Engaging informal institutions through corporate political activity: Capabilities for subnational embeddedness in emerging economies

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dc.check.date2024-09-23
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dc.contributor.authorMbalyohere, Charles
dc.contributor.authorLawton, Thomas C.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-16T15:24:06Z
dc.date.available2022-03-16T15:24:06Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-23
dc.date.updated2022-03-16T14:55:07Z
dc.description.abstractThis study examines how multinational enterprises (MNEs) organize internally to enhance subnational institutional fit in new frontier developing economies. We consider how corporate political activity (CPA) can facilitate local embeddedness by engaging informal institutions and nonmarket stakeholders at local community level. We apply an exploratory, qualitative, multi-case study approach to six MNEs in Uganda's electricity generation sector. The findings suggest that in markets like Uganda, MNEs depend on being bridged with subnational informal institutions such as tribal, social, and religious norms and grassroots political networks. Such bridging in turn positions these MNEs to contribute to developmental processes by integrating recognizable informal institutions into grassroots projects. Drawing on institutional theory and an organizational capabilities perspective, we identify the diverse bridging capabilities that enable MNEs to successfully embed locally, thereby simultaneously pursuing business objectives and achieving societal relevance.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleid101927en
dc.identifier.citationMbalyohere, C. and Lawton, T. C. (2022) 'Engaging informal institutions through corporate political activity: Capabilities for subnational embeddedness in emerging economies', International Business Review, 31(2), 101927 (15pp). doi: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101927en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101927en
dc.identifier.endpage15en
dc.identifier.issn0969-5931
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Business Reviewen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/12937
dc.identifier.volume31en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier Inc.en
dc.rights© 2021, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectBridging capabilitiesen
dc.subjectCorporate political activityen
dc.subjectEmerging marketsen
dc.subjectInformal institutionsen
dc.subjectLocal embeddednessen
dc.subjectMNE nonmarket strategyen
dc.titleEngaging informal institutions through corporate political activity: Capabilities for subnational embeddedness in emerging economiesen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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