Configurations of Strategy and Structure in Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations Author(s): Julian M. Birkinshaw and Allen J. Morrison Source: Journal of International Business Studies‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 4 (4th Qtr.‚ 1995)‚ pp. 729-753 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/155297 . Accessed: 06/04/2013 06:34 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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Interoperability problems in the developing countries 1. Introduction 1 2. Developing countries 2 3. CIS and Europe 4 4. Asia-Pacific 5 5. Americas 8 6. Africa 10 Introduction The ITU has made significant commitments to developing countries in a series of instruments: • Article 17 of the ITU Constitution that the functions of ITU-T are to be performed “bearing in mind the particular concerns of the developing countries”; • Resolution
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every individual. India is the world’s second large densely populated country. We have a huge manpower. If we make use of this manpower for betterment of the society‚ India will definitely shine with bright colours. All agree that the most important key to development and to poverty alleviation is education. Education is the only hope for our country to change its current status of a “developing country into developed country” “Mahatma Gandhi described education as basic tool for the development
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CHALLENGES OF PRINT MEDIA Conventional wisdom in the media industry holds that existing‚ established forms of media adapt to new and emerging forms. For example‚ radio adapted to the emergence of television rather than simply fading away. The emergence of the Internet and the plethora of information available‚ however‚ have led many to question the conventional view. Media executives and scholars agree that newspapers‚ magazines and other forms of print media face serious challenges in terms of
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1， Background Heavy Equipment Division (HED) of the Wriston Manufacturing Corporation is a large axle and brake manufacturer‚ which accounted for approximately 11.2% of the Wriston’s total revenues. There are 9 on-stream plants in the division and a new one is still under construction. The Detroit plant‚ the first plant of the division‚ was facing finance and productivity problems for several years. To address this problem‚ we are trying to review the situation to assess the feasibility of whether
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booms (or recessions) spread more readily from one country to the next • The growing occurrence of mergers‚ acquisitions‚ & strategic alliances Opinions on Globalization: • It has ‘enfeebled the state’/undermines or limits the sovereignty of countries National governments are not able to independently decide their exchange rate‚ interest rates‚ investment. Output affected (negatively) by market forces Multinational Corporations (transnational) MNCs are the agents of increased international interdependence
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A bigger world Globalisation is entering a new phase‚ with emerging-market companies now competing furiously against rich-country ones. GLOBALISATION used to mean‚ by and large‚ that business expanded from developed to emerging economies. Now it flows in both directions‚ and increasingly also from one developing economy to another. Business these days is all about “competing with everyone from everywhere for everything”. One sign of the times is the growing number of companies from emerging
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www.emeraldinsight.com/0969-6474.htm The role of culture on knowledge transfer: the case of the multinational corporation Leyland M. Lucas Department of Management and Business Administration‚ Morgan State University‚ Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ USA Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to look at the issue of culture’s role in knowledge transfer within multinational corporations (MNCs). Studies of MNCs have hinted at the importance of culture to the performance of subsidiaries. Using Hofstede’s cultural
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public. In Kenya this is done by the Kenya Institute of Intellectual Property . An invention is a solution to specific technological problem‚ and maybe a product or a process. Patents are a form of intellectual property. The procedure for granting patent‚ requirements placed on the patentee‚ and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to the National laws and the International requirements. The patent application typically must include one or more claims that
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attainment of independence of the States now known as Third World countries in the 1960s and 1970s‚ the attendant political instability and the quest for technological development to have a place in the global economy made investments by Multinational Corporations (MNCs) across the globe a piecemeal. In other words‚ these created interstice for economic niche‚ which now serves as the mother of intrusion in the governance of countries of the Global South. This was not also unconnected to availability
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