Multinationella företags organisation. Ett nyinstitutionellt ekonomiskt perspektiv på samordning.
(2000)- Abstract
- During the 1980s and the 1990s several researchers have described new organisational features and a new organisational form in multinational enterprises, linked to a variety of theoretical approaches. Can the new organisational features be analysed from a consistent theoretical basis, and can, hereby, a new organisational form be distinguished from earlier forms? The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a theory for multinational enterprise organisation; a theory that analyses new organisational features from a co-ordination perspective based on the New Institutional Economic theory.
This study offers a synthesised description of new organisational features based on previous research in the field. This description is... (More) - During the 1980s and the 1990s several researchers have described new organisational features and a new organisational form in multinational enterprises, linked to a variety of theoretical approaches. Can the new organisational features be analysed from a consistent theoretical basis, and can, hereby, a new organisational form be distinguished from earlier forms? The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a theory for multinational enterprise organisation; a theory that analyses new organisational features from a co-ordination perspective based on the New Institutional Economic theory.
This study offers a synthesised description of new organisational features based on previous research in the field. This description is complemented and illustrated by data collected from a group of Swedish-based multinational enterprises. The identified organisational features are analysed from a co-ordination perspective based on New Institutional Economic theory, which is extended by contributions from organisation theory. Hereby, a theory for co-ordination mechanisms and co-ordination forms is developed. Four co-ordination mechanisms are identified: authority, price, rules and ideology. The choice of one mechanism over the other depends on the transaction costs each mechanism incurs. Different co-ordination forms are then analysed, especially the multidivisional form (M-form) of large diversified enterprises. The M-form is used as a basis for analysing new organisational features in multinational enterprises. By analysing new organisational features, eight new "multi-aspects" in the international M-form are identified. In short, these "multi-aspects" modify and extend the use of co-ordination mechanisms to reduce transaction costs. These modifications and extensions impose distinctive new elements on the international M-form, which lead to the identification and description of a new co-ordination form, the Web-form (W-form). (Less)
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- author
- Pihl, Håkan LU
- supervisor
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- Hans Jansson LU
- Sven-Olof Collin LU
- opponent
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- Forsgren, Mats, Uppsala Universitet
- organization
- publishing date
- 2000
- type
- Thesis
- publication status
- published
- subject
- pages
- 350 pages
- publisher
- Lund University
- defense location
- Crawfoordsalen, Ekonomicentrum, Lunds Universitet
- defense date
- 2000-05-25 13:00:00
- ISBN
- 91-628-4211-0
- language
- Swedish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- b564098e-d455-441d-9409-df3747a23b55 (old id 1647357)
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- 2016-04-04 10:24:00
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abstract = {{During the 1980s and the 1990s several researchers have described new organisational features and a new organisational form in multinational enterprises, linked to a variety of theoretical approaches. Can the new organisational features be analysed from a consistent theoretical basis, and can, hereby, a new organisational form be distinguished from earlier forms? The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a theory for multinational enterprise organisation; a theory that analyses new organisational features from a co-ordination perspective based on the New Institutional Economic theory. <br/><br>
This study offers a synthesised description of new organisational features based on previous research in the field. This description is complemented and illustrated by data collected from a group of Swedish-based multinational enterprises. The identified organisational features are analysed from a co-ordination perspective based on New Institutional Economic theory, which is extended by contributions from organisation theory. Hereby, a theory for co-ordination mechanisms and co-ordination forms is developed. Four co-ordination mechanisms are identified: authority, price, rules and ideology. The choice of one mechanism over the other depends on the transaction costs each mechanism incurs. Different co-ordination forms are then analysed, especially the multidivisional form (M-form) of large diversified enterprises. The M-form is used as a basis for analysing new organisational features in multinational enterprises. By analysing new organisational features, eight new "multi-aspects" in the international M-form are identified. In short, these "multi-aspects" modify and extend the use of co-ordination mechanisms to reduce transaction costs. These modifications and extensions impose distinctive new elements on the international M-form, which lead to the identification and description of a new co-ordination form, the Web-form (W-form).}},
author = {{Pihl, Håkan}},
isbn = {{91-628-4211-0}},
language = {{swe}},
publisher = {{Lund University}},
school = {{Lund University}},
title = {{Multinationella företags organisation. Ett nyinstitutionellt ekonomiskt perspektiv på samordning.}},
year = {{2000}},
}