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dc.contributor.advisorDavid A. Singer.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIntscher, Nicholas.en_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-24T17:32:17Z
dc.date.available2020-11-24T17:32:17Z
dc.date.copyright2020en_US
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128635
dc.descriptionThesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, May, 2020en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 260-279).en_US
dc.description.abstractPolitical science research devotes considerable attention to the impact of political risk on multinational companies' (MNCs') behavior. However, this body of research suffers from two main oversights: (1) a disproportionate focus on MNCs' investment decisions, and (2) an assumption that political risk takes a common, centralized form across countries. In this dissertation, I redirect, attention to the political determinants of MNCs' supply chain linkages. I argue that these linkages represent a risk-mitigating strategy for MNCs, and one that is particularly well suited for dealing with environments where the sources of political risk are spread throughout the state apparatus -- which I refer to as fragmented political risk. To test this theory, I draw on both cross-sectional survey data of MNCs in Sub-Saharan Africa and firm-level panel data from Indonesia -- a country that experienced a profound fragmentation in the structure of political risk. The principal finding of this research is that fragmented political risk causes MNCs to increase their use of local suppliers, with particularly strong effects among those that are (1) more vulnerable to political risk, and (2) have a greater capacity to adopt linkages, in general. These findings qualify research on the political determinants of FDI by showing that MNCs, and not merely states, are capable of resolving political risk in the host country.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Nicholas Intscher.en_US
dc.format.extent279 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsMIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectPolitical Science.en_US
dc.titleThe fragmentation of political risk and MNCs' supply chain linkagesen_US
dc.title.alternativeFragmentation of political risk and multinational companies' supply chain linkagesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreePh. D.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.oclc1221003934en_US
dc.description.collectionPh.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Scienceen_US
dspace.imported2020-11-24T17:32:16Zen_US
mit.thesis.degreeDoctoralen_US
mit.thesis.departmentPoliScien_US


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