Expatriates in MNCs Corporate Governance and Management ? Centralization, Formalization and Financial Performance: The Case of the Czech Republic

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Expatriates in MNCs Corporate Governance and Management ? Centralization, Formalization and Financial Performance: The Case of the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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

Název v anglickém jazyce

Expatriates in MNCs Corporate Governance and Management ? Centralization, Formalization and Financial Performance: The Case of the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

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

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

AE - Řízení, správa a administrativa

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2014

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance ICMLG 2014

ISBN

9781909507999

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

134-141

Název nakladatele

Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited

Místo vydání

Reading, UK

Místo konání akce

Babson College, Wellesley Massachusetts USA

Datum konání akce

20. 3. 2014

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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