...Jaison Caetano da Silva; Rosilene Marcon; Ronaldo Parente; Cinara Gambirage Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of international expansion of emerging markets multinationals (EMNEs) on the home country nonmarket political strategy and why some EMNEs intensify...

.... The second set of explanatory variables include the control variables which are firm‐ and industry‐specific. © MCB UP Limited 2002 National cultures Globalization Country of origin Greece Business development Multinationals In a globalised business environment, controlling...

... investment Employment Multinationals European Union The integration programmes of the European Union (EU) such as the single European market and European monetary union are reducing the trading costs of intra‐EU trade. These integration programmes are inducing significant restructuring...

... European firms and the pan‐regional organization of the more progressive European, and some Japanese and US, companies operating in Europe. Decision making Multinationals Subsidiaries Inward investment, or foreign direct investment (FDI), may be defined as the process by which companies...

...Chris C.B. Simango Discusses the extent to which American, European and Japanese pharmaceutical multinational enterprises (MNE) with subsidiaries in the Republic of Ireland have localised specific forms of R&D and contributed to technology transfer. Reports on a survey in which chief executive...

... the supply chain. A statistical analysis highlights key relationships and the article illustrates that entry mode, and multinational enterprise (MNE) ownership are influential variables in the process of regional economic development. The relationship between these variables is complex, but it does account...

...David Williams The development of multinational subsidiaries is of interest to academics, policy‐makers and the business community. Although there is a considerable literature on subsidiary typologies, there is a dearth of empirical investigation to accompany this. This article reports on a field...

...John R. Darling; Arthur K. Fischer Management teambuilding within a multinational enterprise is greatly enhanced if the interactive style reflected by each person is considered. The blend of behavioral styles can affect the collective achievements of the entire management team, as well...

...). © MCB UP Limited 1997 Expatriates Globalization Multinationals Psychology During the past two decades, a persistent, recurring problem within multinational corporations has been significant rates of premature return of expatriate managers (Mendenhall and Oddou, 1985). Estimations...

... of the theory and that the survey approach was a questionnaire to 60 multinationals in Germany, England, Italy and France. The idea of placing the product into different models is not new. What is new is the consideration of the strategic level and the tactical level in the area of international sport...

...David Williams Foreign direct investment (FDI) manifests itself in different ways and in order to evaluate the likely impact of FDI it is necessary to examine the strategic aspirations of multinational enterprises (MNE). This involves analysing the entry modes which MNEs use to gain access...

... of study is the European policies for television advertising of four multinational corporations of different nationalities through interviews with the advertising agency account executives for each company in Greece. The findings suggest that the issue of standardisation is of little importance in itself...

...Derek Utley A description of the implementation of a language training programme in the UK subsidiary, Rowntree Mackintosh, of a large multinational company, Nestle, is given. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Foreign languages Multinationals Training PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: SETTING UP...

.... Termination pay, amounting to many months, and even years, must be granted to severed employees. Sunbeam Italiana faced the classic exit problems as it departed the country. CONCLUSION When one looks at multinational firms and compares the successful and unsuccessful, the critical factor is whether...