political activity, relational political resources; MNE subsidiary performance; institutional complexity; dysfunctional market conditions; sub-Saharan Africa
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and International Business
Funders: University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
Depositing User: Joseph Amankwah-Amoah
Date Deposited: 27 Nov 2022 11:43 UTC
Last Modified: 06 Mar 2023 15:03 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/98375 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
Amankwah-Amoah, J.: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0383-5831
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