Descriptors of server capabilities in China:cases of multinational companies subsidiaries

China with the huge market potential it possesses is an important issue for subsidiaries of western multinational companies. The objective of this paper is therefore to strengthen researchers’ and practitioners’ perspectives on what are the descriptors of server capabilities. The descriptors are relevant to determine subsidiary roles and as an indication of the capabilities required. These descriptors are identified through extensive literature review and validated by case studies of two Danish multinational companies subsidiaries operating in China. They provided the empirical basis for this paper. The characteristics of the subsidiaries were analyzed and the results suggest a number of descriptors of server capabilities