This book describes the use of matrix structures in large, complex organizations such as MNCs. Using an information-processing perspective of organization design, it develops a more comprehensive theory for fitting the structural configurations of matrix structures to key characteristics of firm...

According to existing theory, MNCs with matrix structures are supposed to have more intra-organizational conflict than non-matrix firms. The present study uses a sample of 82 German MNCs to evaluate and reject this general hypothesis. Only MNCs with a product division by geographical region...

Purpose – The current paper seeks to analyze to what degree theories from different fields of social science are able to explain the home‐region orientation of MNCs. This is necessary since there has been only a relatively narrow, economics‐oriented explanation for such an orientation....

International strategies and the organizational designs of multinational corporations are in a period of transition; the dominant designs of the recent past are gone and new dominant designs have not yet emerged. This authoritative collection of articles by leading international scholars...

This article contrasts traditional models of MNE organizational design against newer models, represented by transnationalism and heterarchy. The important characteristics are fundamentally different. Traditional models tend to be models of equilibrium, while the newer models are largely models...

Theorien, Ansätze, Paradigmen und Denkschulen im Wissenschaftsbetrieb -- Theorien in der OMU-Wissenschaft -- Fundamente der OMU-Theorie -- Aktuelle Entwicklungslinien der OMU-Theorie -- Konzepte zur inhaltlichen Systematisierung von OMU-Theorien.

Einleitung -- Warum immer mehr Unternehmen die Matrix als organisatorische Grundstruktur benötigen -- Die funktionale, produktbezogene und regionale Dimension innerhalb der Matrixstruktur -- Konflikt in der Matrixstruktur -- Reichweite der Matrix -- Aufgaben, Interaktionsmuster und...