In response to globalisation, increasing numbers of multinational enterprises (MNEs) have implemented transnational corporate strategies characterised by global standardisation as well as local responsiveness. If human resource management (HRM) is to provide a support function, it is suggested...

Summary Achieving competitive advantage through a broader consideration of stakeholders of the firm is examined. The inclusion of other significant organisational actors such as managers and employees as stakeholders capable of creating competitive strategic advantage for the firm is considered....

Cluster initiatives are a popular instrument of public policy everywhere in the world. This development acknowledges that the organisational units that create added value are not solely isolated individual businesses, but often networks of actors. Our research has the objective to better...

This article presents the results of an embedded case study of compensation practices in the subsidiaries of a multinational corporation (MNC) in the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. We explore the path dependence of compensation systems in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries prior...