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ArticleJournal of international business studies2023

Configuring political relationships to navigate host-country institutional complexity: Insights from Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa.

Nathaniel Boso, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, Dominic Essuman, Oluwaseun E Olabode, Patience Bruce, Magnus Hultman, James Kofi Kutsoati, Ogechi Adeola

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Nathaniel BosoGordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, 26 Melville Rd, Illovo, Johannesburg, 2196 South Africa.
Joseph Amankwah-AmoahKent Business School, University of Kent, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TE UK.
Dominic EssumanSheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, Conduit Road, Sheffield, S10 1FL UK.
Oluwaseun E OlabodeInternational Business, Marketing and Strategy Department, School of Management, University of Bradford, Pemberton Building, Richmond Road, Bradford, BD7 1DP UK.
Patience BruceDepartment of Human Resource and Organisational Development, KNUST School of Business, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Magnus HultmanGoodman School of Business, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1 Canada.
James Kofi KutsoatiDepartment of Supply Chain and Information Systems, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Ogechi AdeolaLagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Lekki - Epe Expy, Ajah, Lagos Nigeria.

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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.

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configuration theorycorporate political activitydysfunctional market conditionsinstitutional theoryMNE subsidiary performancemoderated regression modelpolitical resourcessub-Saharan Africa

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PMID36816986
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