Global, National and Local Practices in Multinational Companies

2006
ISBN: 978-1-4039-4764-2
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 465 g

This book explores the relationships between the day-to-day activities of managers in multinational firms, and the wider social, institutional and cultural contexts in which they operate. It examines new qualitative research material and applies theoretical approaches previously unexplored in the fields of international management and business.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Geppert, M.

Mayer, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables Notes on the Contributors Preface Introduction; M.Geppert & M.Mayer PART 1: MANAGERIAL PRACTICES AND THE ROLE OF NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS The Comparative Institutional Approach to Human Resource Management in Multinational Companies; A.Tempel & P.Walgenbach Employment Relations as a Resource in the Socio-Political Construction of Transnational Social Spaces by Multinational Companies; K.Williams & M.Geppert PART 2: PROBLEMS OF TRANSFERRING MANAGERIAL PRACTICES TRANSNATIONALLY Transferring Value-infused Organizational Practices in Multinational Companies; S.Blazejewski Variation of Practices across Multiple Levels within Transnational Companies; A.Mohan Knowledge Transfer Process in Multinational Companies; T.C.Chini & B.Ambos PART 3: SOCIAL PRACTICES AND 'INTERNATIONAL' PRACTITIONERS Governing the Outposts? Exploring the Role of Expatriate Managers in a Multinational Corporation; F.Moore Embedding the Multinational Enterprise; R.Loveridge Index

Über Autor(innen)

BJÖRN AMBOS Lecturer, University of Edinburgh Management School, UK, and adjunct Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Italy
SUSANNE BLAZEJEWSKI Assistant Professor, Strategic Management and Organizational Behaviour, European University Viadrina, Germany
TINA C. CHINI Research Fellow, London Business School affiliated with the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM), UK
MIKE GEPPERT Reader in International Management Studies, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
RAY LOVERIDGE Research Fellow and Director of the MSc (Management Research) Programme, Said Business School, University of Oxford, UK
MICHAEL MAYER Reader in Strategic Management, University of Edinburgh, UK
ANUPAMA MOHAN PhD and Research Fellow in International Business Strategy, Warwick Business School, UK
FIONA MOORE Industrial Anthropologist and Senior Lecturer, Kingston University, UK
ANNE TEMPEL Senior Lecturer of Organization Theory and Management, University of Erfurt, Germany
HARTMUT WÄCHTER Professor of Human Resource Management, University of Trier, Germany
PETER WALGENBACH Professor of Organization Theory and Management, University of Erfurt, Germany
KAREN WILLIAMS Lecturer in Comparative Industrial Relations, School of Business and Economics, University of Wales, UK