Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances
The relationship between dynamic capabilities and innovation in foreign
subsidiaries. (Why) Is coordinating, learning, and sensing more or less
valuable when institutional differences are large?
Master Thesis
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Final Master thesis
June 00, 2022
Author: Ewelina Barbosa
Student number: 555538eb
Supervisor: Mr Elko Klijn, Ph.D.
Co-reader: Mr Hendra Raharja Wijaya, Ph.D.
Disclaimer
This document is written by E. Barbosa. All assistance that I have received from outside sources have been
documented and listed in its references. The author take responsibility for the contents and declare that this
document was created exclusively by me for the Master thesis at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, school of
management. RSM is only responsible for the supervision of completing the work but not for its contents.
,Abstract
,Preface
Ewelina Barbosa
Rotterdam, June
00, 2022
, Abbreviations
DCs Dynamic Capabilities
RBV Resources Based View
MNCs Multinational Corporations
HC Human Capital
SC Structural Capital
RC Relational Capital
TCT Transaction Cost Theory
IP Innovation Performance
IV Independent Variable
DV Dependent Variable
MV Moderating Variable
BOM North Brabant Development Agency
The relationship between dynamic capabilities and innovation in foreign
subsidiaries. (Why) Is coordinating, learning, and sensing more or less
valuable when institutional differences are large?
Master Thesis
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Final Master thesis
June 00, 2022
Author: Ewelina Barbosa
Student number: 555538eb
Supervisor: Mr Elko Klijn, Ph.D.
Co-reader: Mr Hendra Raharja Wijaya, Ph.D.
Disclaimer
This document is written by E. Barbosa. All assistance that I have received from outside sources have been
documented and listed in its references. The author take responsibility for the contents and declare that this
document was created exclusively by me for the Master thesis at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, school of
management. RSM is only responsible for the supervision of completing the work but not for its contents.
,Abstract
,Preface
Ewelina Barbosa
Rotterdam, June
00, 2022
, Abbreviations
DCs Dynamic Capabilities
RBV Resources Based View
MNCs Multinational Corporations
HC Human Capital
SC Structural Capital
RC Relational Capital
TCT Transaction Cost Theory
IP Innovation Performance
IV Independent Variable
DV Dependent Variable
MV Moderating Variable
BOM North Brabant Development Agency