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European challenge: developing global organizations

Harris, Philip R. - In: European Business Review 14 (2002) 6, pp. 416-425

globalization is forcing such a transformation of corporations, associations, and agencies. If business expects to be competitive in … achieve this goal. This article examines the impact of globalization on institutions, the challenges and issues in … globalization, and how to transform an organization into a global enterprise. The latter occurs, the author suggests, when such …

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Restructuring Ford Europe

Donnelly, Tom; Morris, David - In: European Business Review 15 (2003) 2, pp. 77-86

Within the contexts of globalization, rationalization and modularization, this article seeks to explore why Ford Europe …

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Internationalisation process of Spanish banks: strategic orientation after the mergers

Sanchez‐Peinado, Esther - In: European Business Review 15 (2003) 4, pp. 245-261

The present globalisation of the economy is one of the main forces driving the internationalisation process of firms, a phenomenon that has been one of the most widely studied in the literature and which has given rise to numerous explanatory theories. The manufacturing sectors of machinery,...

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The strategic alliances between the American and German companies

Abdou, Khaled; Kliche, Simone - In: European Business Review 16 (2004) 1, pp. 8-27

In the current situation of the global economy, engaging in strategic alliances depends upon several factors in which the national and organizational cultures of the companies are involved. This paper discusses the cultural differences between the German and the American culture by applying...

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Navigating Cross‐cultural Ethics: What Global Managers Do Right to Keep from Going Wrong

Harris, Philip R. - In: European Business Review 16 (2004) 2, pp. 205-206

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Is globalization consistent with the accumulation of FDI inflows in the Balkan countries?

Bitzenis, Aristidis - In: European Business Review 16 (2004) 4, pp. 406-425

will not benefit from globalization. From one point of view, multinational enterprises (MNEs) “decide” which countries …

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Bundling in a semi‐global economy

Mourdoukoutas, Pavlos; Mourdoukoutas, Panos - In: European Business Review 16 (2004) 5, pp. 522-530

Crosscurrents between globalization and localization have created two world industry segments, an open highly …

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Finance strategies of rapidly‐growing Finnish SMEs: Born Internationals and Born Globals

Gabrielsson, Mika; Sasi, Viveca; Darling, John - In: European Business Review 16 (2004) 6, pp. 590-604

of financing strategies and the commensurate finance management capabilities on the globalization of Finnish Born …

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FDI, international business and regulation

Vindelyn Smith‐Hillman, A.; Omar, Maktoba - In: European Business Review 17 (2005) 1, pp. 69-82

Purpose – Multinational corporations (MNCs) occupy a central role within the process of globalisation as evidenced through global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows valued at US$3.1 trillion by the end of 2000. The importance of regulation is evident through the significant growth in...

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Renault‐Nissan: a marriage of necessity?

Donnelly, Tom; Morris, David; Donnelly, Tim - In: European Business Review 17 (2005) 5, pp. 428-440

Purpose – To examine the reasons why Renault of France and Nissan of Japan entered into a merger. Over the past decade the automotive industry has been subject to a spate of merges and take‐overs which not only brought about a considerable degree of consolidation, which made it increasingly...

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