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| Author: | Piekkari, R. Nell, P. C. Ghauri, P. N. |
| Title: | Regional management as a system: a longitudinal case study |
| Journal: | Management International Review
2010 : VOL. 50:4 p. 513-532 |
| Index terms: | case studies management data management international business companies |
| Freeterms: | regional headquarters regional management system |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In this article, the information processing theory is applied to examine the development of regional management. Drawing in a longitudinal case study of a European multinational, the overall structural development of the firm is captured and an in-depth analysis of two regions and their regional management centres is conducted. The regional management is conceptualised as a system of differentiated centres. The perception that headquarters can be found in a single location is replaced by the view that headquarters' activities are spatially distributed within a system. Over time, this multi-level system adjusts to developing information processing requirements. |
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