Organizational environments and the multinational enterprise
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Multinational enterprises (MNEs) serve as catalysts for reconceptualizing organization-environment relations because they operate simultaneously in multiple nations. We argue that subsidiaries of MNEs face dual pressures: They are pulled to achieve isomorphism with the local institutional environment, and they also face an imperative for consistency within the organization. We develop hypotheses regarding the factors that influence the structures and processes of MNEs. Based on an examination of the pressures imposed on MNEs, we offer a refined concept of organizational environments as complex and fluid, and we suggest implications for future research in organization theory. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0363-7425
Year: 1991
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Transnational transfer of strategic organizational practices: a contextual perspective
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A cross-disciplinary approach is used to model the transnational transfer of business practices within multinational business enterprises. It is then shown that transfer success is influenced by factors at three levels: the individual, the organization and the country. The impact of these factors is also shown to be shaped by the relational, organizational and social embeddedness of the transfer process within the multinational organization.
Publication Name: Academy of Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0363-7425
Year: 1999
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