The Digitization of Business in China
Exploring the Transformation from Manufacturing to a Digital Service Hub
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Global Integration or Local Responsiveness? Insights from the Case of Chinese MNEs in India
In the 1980s, the global integration and local responsiveness (the I-R) framework was first proposed for multinational enterprises (MNEs) to deal with the dilemma of delivering standardised products and servic...
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The Development Path of WeChat: Social, Political and Ethical Challenges
China boasts the world’s largest social media market, which is vastly different from her Western counterparts. WeChat by Tencent, QQ and Weibo are at the forefront of the growing market—aiming to benefit from ...
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Conclusion
The conclusion chapter presents an overview of the research which has been undertaken and evaluates the contribution of the manuscript to new academic knowledge and methodology and to management practice. The ...
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Taiwan’s Industrial Development, Foreign Investment and IT Industry
The chapter provides the background and context for the manuscript, which includes a succinct description of the development of Taiwan’s economy and foreign direct investment (FDI) in Taiwan and in the IT indu...
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The Determinants of Strategy Formulation and Change in Foreign Subsidiaries and Their Functional Units
This chapter investigates the determinants of strategy formulation and change at the subsidiary and functional unit levels. By contrast to previous studies, which only discussed the determinants of strategy fo...
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The US Firms’ Business Competence in the Taiwanese IT Industry
This chapter provides the point of departure for further discussion on the topic of strategy and strategy change in foreign subsidiaries. The contemporary literature supports the development of the research ob...
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The Strategy Formulation and Change of Foreign Subsidiaries and Their Functional Units
The chapter seeks to examine the roles played by functional units (R&D, Production, Marketing, Sales and Service) in evaluating the strategy formulation and change in foreign subsidiaries. The chapter categori...
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Linkages of Cross-Functional Units in Different Types of Subsidiaries
The chapter examines the linkages of cross-functional units in different strategy types of subsidiaries. A strategic fit between strategy type and operational capabilities is proposed to explore the linkages o...
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Examining Strategy Diversity and Interdependence in the MNC’s Subsidiaries and Their Functional Activities
The increasing evolution of multinational corporations (MNCs) into differentiated networks of value-adding activities has presented enormous challenges to the analysis of strategic orientations at various orga...
