Internationalisation for SMEs requires a cross-border communication strategy. This paper analyses the elements necessary for successful international communication management, namely: leadership, openness, concentration, immediacy and social media (forming, in German, the acronym "F.O.K.U.S.")....

Whilst the importance of communication in successful corporate management, especially change processes, is constantly growing, the relationship between general managers and PR professionals remains largely unexplored. This article presents selected findings from an empirical study into the...

The English version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1371672 Since private enterprises in China are heading for global competition, the importance of corporate communications is constantly increasing. Traditionally, Chinese companies, especially state-owned enterprises,...

International corporate communication becomes more and more important, bringing with it increased complexity. At management level in PR agencies, however, there is very little systematic knowledge about the theory behind international communication. PR knowledge with integrated contributions...

The paper analyses intra-corporate conflict, based on the case study of the DaimlerChrysler merger. This analysis is then broadened to compare PR and its contexts in Germany and the USA. The authors apply the International Corporate Communication Compass to the DaimlerChrysler deal to show what...

From the earliest days of PR history, PR professionals have restricted their specific contribution to the communicator’s role; they saw themselves as experts in storytelling, in ‘packaging’ the corporate mission or politics, rather than rooting their own activities deep in the heart of...