The Omnipotent MNC – A Review and Discussion
(2014) 27. p.213-233- Abstract
- Until the late 1990s researcher described a new strategy and organization for MNCs. The new MNC was omnipotent in character, striving for many new competitive advantages. This paper reviews the literature and synthesizes the ideas behind this Omnipotent MNC. General themes and key organizational characteristics are identified. A survey among large Swedish companies illustrate that many of the identified changes has occurred during recent years. Finally, we discuss why this kind of research more or less vanished.
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- author
- Pihl, Håkan LU and Paulsson, Alexander LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2014
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- new MNC organization/strategy, Transnational, Integrated network
- host publication
- Orchestration of the Global Network Organization
- editor
- Torben, Pedersen ; Markus, Venzin ; Timothy M., Devinney and Laszlo, Tihanyi
- volume
- 27
- pages
- 213 - 233
- publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84904649175
- ISSN
- 1571-5027
- 0747-7929
- ISBN
- 9781783509539
- DOI
- 10.1108/S1571-502720140000027028
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Series: Advances in International Management
- id
- e3f68a9c-fe92-4dec-896c-e977c9f7c536 (old id 4858255)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 10:07:19
- date last changed
- 2025-01-14 06:23:31
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