Chronological description of the key events
| Month 1 | Alpha-Owner bid for Beta-West and sought full ownership |
| Month 5–8 | Negotiations between Gamma and Alpha-Owner with a definitive agreement signed in month 5 |
| Month 15 | Alpha opened Sino-Beta as a subsidiary of Beta-West in China. Sino-Beta employees reported to Sino-Beta and Beta-West managers |
| Month 21 | “Manager Match” project began. Every expatriate from Beta-West in China had a match at Sino-Beta, i.e. a manager in the same job and position as an expatriate |
| Month 31 | AB-Tech was built – a new R&D Center of Alpha-Prod to foster new R&D developments between Alpha-Prod and Beta |
| Month 40 | Beta was decentralized. Beta-West employees reported only to Beta-West managers and Sino-Beta employees reported only to Sino-Beta managers |
| Month 41 | Three production sites of Beta launched in China |
| Month 37 – Month 41 | T1 data collection |
| Month 76 | Common production tasks between Beta-West and Sino-Beta were growing. There was a remarkable increase in Beta-West global sales |
| Month 77 – T2 | “Culture exchange program” was reinforced between Beta-West and Sino-Beta employees. European managers spent 3 months at Sino-Beta and Chinese spent 3 months at Beta-West |
| Month 78 – T2 | AB-Tech grew fast and focused on the development of a new, flagship machine for Alpha-Prod. Mainly work of European engineers and designers (also recruited from Beta-West), with support from Alpha-Prod expatriates |
| Month 79 | Some Beta-West managers only collaborated with AB-Tech in global sourcing and in R&D (but less with Alpha-Prod). New product positively viewed by the industry experts and media, successfully launched in China and to be sold on global markets in the new future |
| Month 80 | The first new product produced and launched in global market by Sino-Beta and Beta-West |
| Month 81 | New products were announced to be produced wholly in Chinese industries of Sino-Beta |
| Month 76 – Month 81 | T2 data collection |
| Month 1 | Alpha-Owner bid for Beta-West and sought full ownership |
| Month 5–8 | Negotiations between Gamma and Alpha-Owner with a definitive agreement signed in month 5 |
| Month 15 | Alpha opened Sino-Beta as a subsidiary of Beta-West in China. Sino-Beta employees reported to Sino-Beta and Beta-West managers |
| Month 21 | “Manager Match” project began. Every expatriate from Beta-West in China had a match at Sino-Beta, i.e. a manager in the same job and position as an expatriate |
| Month 31 | AB-Tech was built – a new R&D Center of Alpha-Prod to foster new R&D developments between Alpha-Prod and Beta |
| Month 40 | Beta was decentralized. Beta-West employees reported only to Beta-West managers and Sino-Beta employees reported only to Sino-Beta managers |
| Month 41 | Three production sites of Beta launched in China |
| Month 37 – Month 41 | T1 data collection |
| Month 76 | Common production tasks between Beta-West and Sino-Beta were growing. There was a remarkable increase in Beta-West global sales |
| Month 77 – T2 | “Culture exchange program” was reinforced between Beta-West and Sino-Beta employees. European managers spent 3 months at Sino-Beta and Chinese spent 3 months at Beta-West |
| Month 78 – T2 | AB-Tech grew fast and focused on the development of a new, flagship machine for Alpha-Prod. Mainly work of European engineers and designers (also recruited from Beta-West), with support from Alpha-Prod expatriates |
| Month 79 | Some Beta-West managers only collaborated with AB-Tech in global sourcing and in R&D (but less with Alpha-Prod). New product positively viewed by the industry experts and media, successfully launched in China and to be sold on global markets in the new future |
| Month 80 | The first new product produced and launched in global market by Sino-Beta and Beta-West |
| Month 81 | New products were announced to be produced wholly in Chinese industries of Sino-Beta |
| Month 76 – Month 81 | T2 data collection |
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