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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"International Management"”.
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Scale and timing of foreign direct investment of Japanese electronics firms in the U.S. and Canada
… assets, i.e., ownership advantages and international management capabilities, on the ability of firms to undertake FDI. Results from the models reveal similar sources of ownership advantages and international management capabilities for Japanese electronics firms in the U.S. and Canada. …
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Does intervening in the learning of study abroad students facilitate the development of intercultural competencies?
… abroad students via a class called Skills for International Management. It looks specifically at the development of intercultural competencies, and compares two different methods of assessing those outcomes. Thirty-four study abroad students participating in an international management class in …
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An international ambidexterity model to understand new venture internationalization and growth
Research in the international management literature has traditionally studied internationalization processes from an exploitation perspective. This exploitation-focused argument demonstrates an incremental process of international expansion with the internationalization of mature multinational …
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Essays on the role of location in strategy
… location in fundamental issues in strategy and international management. The first essay estimates the locus of profitability in four OECD countries and addresses methodological issues related to location-specific influences on profitability. The second and third papers examine factors driving …
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Corporate social responsibility in multinational oil companies and the impact on sustainable development in the Niger Delta
… contributions to the studies of business ethics, international management and international business by offering new insights into CSR and SD.
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Underutilized Productive Resources and National Institutions of Corporate Governance: Effects on Firm Innovation Strategy
… variable regression methodology that is novel to International Management research. Empirical tests reveal support for the main arguments. This dissertation contributes to management research by operationalizing Penrosian concepts of underutilized human and physical resources and demonstrating how …
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The impact of the language barrier on the management of multinational companies : a case study and survey, based exploration of the impact of the language barrier on the strategies, policies and systems by which multinational companies manage their subsidaries
… personal experience of working in a variety of international management roles, but in Chapter 2 a wide-ranging review of related academic literature finds evidence to support the key ideas. The model is developed as a series of propositions which are tested in a comparative case study, refined …
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Innovation Challenges in NASA’s Planetary Program and a Policy Framework for Sustainable and Equitable Space Resource Utilization
… and maturation frameworks, uncovering management and program challenges for efficient development and integration of innovative planetary technologies. The research identified policy and structural challenges and cultural challenges, highlighting the need for a fundamental shift in …
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Development of structured employment systems in Japanese department stores in Hong Kong
… A majority of existing studies on Japanese international management focus on national origins as a major source of the core-periphery distinction within Japanese companies overseas. In addition, the structured employment systems model incorporates skills, profession, hierarchy, employment …
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Marketing strategies of multinational enterprises and their adaption to culturally distant host countries
This research study explored how multinational enterprises (MNEs) adapt their marketing strategies to the level of cultural distance in their host countries. The research topic is relevant today as companies continue to expand their reach and enter countries which may have a high level of cultural …
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The Impact of Green Supply Chain Management Practices on Consumer Behaviour: An Amazon Ltd Case Study in France
… in their operations. Green supply chain management (GSCM) is a central strategy that seeks to diminish the environmental impact of procurement, manufacturing, transportation, and waste management. Despite this, there is a paucity of research exploring the connection between GSCM practices …
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Opportunities and Challenges in African Real Estate Markets: Perceptions of Institutional Investors
The current body of literature regarding the African real estate environment is limited. While investing in emerging markets like Africa has demonstrated potential benefits, the actual inflow of investments into the African real estate sector remains low. One of the primary factors contributing to …
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The effect of institutional turbulence on multinational enterprises' strategies in resource-intensive host markets
… as a case study. The northern province, where internationalisation of foreign oil firms has occurred, has been impacted by a violent insurgency, causing the firms to declare force majeure (FM). The study aims to theoretically add to conflict dynamics in international business literature, …
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Das Problem der Motivations- und Leistungssteigerung in multinationalen Industrieunternehmen
This study is a contribution to empirical international management and organizations research. An approach is developed to design efficient incentive schemes in multinational organizations, as multinationals face the problem that an incentive system that is effective in one country cannot simply be …
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The management of ex-Department of Education and Training and ex-Model C schools in Cape Town: A description of policy and practice.
This quantitative study seeks to understand the management used in four "ex-DET" schools, and four "ex-Model COl schools, now both termed pubic schools of Cape Town, South Africa. Part of the study questions whether South Africa's former apartheid laws, which resulted in Bantu education, still …
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The management of ex-Department of Education and Training, and ex-Model C schools in Cape Town : a description of policy and practice
This quantitative study seeks to understand the management used in four ""ex-DET"" schools, and four ""ex-Model C"" schools, now both termed pubic schools of Cape Town, South Africa. Part of the study questions whether South Africa's former apartheid laws, which resulted in Bantu education, still …
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Management of language diversity in international supply chain relationships of UK SMEs
… language has claimed a place in the field of international business studies, the vast majority of research in this area has focused on language management practices in multinational organisations, and has therefore largely ignored the question of how small organisations cope with linguistic …
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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
… which might have helped to shape the use of international management assignments. Four MNCs, two originating from the US and two from Spain, made up the main case study organisations, while eighteen MNCs from a range of countries, (E.g. France, India, Germany, Japan, Denmark) were utilised as …
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National and international crisis management: the influence of Libyan intervention on the duration of the Darfur crisis
… major regional third party, as a form of crisis management and as an aspect of the international management of internal conflicts. In doing so a number of questions were asked regarding the causes of the Darfur Crisis and how they impacted on its duration: what were key Libyan national incentives …