US Firms’ Business Competence in the Taiwanese IT Industry
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Beschreibung
This book offers an in-depth analysis of the roles and strategies of subsidiaries of American multinational companies (MNCs) in Taiwan’s IT industry. Based on semi-structured interviews with 16 managing directors of the different foreign-owned subsidiaries and 100 functional unit managers, the authors investigate (1) the roles of functional units in evaluating strategy formulation and change in foreign subsidiaries; (2) the factors that determine strategy formulation and change in foreign subsidiaries and their functional units; and (3) the linkages between cross-functional units. The research underscores the view that MNCs’ strategies are composed of assorted heterogeneous elements.
This book offers an in-depth analysis of the roles and strategies of subsidiaries of American multinational companies (MNCs) in Taiwan’s IT industry. Based on semi-structured interviews with 16 managing directors of the different foreign-owned subsidiaries and 100 functional unit managers, the authors investigate (1) the roles of functional units in evaluating strategy formulation and change in foreign subsidiaries; (2) the factors that determine strategy formulation and change in foreign subsidiaries and their functional units; and (3) the linkages between cross-functional units. The research underscores the view that MNCs’ strategies are composed of assorted heterogeneous elements.
Identifies the distinctive strategic roles of subsidiaries of multinational companies Presents a case study on the Taiwanese IT industry Underscores the view that MNCs’ strategies are actually composed of assorted heterogeneous elements
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Pi-Chi Chen
Themen in »US Firms’ Business Competence in the Taiwanese IT Industry«
International business strategy Taiwanese IT industry Functional unit strategy Foreign subsidiary strategy Global business Integration-responsiveness framework Multinational enterprises Foreign subsidiaries