Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Developing Organizational and Institutional Fit in MNE Subsidiary Political Strategy in Contexts of Institutional Upheaval

Recent corporate political activities (CPA) studies applying the “fit paradigm” found that foreign subsidiaries’ political capabilities in emerging markets are shaped not just by host country- but also by home country institutions: Subsidiaries of multinational enterprises (MNEs) need to develop CPA that “fit” parent political capabilities. Yet, this literature neglects that this “organizational fit” requirement goes together with an...