Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (XX, 423S.)
ISBN:
9783322844880
,
9783409120852
Serie:
mir-Edition Management International Review
Anmerkung:
1. Introduction -- 2. Philosophical Underpinnings -- 3. The Globalization Phenomenon -- 3.1 The Pre-Global School of International Management -- 3.2 External Factors Reinforcing Globalization -- 3.3 The Global School of International Management -- 3.4 Reconsidering Geo-Centrism: A Plea for Global Orientation -- 4. Global Decision-Making -- 4.1 Decision-Making in Complex Firms -- 4.2 The External Environment of MNCs -- 4.3 The Nature of Global Decision-Making -- 5. Organizational Implications of Globalization -- 5.1 Organizational Design in International Management -- 5.2 Organizational Research in the Tradition of the ‘Structure Follows Strategy’ Paradigm -- 5.3 The Global Network Debate -- 5.4 General Characteristics of Global Networks -- 6. Network Research -- 6.1 Structural Network Analysis -- 6.2 Social Network Analysis -- 6.3 Interorganizational Network Research -- 7. Developing a MNC-Network Perspective -- 7.1 The MNC between Social and Interorganizational Networks -- 7.2 The MNC-Network Framework -- 7.2.1 MNC-Network Nodes -- 7.2.2 MNC-Network Relations -- 7.2.3 Studying the Operating Core of MNCs from a Network Perspective: The Vertical and Horizontal Network Level -- 8. The Coordination and Decision Framework -- 8.1 Network Management of Change: Planned Evolution -- 8.2 Context Management -- 8.3 The C&D Framework -- 9. Research Methodology -- 10. The Management of Coordination and Decision Processes in Global Firms -- 10.1 Structural Context Management of C&D Interactions -- 10.2 Managerial Context Management of C&D Interactions -- 11. Conclusions and Implications for Future Research -- 11.1 Summary of the Research Findings -- 11.2 Conclusions -- 11.3 Directions for Future Research -- Appendix A: Selected Organization Theories -- Appendix B: Sample Selection -- Appendix C: Research Instrument -- Appendix D: Descriptive Statistics
Sprache:
Deutsch
Schlagwort(e):
Multinationales Unternehmen
;
Netzwerkmanagement
;
Internationales Management
;
Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-322-84488-0
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