Purpose

This study aims to review the existing literature on corporate-level strategy to develop a conceptual framework of the headquarters’ roles as well as situational factors influencing them.

Design/methodology/approach

The systematic review is conducted. Accordingly, 598 studies (published from 1962–2018) were extracted from three databases (ProQuest, EBSCO and Web of Science). Then, after screening and ensuring the quality by the TAPUPAS checklist, 53 articles were systematically analyzed by manual coding method.

Findings

In total, 31 interventions in the form of four roles, namely, “value creation,” “value reduction,” “portfolio management“ and “loss prevent“ were identified for headquarters (HQ). Furthermore, four influencing situational factors distinguish “business characteristics,” “headquarters characteristics,” “corporate company characteristics” and “characteristic of the HQ-subsidiary relationships.”

Originality/value

The value of this research can be outlined as: mapping the cutting edge on the topic and systematizes the current knowledge; presenting an integrative, unique conceptual framework of HQs’ roles and influences, and particularly, of situational factors that determine the consequents of the interventions; and producing practical insights for corporate parent managers considering the situational factors influencing HQs’ roles and influences in managing their business portfolio successfully.

中文翻译：

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总部在子公司中的作用和干预：系统评价

目的

本研究旨在回顾有关公司层面战略的现有文献，以制定总部角色的概念框架以及影响它们的情境因素。

设计/方法/方法

进行系统评价。因此，从三个数据库（ProQuest、EBSCO 和 Web of Science）中提取了 598 项研究（发表于 1962-2018 年）。然后，通过TAPUPAS checklist筛选并保证质量后，通过人工编码的方法对53篇文章进行了系统分析。

发现

总共确定了 31 项干预措施，它们具有四种角色，即“价值创造”、“价值减少”、“投资组合管理”和“损失预防”。此外，四个影响情境因素区分了“业务特征”、“总部特征”、“公司公司特征”和“总部-子公司关系特征”。

原创性/价值

这项研究的价值可以概括为：绘制主题的前沿并将当前知识系统化；提出一个综合的、独特的关于总部角色和影响的概念框架，特别是决定干预后果的情境因素；考虑影响总部在成功管理其业务组合中的作用和影响的情境因素，为企业母公司经理提供实用的见解。