"Towards « Participative » Multinationals"

Flying Towards the Successful Skies: The Emerging Region Multinationals

pher Palmberg – Mika Pajarinen E GLOBAL DISPERSION INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES – OF FINNISH MULTINATIONALS

The internationalisation of R&D of multinational firms is an important ingredient in the ongoing trend towards globalisation. Previous research on Finnish multinationals has mainly relied on R&D expenditure data. In this paper we provide new insights into how the internationalisation of R&D of these Finnish multinationals is also reflected in their innovative output as measured by patenting. Th...

Multinationals are Multicultural Units: Some Indications from a Cross-Cultural Study

This paper makes a case for the value of looking at culture and multinationals from a management and organizational perspective because it is one which could direct greater attention towards culture as a significant factor in future investigation on multinational corporations. We attempt to illustrate that multinationals are fundamentally multicultural units in more ways than one. This paper is...

Linking Action Research with System Dynamics: Towards a Generic Process Design for Participative Modelling

The process of building system dynamics models ranges from linear iterative phases to the circular iterative phases. However, while all these process designs are well known and explicit to system dynamics modellers, they are not comprehensive for participative modelling involving clients/participants without prior modelling knowledge. This paper presents a detailed modelling process design of s...

pp. 515-542 Zanfei 937

It is suggested that a transition is taking place towards new modes of organising transnational corporations’ innovative activities. First, different units of multinational firms, including foreign-based subsidiaries, are increasingly involved in the generation, use and transmission of knowledge. Secondly, multinationals are developing external networks of relationships with local counterparts,...