Showing papers by "IE University published in 1989"
TL;DR: The mechanisms of coordination used by Multinational Corporations (MNCs) are studied, through an exhaustive literature review as mentioned in this paper, and a pattern of evolution is found: as time has passed, researchers have concentrated more on subtler and informal mechanisms, abandoning their unidimensional focus on structural issues.
Abstract: The mechanisms of coordination used by Multinational Corporations (MNCs) are studied, through an exhaustive literature review. A pattern of evolution is found: as time has passed, researchers have concentrated more on subtler and informal mechanisms, abandoning their unidimensional focus on structural issues. It is suggested that the increase in the study of those mechanisms may be due, among other reasons, to the fact that MNCs are indeed making more use of them. That could be explained by changes in the international competitive environment, which force firms to adjust their strategies, requiring ever more multidimensional coordination.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the ability to exploit resources that are outside the entrepreneur's control is a constant of entrepreneurial, high-growth management, and that the fastest-growing firms in a very large sample of public companies are much less integrated (make more use of external resources) than their competitors.
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