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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817862303321

Autore

Birkinshaw Julian M

Titolo

Entrepreneurship in the global firm / / Julian Birkinshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Cailf, : SAGE, 2000

ISBN

1-4462-2754-5

0-7619-5808-8

1-281-24028-1

9786611240288

1-84787-618-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 154 p.) : ill

Collana

Sage strategy series

Disciplina

658.4/21

Soggetti

Entrepreneurship

Corporations - Growth

Consolidation and merger of corporations

International business enterprises

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [140]-148) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; 1Introduction and Overview; 2 Types of Subsidiary Initiative; 3 Fighting the Corporate Immune System:How the Initiative Process Works; 4 The Consequences of Initiative; 5 Perspectives on the Theory of Entrepreneurship; 6 Mapping the Process of Subsidiary Evolution; 7 Perspectives on the Theory of the Multinational Corporation; 8 An Internal Market Perspective on the Multinational Corporation; 9 Implications for Management Practice; Appendix: A Note on the Research Methodology; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text examines the internal dynamics that affect the growth and position of international firms. Taking the perspective of the subsidiary manager operating in a network, it extends the implications of his findings to all managers.