What Do We Know About Corporate Headquarters? A Review, Integration, and Research Agenda
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Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2316198 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2316198
Type
working paper
Date Issued
2013
Author(s)
Abstract
During the past five decades, scholars have studied the corporate headquarters (CHQ) - the multidivisional firm's central organizational unit. The purpose of this article is to review the diverse and fragmented literature on the CHQ and to identify the variables of interest, the dominant relationships, and the contributions. We integrate, for the first time, the existing knowledge of the CHQ into an organizing framework. Based on a synthesis of the literature, we identify major shortcomings and gaps, and present an agenda for future research that contributes to our understanding of the CHQ and the multidivisional firm.
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Language
English
Keywords
Corporate headquarters
corporate parent
corporate center
corporate strategy
multidivisional firm
multibusiness firm
multinational corporation.
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Responsible Corporate Competitiveness (RoCC)
Refereed
No
Publisher
Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 14-016.
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Division(s)
Eprints ID
225240
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