Sökning: "subsidiary initiatives"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden subsidiary initiatives.

  1. 1. Enter the Dragon : Toward a Micro-political View on Subsidiary Initiatives

    Författare :Alexander N. Gorgijevski; Christine Holmström; Katarina Lagerström; Jens Gammelgaard; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Multinational corporation; Subsidiary initiatives; Micro-political view; headquarters-subsidiary relationship; headquarters attention; initiative-selling; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Subsidiary initiatives are proactive, entrepreneurial activities that arise locally without central directives or planning from headquarters. Prior research suggests that subsidiary initiatives are crucial to multinational corporations’ (MNCs) success in foreign locations as they hold the potential to enhance local responsiveness, worldwide learning, and global integration by the leveraging of new knowledge. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Unequal Playing Field : Headquarters’ Attention and Subsidiary Voice in Multinational Corporations

    Författare :Hammad ul Haq; Desirée Blankenburg Holm; Rian Drogendijk; Tina Ambos; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :attention; communication; issue selling; subsidiary initiatives; multinational corporation; headquarter-subsidiary relationship; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Attention of top managers has an impact on future direction of an organization according to the attention-based view of the firm. In the context of multinational corporations, headquarters’ attention is likely to influence the actions and behavior of subsidiaries. LÄS MER

  4. 3. When International strategy meets local institutions: Subsidiary influence in the Context of Headquarter Initiatives

    Författare :Ivar Padron Hernandez; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : What do foreign subsidiaries of multinational enterprises (MNEs) do when strategies proposed by headquarters clash with local ways of doing business? Through 105 interviews at AB Volvo, Tomra and DeLaval, this dissertation explores, unpacks, and widens our understanding of the dilemmas and implications of subsidiaries’ dual belonging to corporate and local contexts. Findings on how subsidiaries in the United States, Japan, Germany, and France handled institutional friction caused by innovative and unfamiliar headquarter strategic initiatives are divided into four related but independent papers. LÄS MER

  5. 4. BPR in the Pharmaceutical Industry

    Författare :Kai Artur Simon; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; BPR; pharmaceutical industry; ;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the use of Business Process Reengineering (BPR) as a change approach in the Pharmaceutical Industry. The pharmaceutical industry is undergoing profound changes. New opportunities, e.g. LÄS MER