the automobile industry in Thailand and how automobile companies pursue localization in response to these drivers. Design … automobile manufacturers to adopt localization strategies. Those are host country characteristics, industry characteristics … localization of their decision making, building and exploiting knowledge pool of local suppliers and distributors, increasing …

standardization and localization. The authors describe the challenges faced by two retail giants, Walmart and Carrefour, as they … and localization and includes information provided by three of Walmart's and Carrefour's local Chinese suppliers.  …

research focus from what constitutes website localization into what dictates localization efforts' implementation. Surprising …

‐hired foreign managers. The striving for localization of staffing is more pronounced in German than Australian MNCs. German …. Practical implications – Localization of staff suggests the need for specific, culture‐sensitive approaches to personnel …

also that it can create product design and support a global localization service to the world. Practical implications – In … look beyond the systems of their collaborative working to consider the effect of supporting a localization service in their …

Purpose – This paper seeks to provide an overview of the concept of “localization” of human resources in Qatar …, the issue of “localization” is a pressing economic and social issue. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reviews the … national human resource situation in this atypical context, and seeks to determine the factors that impact on “localization” in …

attitudes regarding localization practices and firm behavior. The paper compares manager perceptions and understanding of their … firm's web localization practices to the actual localization on their firm's web sites. Design/methodology/approach – Two … phases of empirical research were completed: a survey of localization attitudes for 65 Fortune 500 managers and a content …