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The Mediating Effect of Network Embeddedness on Investment Performance of Multinational Manufacturers in China

중국시장에 진출한 다국적제조기업의 투자성과에 미치는 네트워크 배태성의 매개효과 실증분석

  • 고숭 ((중국)산동여자대학교 창신창업학과) ;
  • 임성훈 (건국대학교 국제무역학과)
  • Received : 2023.01.27
  • Accepted : 2023.04.21
  • Published : 2023.04.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate how internal capability adjustments made by subsidiaries in response to local market adaption and market changes, together with the use of internal and external networks, have an impact on the investment performance of such subsidiaries. From the empirical results, it was proven that the larger the extent of internal capability adjustment made by subsidiaries, and the more quickly and flexibly it is implemented, the more positive the investment performance is. The empirical findings also showed that in this process, the use of internal/external network embeddedness has a positive mediating impact on the investment performance. Additionally, the results of statistical analysis support the research hypothesis that external embeddedness has a greater mediating influence on multinational manufacturing companies entering Chinese market than internal embeddedness. It implies to the top managers of subsidiaries that the subsidiary should actively utilize external embeddedness to create a new locational competitive advantage in the local region, as well as develop a strategy to reduce foreignness costs such as cost of adapting to the local system.

본 연구는 자회사가 현지시장 적응과 시장변화에 대한 대응으로서 내부능력의 재조정을 실시하며, 나아가 조직 내·외부의 네트워크를 활용하는 것이 투자성과에 어떠한 영향을 미치는 실증하는데 연구목적을 둔다. 실증결과로부터 자회사의 내부능력 조정 크기가 클수록, 이를 신속하고 유연적으로 실행할수록 투자성과에 긍정적 효과가 발생함을 입증하였다. 이 과정에서 네트워크 내부배태성의 활용과, 네트워크 외부배태성의 활용이 투자성과에 긍정적 매개자로서 역할을 하는 것도 입증하였다. 또한 중국시장에 진출한 다국적제조기업에게는 외부배태성의 매개효과의 크기가 내부배태성의 매개효과 크기보다 더 클 것이라는 연구가설에 대해 통계분석 결과가 지지하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 분석결과는 자회사 최고경영자에게는 현지 정보의 탐색과 접근, 현지 제도에 적응 등 외국비용 절감 전략을 수립하는 것과 함께 자회사가 현지에서 새로운 지리적 경쟁우위를 창출하는 데 외부배태성을 적극적으로 활용해야 한다는 시사점을 제공한다.

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