Authors
Kazantsev A.
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Degree
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Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Graduate School of Management, Saint-Petersburg State University |
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E-mail
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kazantcev@gsom.pu.ru |
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Location
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Saint Petersburg |
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Articles
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Structural Configurations of Russian Multinationals: Empirical Study of Contingency Factors InfluenceRussian multinationals are consolidating their positions among other emerging multinationals
which raises an interest of researchers from both strategic management and international business.
The specificities of their formation and development, the peculiarities of their context attract
attention to different aspects of their business life. The paper aims to consider the notion and elements
of structural configurations of Russian multinationals and identify contingency factors that
influence their combinations. A profound literature review on the topic allowed detecting five key
elements of structural configuration of Russian multinationals which include decentralization of decision-
making, formalization and control, complexity, inter-firm horizontal integration mechanisms
and inter-firm knowledge and expertise transfer mechanisms. The conceptual model developed
in the paper was tested on the sample of 213 Russian multinationals with the use of multiple linear
regression. The analysis showed statistically significant associations between the elements of strategic
orientation, environment and structural configuration of multinationals. As well, it confirmed
significant moderating effect of company’s international orientation on direction and strength of
relationships between key contingency factors and structural elements.
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