... competition over similar products between rival subsidiaries. However, if HQ perceives a subsidiary as having superior strategy it will be supportive of its initiatives. Originality/value Previous studies had focused on internal issues at the multinationals, whereas the authors wanted to study also...

.../approach Cristiani et al collected their data from the Cranet 2009 survey, the world’s largest comparative analysis of HRM practices. They sent out a questionnaire to senior managers responsible for HRM at private multinational companies. The authors sampled 3,406 firms across 14 countries...

... and places the articles in context. Findings It is stating the obvious to point out the importance of language for effective communication. In the context of business, its role has become even more vital over recent decades. Thanks to globalization, a greater number of multinational corporations (MNCs...

... Computer-based learning Multinationals Language learning The merger of Walgreens and Alliance Boots created not only the first global pharmacy-led, health and well-being enterprise in the world but also a company with a rich cultural and lingual diversity. Proficiency in English...

... Multinationals One of the top five UK-based international banks wanted to understand why so many of its repatriated staff left the organization after a developmental assignment. The aim was to stem the flow of talent and improve the bank’s global-mobility policy and how this is delivered. The bank...

... openly expressing authority and develop and communicate the company’s long-term vision. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Leadership development Manufacturing Multinationals An Indian conglomerate with more than 120,000 employees in 40 countries is keen to ensure that its next...

... comments and places the articles in context. Findings The burdens falling on HR heads these days might seem unbearable at times but organizations’ top brass have to understand the necessity and value of effective HR in a multinational environment and be prepared to pay for it. Not to do so...

...: 40AT255 Keywords: Human resource management, Mentoring, Senior management, Mentors, Multinationals, United States of America, Surveys © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Human resource management Mentoring Senior management Mentors Multinationals United States of America...

... International trade Multinationals Training Design Sales training Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 18, Issue 4 Boehle S. Training (USA), January 2010, Vol. 47, No. 1, Start page: 29, No. of pages: 3...

...B. Lim Multinationals Human resource management South-East Asia Recruitment Management development Expatriates Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 17, Issue 7 Lim B. People Management (UK), 21 May 2009, Start page...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Training International trade Subsidiaries United States of America Multinationals Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 16, Issue 4. Dolezalek H.  Training (USA...

...C. Huff © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Incentives Reward pay Multinationals Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 16, Issue 2. Special report: rewards and incentives Huff C. Workforce Management...

...R. Locke Working Conditions Multinationals Suppliers Developing countries Employment law Codes Trade unions Nike Beyond corporate codes of conduct: work organization and labor standards at Nike’s suppliers Locke R. , Kochan T. , Romis M. , Qin F.  International...

...J. Zonneveld © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Africa Automotive industry Multinationals Training Training techniques United States of America GM dealer training goes global (General Motors) Zonneveld J.  T+D (USA), December 2006, Vol. 60 No. 12...

...A. Ferner © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Industrial relations Multinationals Subsidiaries Trade unions United Kingdom United States of America Policies on union representation in US multinationals in the UK: between micro-politics and macro-institutions...

... International business Multinationals Training techniques Learning styles Internet Nestlé How does a company like Nestlé – the world’s largest food and beverage business with around 250,000 people employed in some 500 factories and offices across the globe – provide the targeted, consistent...

... How do the corporate universities operated by large multinationals ensure that everyone who enrolls on one of their classroom‐based courses begins at roughly the same level and so can profit equally from valuable instructor‐contact time? This was the problem facing the brewing giant Heineken...

.... Human resource management Strategy Organizational change Information technology Multinationals IBM The need for reform Faced with declining revenues and significant business losses in the early 1990s, IBM reviewed its products, services, infrastructure, operations and functions. As part...

.... Importantly, they were seen as global and all‐pervasive with no ideological alternative. The acronym TINA – there is no alternative – was coined. Shell has always used a common set of criteria to describe jobs and people, an approach considered essential for management development in a multinational...

... and countries. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Unilever Management development Multinationals Performance management Employee development Household names While the name Unilever is familiar to most people, its size takes some grasping. There are 300 operating units in 88 countries and more...