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Multinational Corporate Evolution and Subsidiary Development

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Julian Birkinshaw

    1. Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

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  2. Neil Hood

    1. University of Strathclyde, UK

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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.

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction and Overview

    1. Introduction and Overview

      • Julian Birkinshaw, Neil Hood
      Pages 1-19

  3. Corporate Strategy and Subsidiary Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Identification and Development of Strategy at Subsidiary Level

      • James H. Taggart
      Pages 23-49

    3. Individualism and Interdependence in the Technological Development of MNEs: The Strategic Positioning of R&D in Overseas Subsidiaries

      • Marina Papanastassiou, Robert Pearce
      Pages 50-75

    4. Global Resource Flows and MNE Network Integration

      • Trond Randøy, Jiatao Li
      Pages 76-101

    5. Between Headquarters and Subsidiaries: The RHQ Solution

      • Hellmut Schütte
      Pages 102-137

  4. Centres of Excellence in Multinational Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Centres of Excellence in Multinational Companies: The Case of Denmark

      • Mats Forsgren, Torben Pedersen
      Pages 141-161

    3. A Typology of Centres Within Multinational Corporations: An Empirical Investigation

      • Bernard Surlemont
      Pages 162-188

    4. Centres of Excellence in the International Firm

      • Luciano Fratocchi, Ulf Holm
      Pages 189-209

  5. Corporate Process and Subsidiary Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. Using Technology as a Path to Subsidiary Development

      • William G. Egelhoff, Liam Gorman, Stephen McCormick
      Pages 213-238

    3. Strategic Development of Multinational Subsidiaries in Ireland

      • Ed Delany
      Pages 239-267

    4. Foreign-Owned Subsidiaries and Regional Development: The Case of Sweden

      • Julian Birkinshaw
      Pages 268-298

    5. Functional and Line of Business Evolution Processes in MNC Subsidiaries: Sony in the USA, 1972–95

      • Sea Jin Chang, Philip M. Rosenzweig
      Pages 299-332

    6. Organisational Learning in Japanese MNCs: Four Affiliate Archetypes

      • Schon Beechler, Allan Bird, Sully Taylor
      Pages 333-366

    7. Conclusions and Policy Implications

      • Julian Birkinshaw, Neil Hood
      Pages 367-379

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 381-392
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

    Julian Birkinshaw

  • University of Strathclyde, UK

    Neil Hood

About the editors

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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Multinational Corporate Evolution and Subsidiary Development

  • Editors: Julian Birkinshaw, Neil Hood

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26467-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-21471-5Published: 12 July 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-26469-8Published: 13 July 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-26467-4Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 392

  • Topics: Marketing, International Business, Organization, Management

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