| Being Local Worldwide Contributor(s): Bélanger, Jacques (Editor), Berggren, Christian (Editor), Björkman, Torsten (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0801436508 ISBN-13: 9780801436505 Publisher: ILR Press OUR PRICE: $59.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1999 Annotation: Fortune called Asea Brown Boveri, the giant multinational corporation created in 1987, "the most successful cross-border merger since Royal Dutch linked up with Britain's Shell in 1907." The coming together of two longtime national champions in the electrotechnical industry, Sweden's ASEA and Switzerland's Brown Boveri, marked the birth of a company with truly global aspirations, one whose apparent genius for combining strong central planning with local autonomy for its plants has made it a trendsetter. An international team of reseachers assesses the dynamic interplay of the forces of convergence and diversity present in ABB. Together they examine the actual workings of this multinational in order to learn to what degree the corporate strategies are achieved in its plants. Based on a multilevel organizational study, their book compares seven plants in six countries on three continents. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Business & Economics | International - General - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
| Dewey: 338.887 |
| LCCN: 99033981 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.31 lbs) 304 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Fortune called Asea Brown Boveri, the giant multinational corporation created in 1987, the most successful cross-border merger since Royal Dutch linked up with Britain's Shell in 1907. The coming together of two longtime national champions in the electrotechnical industry, Sweden's ASEA and Switzerland's Brown Boveri, marked the birth of a company with truly global aspirations, one whose apparent genius for combining strong central planning with local autonomy for its plants has made it a trendsetter.An international team of researchers assesses the dynamic interplay of the forces of convergence and diversity present in ABB. Together they examine the actual workings of this multinational--in order to learn to what degree the corporate strategies are achieved in its plants. Based on a multilevel organizational study, their book compares seven plants in six countries on three continents. |
Contributor Bio(s): Belanger, Jacques: - Jacques Bélanger is Professor of Industrial Relations at Université Laval in Quebec.Berggren, Christian: - Christian Berggren is Professor of Industrial Management at Linköping University in Sweden.Kahler, Christoph: - Christoph Kähler is Professor of Sociology at Friedrich-Schiller-Universitët in Jena, Germany.Bjorkman, Torsten: - Torsten Björkman is Professor of Sociology at the National Defence College in Sweden. |