Developing a Successful Subsidiary Strategy

Chapter 11Conclusion

DOI: 10.4324/9781003425502-14

My hope is that the chapters of this book have helped to shape your thinking on the need for subsidiaries to have a strategy, and how to structure, develop and execute one. It was never anticipated that every idea that is contained here will resonate with every reader. The roles of subsidiaries, the environments in which they operate and the cultures of their parents are far too disparate for that.

I also recognise the likelihood that the approaches outlined here may be seen as being overly prescriptive and restrictive for some. This is to be expected, but readers are encouraged to push through this so that the foundations of a strategy are sound. My experience in using similar approaches ...