For the purposes of organizational studies, the interest has shifted into what can more generally be called corporate strategy. How can one satisfactorily explain the causes of firms' long-run performance? (MacMillan, et al
Better ways to create and meld knowledge across internal boundaries may in turn inspire a whole new generation of organizational 'solutions' to the management of complexity. If the limits of both scale and complexity are pushed back, then perhaps we really will see the trillion-dollar corporation become a reality (Madsen & Servais, 2007)
How managers go about the task will provide a fruitful and challenging domain for future research (Lautanen, 2000). The internationalisation process model, Vernon's product life cycle model and various theories of corporate control and coordination have been examined to ascertain what insights they offer to understanding the relationship between FDI and strategy (Mason & Harrison, 1999)
Identification of a research agenda Research examining the internationalisation of the Australian economy has focussed primarily on macroeconomic aggregates such as the levels of imports and exports and the growing importance of these in the Australian GDP (Aspelund & Moen, 2001). Relatively little attention has been given to the internationalisation of the economy through offshore production by Australian firms or through production within Australia by foreign multinationals, the exceptions being the McKinsey and Company (1993), Yetton Davis and Swan (1991), Department of Industry, Science and Technology (1994) and Bureau of Industry Economics (1995) (McAuley, 1999)
It may be that irrational factors are important at times. For example, it might be that the rush to acquire businesses in Europe prior to 1992 and to acquire companies in Asia in the mid-1990s reflected a bandwagon effect with firms developing strategies to legitimise their investments after the decision has been made (McDougall, et al
hierarchies, today we have to add the role of contracts. It is becoming commonplace for managers to talk about their 'asset ecologies' - those assets that help create value for them (McNaughton & Bell, 2000)
My early work was done at a time when just a few multinationals were beginning to experiment with some form of a matrix organization. They were the multinationals at the extremes of complexity in the array of products, technologies, geographies, and cultures assembled to deliver returns to shareholders (Moen & Servais, 2002)
My early work was done at a time when just a few multinationals were beginning to experiment with some form of a matrix organization. They were the multinationals at the extremes of complexity in the array of products, technologies, geographies, and cultures assembled to deliver returns to shareholders (Moen & Servais, 2002)
My early work was done at a time when just a few multinationals were beginning to experiment with some form of a matrix organization. They were the multinationals at the extremes of complexity in the array of products, technologies, geographies, and cultures assembled to deliver returns to shareholders (Moen & Servais, 2002)
ITT's conglomerate configuration and its matrix structure are long gone. Its name, which originally signified a telecommunications business, the remains of which were eventually acquired by France's Alcatel, now is found on a medium-size industrial components manufacturer (Oviatt & McDougall, 2008)
ITT's conglomerate configuration and its matrix structure are long gone. Its name, which originally signified a telecommunications business, the remains of which were eventually acquired by France's Alcatel, now is found on a medium-size industrial components manufacturer (Oviatt & McDougall, 2008)
' There are at least four obvious retorts: (1) Jack Welch. (2) a clear criterion for deciding what businesses to be in - the Welch rule of 'be number one or two, fix to be number one or two, or sell' (Preece et al
Perhaps GE is not quite the unalloyed, triumphal success story implied by its stock price. Many of the businesses it abandoned were in global, or rapidly globalizing, industries, for example consumer electronics, semiconductors, computers and peripherals, and wireless communications (Reitan & Sorheim, 2000)
Today there are few, if any, large commercial organizations that are entirely national in the scope of their operations - from supply chains to customers. Consequently, the distinction between multinational enterprise and 'big business' has effectively disappeared (Wetzel, 2005)
Understanding reactions would then point theorists to a better understanding of the concept of the mind. Yet, many of Watson's contributions were seen as controversial, such as the Little Albert experiment, which created a conditioned response through the association of a rat with scary loud noises (Kazantzis et al
Classical conditioning occurs when a certain reflex is a product out of being exposed to a pattern of stimuli. Behavior is essentially created from this reflex, and thus particular behaviors are invoked at particular stimuli (Walker 1984)
At the end of the three-month period, the patients were again tested for their blood pressure levels and quality of life. The study concluded that there was a significant relationship between patients treated by nurses skilled in the Watson method, and both a decrease in hypertension as well as an increase in overall general well-being (Erci, et al
The third stage is the concrete operational stage, where children learn reasoning skills and numbers. Finally, in the formal operational stage, children learn how to think in abstract concepts (Evans, 1973)
According to Watson, the theory was created to explain those values of nursing that differ from the values of "curative factors," those of doctors and specialists. The Theory of Human Caring is devised based on the explicit values, practices, and knowledge of human caring that are geared toward the subjective ideas of inner healing, rather than the outer ideas of common theories, and was developed with nurses specifically in mind (Watson, 1979)
According to Watson, the theory was created to explain those values of nursing that differ from the values of "curative factors," those of doctors and specialists. The Theory of Human Caring is devised based on the explicit values, practices, and knowledge of human caring that are geared toward the subjective ideas of inner healing, rather than the outer ideas of common theories, and was developed with nurses specifically in mind (Watson, 1979)