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TY - JOUR
T1 - When the parent imitates the child
T2 - Strategic renewal through separation and reintegration of subsidiaries
AU - Friesl, Martin
AU - Garreau, Lionel
AU - Heracleous , Loizos
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Strategic Organization, 17 (1), 2019, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Strategic Organization page: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/SOQ on SAGE Journals Online: http://journals.sagepub.com/
PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - This paper shows how the separation and subsequent reintegration of a subsidiary becomes a source of strategic renewal for the parent company. We develop a process model that reveals how structural ambidexterity can generate ‘proximate isomorphism’ that gives rise to parent level exploration and the parent’s gradual convergence with the subsidiary. This creates the conditions for reintegration, and ultimately, strategic renewal. We identify the triggers for proximate isomorphism as well as the mechanisms through which it unfolds. We draw on the longitudinal analysis of strategic renewal of Immochan between 2006 and 2018. Our findings contribute to extant research by developing the link between structural ambidexterity and strategic renewal and, particularly, by showing that proximate isomorphism acts an integrating mechanism between the parent and the explorative unit.
AB - This paper shows how the separation and subsequent reintegration of a subsidiary becomes a source of strategic renewal for the parent company. We develop a process model that reveals how structural ambidexterity can generate ‘proximate isomorphism’ that gives rise to parent level exploration and the parent’s gradual convergence with the subsidiary. This creates the conditions for reintegration, and ultimately, strategic renewal. We identify the triggers for proximate isomorphism as well as the mechanisms through which it unfolds. We draw on the longitudinal analysis of strategic renewal of Immochan between 2006 and 2018. Our findings contribute to extant research by developing the link between structural ambidexterity and strategic renewal and, particularly, by showing that proximate isomorphism acts an integrating mechanism between the parent and the explorative unit.
KW - structural ambidexterity
KW - integrating mechanisms
KW - strategic renewal
KW - corporate parent
KW - isomorphism
U2 - 10.1177/1476127018794850
DO - 10.1177/1476127018794850
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 62
EP - 94
JO - Strategic Organization
JF - Strategic Organization
SN - 1476-1270
IS - 1
ER -