Foreign subsidiaries, as organization units of a multinational company, are profoundly involved in the value creation process for and within the company. The performance evaluation of foreign subsidiaries is a crucial issue for globally-active companies not only in regard to value creation for...

Given the nature of economic globalization and expansion of international trade, many corporations have become multinational corporations. In order to succeed in the multinational environment, firms must develop and implement strategies focusing on their core competencies. However, strategy...

The paper explores the adoption of the corporate balanced scorecard (CBSC) and its impact on corporate control of business units. Following interviews with senior corporate managers in 15 of Sweden’s largest multinational companies, eight were found to adopt CBSC. However, CBSC had little...

The aim of this paper is to review if the implemented balanced scorecard is an efficient way to motivate people and increase their work effort. The empirical research had been conducted in one of the big multinational companies. Balanced scorecards for such companies are mainly driven by global,...