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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan M Rugman; Joseph R D'Cruz |
ISBN: | 019925818X 9780199258185 |
OCLC Number: | 767959527 |
Description: | 1 online resource (XII, 219 Seiten) : Diagramme |
Contents: | Introduction ; PART I: THE CONCEPT OF THE FLAGSHIP FIRM ; 1. The Flagship Firm and the Five Partners Business Network ; 2. Corporate Strategy and the Flagship Firm ; 3. Internalization and De-internalization: Will Business Networks Replace Multinationals? ; PART II: MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE THEORY AND THE FLAGSHIP FIRM ; 4. Partners Across Borders: Organizational Learning and the Flagship Firm ; 5. The Theory of the Flagship Firm ; 6. The Canadian Telecommunications Industry Network ; 7. The French Telecommunications Network ; PART III: CASE STUDIES OF FLAGSHIP BUSINESS NETWORKS ; 8. The Canadian Speciality Chemicals Network ; 9. The Five Partners/Flagship Model and the Scottish Electronics Cluster ; 10. The North American Automotive Cluster ; 11. Managerial Implications of Flagship Relationships |
Responsibility: | Alan M. Rugman and Joseph R. D'Cruz. |
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Particularly useful ... pages on implications of the flagship model for managers and implications for network partners. * Long Range Planning, Vol 33, 2000 * the book is a fine addition to the literature and serves to provide the reader interested in this research with a "one-stop shop". * Academy of Management Review * the case studies are excellent illustrations and can be used as both teaching tools and short examples of how to summarize flagship structures. The beauty of the approach is that it provides a skeleton on which to break down quite simply some complex organizational arrangements. In this sense, it is a very useful toolkit for managers, and sections of the book would resonate with managers * Academy of Management Review * Review from previous edition raises the important question how asymmetric decision power in global flagship networks affects regional development * Journal of International Business Studies * Read more...

