Multinational Corporate Evolution and Subsidiary Development / Edition 1

by Neil Hood, Julian Birkinshaw

Overview

This book is one of the first to specifically address the subsidiary development process - a phenomenon by which multinational company subsidiaries enhance their resources and capabilities. It shows how this process is integral to multinational corporate evolution, which is largely driven by changes in subsidiaries and their development. It also illustrates how the recent trend towards greater international dispersal of value-adding activities has impacted on this process and on multinational evolution as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312214715
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/15/1998
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

ALLAN BIRD Californian Polytechnic State University, USA
JULIAN BIRKINSHAW Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
SCHON BEECHLER Columbia University, USA
SEA-JIN CHANG Korea University, Korea
ED DELANY E. Delany & Associates, Ireland
WILLIAM EGELHOFF Fordham, USA
LUCIANO FRATOCHII University of Bologna, Italy
MATS FORSGREN Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
LIAM GORMAN Irish Management Institute, Ireland
NEIL HOOD University of Strathclyde, UK
ULF HOLM University of Uppsala, Sweden
JIATAO LI McKinsey, Hong Kong
STEPHEN MCCORMICK Irish Management Institute, Ireland
MARINA PAPANASTASSIOU Economic University of Athens, Greece
ROBERT PEARCE University of Reading, UK
TORBEN PEDERSON Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
PHILIP ROSENZWEIG IMD, Switzerland
TROND RANDOY Agder College, Norway
BERNARD SURLEMONT University of Liege, Belgium
HELLMUT SCHUTTE INSEAD, France
JAMES H. TAGGART University of Strathclyde, UK
SULLY TAYLOR Portland State University, USA

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview; J. Birkinshaw & N. Hood PART 1: CORPORATE STRATEGY AND SUBSIDIARY DEVELOPMENT Identification and Development of Strategy at Subsidiary Level; J. H. Taggart Individualism and Interdependence in the Technological Development of MNEs: the Strategic Positioning of R&D in Overseas Subsidiaries; M. Papanastassiou & R. Pearce Global Resource Flows and MNE Network Integration; T. Randoy & J. Li Between Headquarters and Subsidiaries: the RHQ Solution; H. Schutte PART 2: CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE IN MULTINATIONAL NETWORKS Centres of Excellence in Multinational Companies: the Case of Denmark; M. Forsgren & T. Pedersen A Typology of Centres within Multinational Corporations: an Empirical Investigation; B. Surlemont Centres of Excellence in the International Firm; L. Fratocchi & U. Holm PART 3: CORPORATE PROCESS AND SUBSIDIARY DEVELOPMENT Using Technology as a Path to Subsidiary Development; W. G. Egelhoff, L. Gorman & S. McCormick Strategic Development of Multinational Subsidiaries in Ireland; E. Delany Foreign-Owned Subsidiaries and Regional Development: the case of Sweden; J. Birkinshaw Functional and Line of Business Evolution Processes in MNC Subsidiaries: Sony in the United States; S-J. Chang & P. Rosenzweig Organizational Learning in Japanese MNCs: Four Affiliate Archtypes; S. Beechler, A. Bird & S. Taylor Conclusions and Policy Implications; N. Hood & J. Birkinshaw