Lehrer, Mark; Asakawa, Kazuhiro - In: Journal of World Business 34 (1999) 3, pp. 267-286
Empirical research on the European operations of 19 American and Japanese multinational companies (MNCs) suggested, first, that the strategic importance of the region did not translate into an enhanced role for regional headquarters, and second, that American and Japanese MNCs are "unbundling"...