OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES WITHIN GLOBAL MANUFACTURING NETWORKS: A COEVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE ANALYSIS

• Grant number: 12/01563-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2012
• End date: July 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Administration - Business Administration
• Principal Investigator: Ely Laureano Paiva
• Grantee: Cristiane Biazzin Villar
• Host Institution: Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (EAESP). Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research aims to explore how sustainability practices are disseminated within global manufacturing networks. Especially, it seeks to understand how these practices coevolve within HQ-subsidiaries-institutional environment.In order to attend the objectives of this study, a multi-method research will be adopted, split into 2 phases: initially, it is forecasted to address a qualitative exploratory research in order to build a theoretical frame able to explain how developed competencies dynamics in domestic market affect MNE operations and how international competencies developed affect other operations subsidiaries. A second phase, a quantitative approach, will explore the framework developed into a representative database/sample in order to confirm its validity. The main contribution of this research are: (i) the seminal use of Coevolutionary theory on Operations Management research; (ii) development of a robust research of emergent country MNEs, mainly Brazilian MNE and; (iii) create an empirically tested framework which can support managers to better operate its global plants and supply chains.