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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Foreign subsidiaries"”.
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The roles of the assigned expatriate manager in multinational companies: reviewing the application of existing theoretical frameworks to the operationalisation of expatriate functions in foreign subsidiaries
… expatriate (AE) managers perform within the foreign subsidiaries of multinational companies (MNCs). Its primary objectives are to explore the extent to which existing theoretical frameworks on expatriate functions adequately capture and explain the way in which managers’ roles are …
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Competitive Advantage, HRM Strategy, and Firm Performance: The Experiences of Indigenous Firms and MNC Subsidiaries in Korea and Taiwan
… sample also includes both indigenous firms and foreign subsidiaries from the USA, Japan, and Europe. There were some between-host-country variations (between Korean and Taiwanese firms). That is, Korean firms (both indigenous firms and foreign subsidiaries) had higher scores at training than …
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The geographic sources of innovation in the multinational enterprise : U.S. subsidiaries and host country spillovers, 1980-1990
… underpin and inform innovations developed by foreign subsidiaries. Where foreign subsidiaries draw their scientific, technical, and commercial ideas from during the process of generating knowledge is a central concern in current debates about the nature of foreign direct investment and the …
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Tort Litigation against Transnational Corporations in the English Courts: The Challenge of Jurisdiction
… human rights violations perpetrated by overseas subsidiaries (“Tort Liability Claims”). These cases form part of an international effort aimed at establishing public control over the private operations of transnational corporations (“TNCs”). Their success in addressing the challenges of …
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Multinational enterprises, technology transfer and spillovers: panel data evidence from UK manufacturing industry
… issues on the research agenda concerning foreign direct investment (FDI). This thesis examines the relationships between multinational investment, technology transfer, spillovers and economic performance. It does this through econometric analysis using firm level panel datasets from UK …
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Ownership, Control, and Performance of International Joint Ventures: The Case of the People's Republic of China
… choice between whole and joint ownership in foreign subsidiaries. In this thesis we propose an integrated conceptual framework of international equity joint ventures drawing upon a synthesis and extension of transaction costs theory and bargaining power theory. Following this conceptual …
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Does the Permanently Reinvested Earnings Assertion Influence Perceptions of Credit Risk?
… residual U.S. taxes on earnings of its foreign subsidiaries so long as it reinvests those earnings outside of the U.S. Suboptimal reinvestment is a potential consequence for PRE-asserting firms due to limited reinvestment opportunities abroad. Suboptimal foreign reinvestment, typically …
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Foreign exchange risk management in UK multinational companies.
While there have been a number of studies of foreign exchange risk management in UK Multinational Companies (MNCs), the management of economic exposure has received very little attention. The aim of this study was to describe the management of economic exposure (and its relationship to transaction …
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The Decision Usefulness Of Comprehensive Income Reporting In Canada
… on available for sale investments – SEC, and foreign currency translation adjustment on foreign subsidiaries – FOREX) possess forecasting relevance, predictability and value relevance. As a specification check, I also include a component of OCI under United States GAAP, minimum pension …
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The determinants of direct overseas investment from Singapore
… is likely to continue into the year 2000. Foreign investment inflow and outflow in the case of Singapore is particularly interesting because of the unusually high level of foreign firms vis-a-vis other East Asian newly industrialised economies (over 3,000 foreign subsidiaries, representing …
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Industrial Policy and Global Value Chains: The experience of Guangdong, China and Malaysia in the Electronics Industry
… policy focused on attracting export-oriented foreign direct investments (FDI) and increasing the sophistication of foreign subsidiaries. Efforts to encourage indigenous firm development lacked coherence, consistence and adequate resources, leading to poor results. This meant that the few …
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The Impact of Globalization on Inventory and Financial Performance: A Firm-Level and Industry-Level Analysis
… exports and manufacturing offshoring (i.e., foreign subsidiaries) on inventory performance and financial performance, using data from multinational firms and U.S. manufacturing industries. Motivated by the lack of empirical research on inventory management in a global context, and an …
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Evaluating leadership development and practices: an empirical study of the banking sector in Kuwait.
… employ many international employees and operate foreign subsidiaries, they have not created leadership development programmes to improve cross-cultural leadership skills for managers. As a result, Kuwaiti managers often rely on traditional transactional methods and an authoritarian style of …