The responsive global organization : new insights from global strategy and international business / edited by Torben Juul Andersen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Cover; The Responsive Global Organization: New Insights from Global Strategy and International Business; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction: Adaptive Corporate Strategies in a Turbulent World; Multinational Corporate Strategy; The Ensuing Chapters; Note; References; Chapter 1 Multinational Corporate Strategy-Making: Integrating International Business and Strategic Management; International Business; Strategic Management; Synthesis -- The Contours of a Model; Discussion; References; Chapter 2 The Implications of Subsidiary Autonomy for Multinational Flexibility.

IntroductionApproach; The Role of Headquarters; The Role of Subsidiary; Subsidiary Network Relationships; Intra-Organizational Network Relationships; Control and Monitoring in a Headquarter-Subsidiary Relationship; Personal Supervision of Managers; Bureaucratic Mechanisms; Financial Incentives; Clan Control; Interdependency between Subsidiaries; Inter-Organizational Network Relationships; Themes within Decision-Making; Organizational Structure; Decision-Making in Strategic Planning; Managing the Multinational Corporation; Autonomy and Control in Dynamic Environments; Autonomy in Subsidiaries.

Negative Consequences of Subsidiary AutonomyOrganizing Autonomy in an MNC; Empirical Study; Understanding the Effects of Autonomy; Intra-Organizational Network Relationships; Control Mechanisms; Inter-organizational Network Relationships; Operational Autonomy; Strategic Autonomy; Managerial Implications; Intra-organizational Network Relationships; Inter-organizational Network Relationships; Operational and Strategic Autonomy; References; Chapter 3 Democratizing the Multinational Corporation (MNC): Interaction between Intent at Headquarters and Autonomous Subsidiary Initiatives; Introduction.

Democratizing the Global Strategy ProcessEnabling Global Democratization; Decentralized Decision-Making; Using the Collective Wisdom; Corporate Culture; References; Chapter 4 Internationalization Effects in a Global Knowledge-Based Industry: A Study of Multinational Pharmaceutical Companies; Introduction; Literature Review; Key Concepts -- Definitions and Measures; Knowledge-Based Industries; Internationalization; Innovation; Firm Performance; Productivity; Theoretical Links between Key Concepts; Internationalization and Innovation; Internationalization and Firm Performance.

Internationalization and ProductivityHypothesis Development; Scale Internationalization; Scope Internationalization; Empirical Study; Methodology; Sample Selection; Dependent Variables; Innovation; Performance; Productivity; Independent Variables; Discretionary Variable; Control Variables; Results; Stepwise Multiple Regressions; Scale Internationalization; Scope Internationalization; Experimental Validity and Reliability; Discussion and Implications; Scale Internationalization; Innovation; Performance; Performance and R & D Interaction; Scope Internationalization; Innovation.

This book outlines the contours of the dynamic adaptive multinational corporation based on contemporary research insights from global strategy and international business. It considers the role of corporate leadership and frontline engagement to advance responsive innovation dealing with emergent risks and opportunities in turbulent global markets.

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