This book explores the relationships between the day-to-day activities of managers in multinational firms, and the wider social, institutional and cultural contexts in which they operate. It examines new qualitative research material and applies theoretical approaches previously unexplored in the fields of international management and business.
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This book explores the relationships between the day-to-day activities of managers in multinational firms, and the wider social, institutional and cultural contexts in which they operate. It examines new qualitative research material and applies theoretical approaches previously unexplored in the fields of international management and business.
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List of Figures and Tables Notes on the Contributors Preface Introduction; M.Geppert & M.Mayer PART 1: MANAGERIAL PRACTICES AND THE ROLE OF NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS The Comparative Institutional Approach to Human Resource Management in Multinational Companies; A.Tempel & P.Walgenbach Employment Relations as a Resource in the Socio-Political Construction of Transnational Social Spaces by Multinational Companies; K.Williams & M.Geppert PART 2: PROBLEMS OF TRANSFERRING MANAGERIAL PRACTICES TRANSNATIONALLY Transferring Value-infused Organizational Practices in Multinational Companies; S.Blazejewski Variation of Practices across Multiple Levels within Transnational Companies; A.Mohan Knowledge Transfer Process in Multinational Companies; T.C.Chini & B.Ambos PART 3: SOCIAL PRACTICES AND 'INTERNATIONAL' PRACTITIONERS Governing the Outposts? Exploring the Role of Expatriate Managers in a Multinational Corporation; F.Moore Embedding the Multinational Enterprise; R.Loveridge Index
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'This book reaches out to international business scholars in an effort to fill in the agency gap in knowledge transfer processes of multinational corporations. It constitutes an excellent response to Redding's (2005) call for greater attention and discern to the i) construction of meaning, ii) role of interested groups, and iii) impact of historical forces in international business scholarship.' - Organization Studies
'Many of the book's case studies are extremely interesting and insightful...the intended audience is clearly an academic one, appealing to those with an interest in the cutting-edge development of international business and international management as a field of study.' - Academy of Management Perspectives
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MIKE GEPPERT is a Reader in International Management Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. His recent research interests are in comparative organization studies and international management. He is editing two special issues in 2005, one on 'Transnational Institution Building and the MNC' for Human Relations and the other on 'Micro-politics and Conflicts in MNCs' for the Journal of International Management. MICHAEL MAYER is a Reader in Strategic Management at Edinburgh University School of Management in the UK. He has published in academic journals such as the
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ISBN
9781403947642
Publisert
2006-01-27
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, U, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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