Blending Talents for Innovation: Team Composition for Cross-Border R&D Collaboration Within Multinational Corporations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunkwang Seo ◽  
Hyo Kang ◽  
Jaeyong Song
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Team Composition ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Innovation Team

The influence of global uncertainty on the cross-border performance appraisal

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Maley ◽  
Robin Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Real Options ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Real Options Theory ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Global Uncertainty ◽  
Profit Maximisation ◽  
Options Theory

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the practice of performance management in a cross-border context in times of global uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual paper. Findings – The findings expose global uncertainty to be wielding a significant influence on performance management. Practical implications – A practical framework is developed using real options theory. This approach offers suggestions for multinational corporations to increase the effectiveness of their performance management while at the same time focusing on profit-maximisation. Originality/value – This paper enhances international management research by recognizing that real options theory can effectively be applied to improve the effectiveness of performance management in global uncertainty.

Introduction

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Dörrenbächer ◽  
Florian Becker-Ritterspach
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
The Impact

Intrafirm competition, production relocation and outsourcing define crucial ways of organising and reorganising the cross-border operations of multinational corporations. What is more: these organisational activities put severe pressure on established economic coordination and governance both in developed as well as in developing countries. However, despite their organisational, political and economic salience, rather little is known about these processes and in particular about their socio-political dimensions. To this end, the contributions of this special issue aim at exploring, first, who the relevant actors are, what their interests are and how their strategies can be captured in intrafirm competition, production relocation and outsourcing. Second, the contributions discuss the wider socio-economic implications of firm-level processes by discussing, for example, the impact of outsourcing and relocation on employment fragmentation. Finally, the importance of public discourses is highlighted with regard to their role in both legitimating and promoting intrafirm competition, production relocation and outsourcing.

scholarly journals Globalization

1998 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-117
Author(s):  
John A. Pennell
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Social Process ◽  
International Economy ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
National Boundaries ◽  
The 1960S

Since the 1960s, the world has witnessed an increasing fragmentationof the production process across national boundaries; the emergence oftransnational (as opposed to multinational) corporations; the rise of newsocial movements; and heightened cross-border flows of capital andlabor. As a result of these developments, scholars and practitioners havesought to understand what has brought about these changes. Is globalizationthe culprit, or is it simply a myth? If globalization is a reality, whatdoes it entail and how does it affect the realms of economy, polityy andsociety? In Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson’s Globalization inQuestion: The International Economy and the Possibilities ofGovernance (1 996); James H. Mittelman’s (Ed.) Globalization: CriticalReflections (1 996); and Malcolm Waters’ Globalization (1 999, the struggleto answer these questions and many others is undertaken.’This article critiques the major points presented by each author inregard to the questions asked above. Each author’s views on globalizationas it relates to the economy, the state, and culture will be examined.Furthermore, this article will show that while all three works have theirdrawbacks and shortcomings, it is recommended that each book be readto gain an understanding of the wide range of empirical and theoreticalperspectives on globalization. The conclusion will offer suggestions onareas requiring more in-depth inquiry.What Is Globalization?While Mittelman, as well as Hirst and Thompson, discuss globalizationprimarily in terms of economic processes, Waters sees globalizationas driven by social or cultural processes. According to him, globalizationis a “social process in which the constraints of geography on social andcultural arrangements recede and in which people become increasinglyaware that they are receding” (p. 3). Waters contends that in a truly ...

How Chinese "Snake" Swallows Western "Elephant": A Case Study of Lenovo’s Acquisition of IBM PC Division

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shijia Zhou ◽  
Xueli Huang
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Chinese Mncs ◽  
Ibm Pc

Chinese Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions (CBMA) have accounted for a majority of Chinese outward direct investment (OFDI) and thus received much academic attention in recent years. Along with China’s integration with global economies, hundreds of Chinese companies have become multinational corporations (MNCs). Equipped with little internationalisation experiences and resources, Chinese MNCs not only struggle to survive intense competition, but also hunt for new opportunities in the global market. As late comers, Chinese MNCs have faced various problems and challenges, particularly in acquiring Western enterprises. Taking the deal of China’s Lenovo acquisition of IBM PC department (PCD) as a case, this paper offers insights into the specific features and characteristics behind Chinese CBMA. The study reveals Lenovo’s unique integration process and thus contributes to the theoretical development of CBMA literature. This study also evaluates the overall performance of Lenovo before and after acquisition of IBM PCD by using both subjective and objective measures.

The pre-acquisition process

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Portugal Ferreira ◽  
Felipe Borini ◽  
Simone Vicente ◽  
Martinho Ribeiro Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Recent Experience ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Acquisition Process ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Technological Complexity ◽  
The Cross

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the pre-acquisition process and, specifically, how the complexity involved in the transaction may drive the temporal gap between the formal announcement and the completion of the deal. The authors emphasize the time (in days) between announcement and completion. Design/methodology/approach The empirical setting consists of the cross-border acquisitions (CBAs) of Brazilian firms by multinational corporations announced between 2008 and 2012. Using a sample of 741 acquisitions, the authors examine how institutional (cultural and regulatory) and technological complexity and the predictable mitigating effect of prior acquisition experience in Brazil all impact on the time needed for evaluating the target and negotiating. Findings The results show that these complexity factors do matter for hastening the process and that recent experience with acquisitions in Brazil shortens the time needed to completion. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on the acquisition process and the uncertainty and complexity factors in CBA in an emerging economy.

scholarly journals Transnationalization of multinational corporations: Peculiarities and trends

Upravlenets ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 70-81
Author(s):  
Irina Vladimirova ◽  
Natalia Konina ◽  
Viktor Efremov
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
International Markets ◽  
International Management ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Capital Outflows ◽  
Distinguishing Features ◽  
International Companies

The paper aims to identify the distinguishing features of transnationalization of international companies in the context of globalization. It discusses the specifics of companies operating in international markets, that carry out foreign direct investments, have representative offices, branches, subsidiaries and joint ventures abroad, as well as conduct international commercial operations. The authors interpret, clarify and verify the development trends and peculiarities of international companies in foreign markets. The methodological platform includes conceptual approaches to the study of the transnationalization of companies’ activities and theoretical provisions of international management. The research is based on UNCTAD and Orbis databases. Analysis of the largest companies reveals that there is an increase in the indicators characterizing their foreign activity. We study structural change in the largest corporations and, above all, a rise in the share of digital companies and their growing importance. Having assessed the transnationalization level of international companies’ activities and FDI lightness, we conclude that transnationalization in the current environment is not associated with companies’ investments in high-value assets. The research results show there are significant changes in the structure of cross-border transactions, such as exchange of goods, services and factors of production. There is a shift from FDI-based cross-border transactions to non-capital outflows.

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