This volume of Research in Global Strategic Management, the first under the new editorship of William Newburry, provides new perspectives on headquarters-subsidiary relationships in the context of the contemporary multinational corporation

PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON THE MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS OF THE MNC Beyond Local Responsiveness - Multi-Domestic Multinationals at the Bottom-Of-The-Pyramid - Paul N. Gooderham, Svein Ulset and Frank Elter Regional Management in Multinational Service Operations: Do Services Drive Regional Management Structures? - Jorg Freiling, Perttu Kahari, Rebecca Piekkari and Fabian Schmutz Strategic Animation and Emergent Processes: Managing for Efficiency and Innovation in Globally Networked Organizations - Stephen Tallman and Mitchell P. Koza the Agency Perspective for Studying Headquarters-Subsidiary Relations: An Assessment and Considerations for Future Research - Adrian Schulte Steinberg and Sven Kunisch PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON TENSIONS AND CONFLICTS IN HQ-SUBSIDIARY RELATIONSHIPS Conflict Resolution in Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships: The Roles of Regulatory Fit and Moral Emotions - Rajesh Kumar and Jens Gammelgaard The Ambidextrous Subsidiary: Strategies for Alignment, Adaption and Managing Allegiances - Marty Reilly and Pamela Sharkey Scott Exploring Subsidiaries’ Perceptions of Corporate Headquarters: Subsidiary Initiatives and Organizing Costs - Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen and Gabriel R. G. Benito Informed Headquarters, Legitimized Subsidiary, and Reduced Level of Subsidiary Control in International R&D Management - Kazuhiro Asakawa and Tomomine Aoki Subsidiary Autonomy and Factory Performance in Japanese Manufacturing Subsidiaries in Thailand Kiyohiro Oki PART III: PERSPECTIVES ON KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN THE MNC NETWORK Complementarity and Substitution in the Knowledge Networks of R&D Subsidiaries - Ulf Andersson, Suma Athreye and Georgios Batsakis How Does Geographic Distance Impact the Relevance of HQ Knowledge? The Mediating Role of Shared Context - Phillip C. Nell, Benoit Decreton and Bjorn Ambos Transfer of Social and Environmental Accounting and Reporting Knowledge: Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity and Organisational Mechanisms - Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O, Stefan Gold, Jeremy Moon and Wendy Chapple PART IV: ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY AIB FELLOWS (EDITED BY JEAN BODDEWYN) History of the AIB Fellows: The Deanship of Alan Rugman (2011-2014) - Jean Boddewyn How Does the Context of Language Use Affect the Perception of Language Barriers? - Angels Das? and Torben Pedersen The Next Step in Governance: The Need for Global Micro-Regulatory Frameworks in the Context of Expanding International Production - Karl P. Sauvant