Expatriates in MNCs Corporate Governance and Management ? Centralization, Formalization and Financial Performance: The Case of the Czech Republic
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angličtina
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Expatriates in MNCs Corporate Governance and Management ? Centralization, Formalization and Financial Performance: The Case of the Czech Republic
Original language description
One of the reasons why expatriates are engaged in MNCs is that they serve as one alternative of control and coordination system to reach goals and objectives of MNCs. Results of the empirical survey, which was carried out in 2011 with a sample of the 366Czech subsidiaries of MNCs, indicates that there are significant differences not only in the extent of centralization of decision making within various areas of business functions (e.g. finance, human relation management, logistics, marketing) as well as several other issues important for business solely (product portfolio or choice of customers and suppliers) but also when comparing the level of involvement of expatriates in corporate governance and management in subsidiaries and the involvement of inpatriates through MNCs. The involvement is also associated to financial performance of subsidiaries (measured with the Return on Assets) and to the formalization of knowledge transfer. The findings lead to both theoretical and managerial
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D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
AE - Management, administration and clerical work
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance ICMLG 2014
ISBN
9781909507999
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Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
134-141
Publisher name
Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited
Place of publication
Reading, UK
Event location
Babson College, Wellesley Massachusetts USA
Event date
Mar 20, 2014
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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