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Handbook of Research on Global Information Technology Management in the Digital Economy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 588

Handbook of Research on Global Information Technology Management in the Digital Economy

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-01-31
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Includes the most important issues, concepts, trends and technologies in the field of global information technology management, covering topics such as the technical platform for global IS applications, information systems projects spanning cultures, managing information technology in corporations, and global information technology systems and socioeconomic development in developing countries.

IT Outsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2511

IT Outsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009-07-31
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

"This book covers a wide range of topics involved in the outsourcing of information technology through state-of-the-art collaborations of international field experts"--Provided by publisher.

Cross-Border Staff Mobility
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 251

Cross-Border Staff Mobility

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-11-18
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  • Publisher: Springer

The book addresses several research gaps in the study of organisations and rarely analysed areas such as the non-profit sector (NPOs). It combines approaches from HRM, business studies and organisation research, and incorporates micro- and macro-perspectives on organisations and institutions by using situational and neo-institutionalist frames.

Elgar Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 355

Elgar Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Management

This Encyclopedia presents a wide range of concepts across key themes in the dynamic field of cross-cultural management, including cultural awareness, identity, and diversity. Written by eminent scholars from across the globe, entries include summaries, commentary, and new perspectives on both theory and research.

Handbook on Transnationalism
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 480

Handbook on Transnationalism

Providing a critical overview of transnationalism as a concept, this Handbook looks at its growing influence in an era of high-speed, globalised interconnectivity. It offers crucial insights on how approaches to transnationalism have altered how we think about social life from the family to the nation-state, whilst also challenging the predominance of methodologically nationalist analyses.

Intercultural Transfer of Management Practices of German MNC to Brazil
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 411

Intercultural Transfer of Management Practices of German MNC to Brazil

Multinational companies transfer managerial practices such as quality management globally. Studies from different perspectives have examined cultural, institutional, and organizational challenges in practice transfer, however, little is known about the micro-processes of intercultural transfer, especially in complex cultural settings as Brazil. Integrating the recontextualization perspective and Scandinavian institutionalist transfer-as-translation approach, this book explores micro-processes of transfer from German MNC to Brazilian subsidiaries from a multiple cultures perspective. Findings show the complementary nature of micro-processes of translation and recontextualization, embedding th...

Key Questions and Inspiring Answers in Cross-Cultural Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 329

Key Questions and Inspiring Answers in Cross-Cultural Management

As a fascinating interdisciplinary and emerging field of research and practice, cross-cultural management is shaped and enriched by women scholars. This book takes an engaging narrative approach to insightful conversations with 12 women academics to illuminate key concepts, methods and issues within this ever-evolving field. The leading scholars interviewed are: Nancy Jane Adler, Zeynep Aycan, Ariane Berthoin Antal, Nakiye Boyacigiller, Mary Yoko Brannen, Paula Caligiuri, Sylvie Chevrier, Martha Maznevski, Joyce Osland, Sonja Sackmann, Susan C. Schneider, Lena Zander

Globalization, Technology Diffusion and Gender Disparity: Social Impacts of ICTs
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 349

Globalization, Technology Diffusion and Gender Disparity: Social Impacts of ICTs

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-01-31
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

"This book discusses theoretical aspects of gender issues in ICT and presents a number of case studies from various countries, covering topics such as social networking, ICT use among women, the digital divide, and theoretical approaches to gender gaps and ICT"--Provided by publisher.

Arbeit, Organisation und Mobilität
  • Language: de
  • Pages: 537

Arbeit, Organisation und Mobilität

Arbeit, Organisation und Mobilität lassen sich in einer globalisierten Welt kaum noch getrennt voneinander betrachten. Dies nehmen die Autorinnen und Autoren zum Anlass, die Erkenntnisse der Arbeits-, Organisations- und Migrationssoziologie aus subdisziplinärer Perspektive zu untersuchen. Der Band eröffnet damit einen neuen Blick auf zentrale Gegenstände sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung.

External Embeddedness of Subsidiaries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 394

External Embeddedness of Subsidiaries

In the research fields of International Business and International Management it is stated that product innovations are not only developed by headquarters (HQs) but also by foreign subsidiaries. Subsidiaries thereby apply the knowledge they obtain in inter-organizational business relationships with stakeholders like customers, suppliers, competitors, research institutions or governmental organizations. After being finished, product innovations are either exclusively employed by the creative subsidiaries or they are also transferred in intra-organizational business relationships to other units of the MNC, i. e. HQs or other subsidiaries. This book deals with both the product innovation proces...