Overview

Despite a shared interest in the analysis of complex organizations operating in complex environments, macro-organization theory and research on the multinational corporation have developed quite independently of each other. This book, the product of a collaborative endeavour by scholars from both fields, represents the first systematic effort to build a broad bridge between these two areas of research.

Full Product Details

Author:   Sumantra Ghoshal ,  D. Eleanor Westney ,  D. Eleanor Westney
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.661kg
ISBN:  

9780333546222

ISBN 10:   0333546229
Pages:   358
Publication Date:   14 January 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; S.Ghoshal & D.E.Westney - Managing DMNCs: A Search for a New Paradigm; Y.Doz & C.K.Prahalad - PART 1: ENVIRONMENT AND ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS - Institutionalization Theory and the Multinational Corporation; D.E.Westney - The Multinational Corporation as an Interorganizational Network; S.Ghoshal & C.Bartlett - The European Subsidiaries of American Multinationals: An Exercise in Ecological Analysis; J.Delacroix - Learning, or the Importance of Being Inert: Country Imprinting and International Competition; B.Kogut - PART 2: ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE - Control in Multinational Firms: The Role of Price and Hierarchy; J-F.Hennart - Information Processing Theory and the Multinational Corporation; W.Egelhoff - Assumptions of Hierarchy and Heterarchy: With Applications to the Management of the Multinational Corporation; G.Hedlund - Procedural Justice Theory and the Multinational Corporation; W.C.Kim & R.A.Mauborgne - PART 3: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND NORMS - The Reproduction of Inertia in Multinational Corporations; M.Kilduff - The Flow of Culture: Some Notes on Globalization and the Multinational Corporation; J.V.Maanen & A.Laurent - Index

Reviews

'An excellent collection of essays which provides both the general and specialist reader with a fascinating insight into the latest advances in organisational theory.' - John H. Dunning, Universities at Reading and Rutgers.

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions