| Description |
xiv, 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Routledge series in analytical management |
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Routledge series in analytical management.
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| Contents |
1. Internationalization and the domestic firm. Leveraging domestic competitive advantages. Initiating and sustaining international commitment. Networking in the newly internationalizing firm. Networking and learning in alliances and international joint ventures. Managing complexity in the international firm. Inter-cultural competence. Internationalization is different -- 2. Going international. A stages approach to internationalization. The first steps. Blocks to internationalization -- 3. The role of alliances in internationalization. Alliances: A half-way house or a third way? Cooperation and strategic alliances among small - medium enterprises. Cooperation and strategic alliances among large firms -- 4. Human resource management in the international firm. The nature and importance of international firms. Structural change and staffing in the international firm. Human resource strategies in the international firm. Managing complexity in the international firm: the skills of managers -- 5. Internationalization and the Single European Market. The Single European Market and industrial restructuring. Structure and strategy in the UK and the European Community -- 6. The Single European Market and the HRM response. Employment and skills in the Single European Market. 'European' firms? European human resource management -- 7. Concluding comments: HRM and the 1990s. Trends in the international economy. A future of global transnational firms? HRM: A processual view |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-192) and index |
| Subject |
International business enterprises -- Personnel management.
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| LC no. |
93017072 |
| ISBN |
0415097738 |
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0415097746 |
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