Strategic International Management : Text and Cases

Online-Ressource (X, 470p. 124 illus, digital)

Includes bibliographical references and index

""Preface""; ""Concept and Overview of this Book""; ""Teaching and Learning""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I Introduction to Strategic International Management""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Multinational Corporations as Networks""; ""From Centralised Hubs to Integrated Networks""; ""Heterogeneity between Foreign Subsidiaries""; ""Subsidiaries as Centres of Excellence""; ""Flows in the MNC Network""; ""Intraand Inter-organisational Networks""; ""Increasing Relevance of Inter-organisational Networks""; ""Blurry Boundaries of the MNC""

""Corporate (Internal) and Local (External) Embeddedness""""Coordinating the MNC Network""; ""Conclusion and Outlook""; ""Case Study: Siemens1""; ""Profile, History, and Status Quo""; ""Selected Business Sectors and Business Activities""; ""Siemens� Business Sector “Industry�""; ""Siemens Financial Services""; ""Research""; ""Development""; ""Selected Characteristics of Siemens Subsidiaries in Selected Countries""; ""Many Large Foreign Subsidiaries with a Long History""; ""Relatively Young and Small Foreign Subsidiaries""; ""Local, Regional or Global Responsibility of Subsidiaries""

""Selected Global and Regional Business Centres and Offices""""Siemens� R&D Activities in China""; ""Local Embeddedness of Subsidiaries""; ""Summary and Outlook""; ""Questions""; ""Hints""; ""Chapter 2""; ""The Integration/Responsiveness-Framework""; ""Forces for Global Integration and Forces for Local Responsiveness""; ""Forces for Global Integration""; ""Forces for Local Responsiveness""; ""The I/R-Framework as Matrix""; ""International Organisations""; ""Global Organisations""; ""Multinational Organisations""; ""Transnational Organisations""; ""Comparison of the Four MNC Types""

""Perlmutter�s EPRG Concept""""Different Levels of Integration and Responsiveness""; ""Industry Forces as External Environment""; ""Strategic Orientation of the MNC as Internal Context""; ""Strategy of a Specific Subsidiary""; ""Conclusion and Outlook""; ""Further Reading""; ""Case Study: Retailing""; ""The Retail Industry""; ""Forces for Global Integration and Forces for Local Responsiveness""; ""Strategic Orientation of Retail Companies""; ""Strategies for Specific Retail Subsidiaries""; ""Summary and Outlook""; ""Questions""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Role Typologies for Foreign Subsidiaries""

""Heterogeneous Roles of Subsidiaries""""Selected Role Typologies""; ""Role Typology by Bartlett/Ghoshal""; ""Role Typology by White/Poynter""; ""Role Typology by Gupta/Govindarajan""; ""Role Typology by Andersson/Forsgren""; ""Weaknesses and Deficits of Role Typologies""; ""Benefits of Role Typologies""; ""Conclusion and Outlook""; ""Further Reading""; ""Case Study: ABB1""; ""Profile, History, and Status Quo""; ""Company Structure""; ""Strategic Importance and Competence as Dimensions of Subsidiary Roles""; ""Internal Sales and Internal Purchases as Dimensions of Subsidiary Roles""

""Summary and Outlook""

10.1007/978-3-8349-8332-9 [DOI]

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