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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Local responsiveness"”.
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Locally Responsive Public Open Space Design: Special Reference to Beijing, China
… played a strong role in creating and reshaping local urban forms in the past few decades in China. This is especially evident in public open spaces in many Chinese cities due to rapid economic development. Recent urban projects in Beijing specifically have shown limited responsiveness to local …
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The global integration challenge : global management teams, temporal differences, and constructing the identity of the global 'other'
… strong pressures of both global integration and local responsiveness. While global integration is typically discussed at a macro level, here I use qualitative methods to study senior managers at a micro level. In this way, I establish critical internal struggles with integration, and reveal …
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The development and evolution of the HQ-Subsidiary relationship in an emerging market MNC : the case of UTi Worldwide Inc
… level of interdependence and degree of local responsiveness. The paper also assesses the impact of two additional factors on the relationship, namely subsidiary evolution and the country-of-origin effect. The study analyses the case of a South African MNC, UTi Worldwide Inc. (“UTi”) a …
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The effects of challenge and hindrance stressors on multinational corporations’ subsidiary performance: the role of institutional dependence
… is positively linked to operating revenue and local responsiveness. Institutional dependence strengthens the link between challenge stressors and work engagement, but it weakens the association between work engagement and local responsiveness. The current study makes several contributions to …
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The implications of prescribed curricula and assessment practices in the primary schools of multi-academy trusts (MATs)
… that they run, this research argues the need for local responsiveness, allowing schools and teachers to shape curricula in response to their school communities, and ensuring that assessment materials are relevant to the content taught. In addressing this, the recommendation is made for greater …
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Subsidiary Innovation and Diffusion: An Integrated Approach on Learning of Subsidiaries from Diverse Local Environments
… the learning of subsidiaries from their local environment and the sequential knowledge outflow from the subsidiaries. Scholars have recognized the ability to learn from diverse local environments as a critical source of competitive advantage for multinational corporations (MNCs). However, …