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FOREIGN EXPERIENCE OF TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS AND INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGIES OF U.S. MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS

✍ Scribed by RAKESH B. SAMBHARYA

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 685 KB
Volume: 17
Category: Article
ISSN: 0143-2095
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199611)17:9<739::aid-smj846>3.0.co;2-k

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✦ Synopsis

This paper extends upper echelon theory to the international business arena and tests the hypothesis that the foreign experience of top management team (TMT) members is associated with international diversification strategies. Regression analyses indicate that TMTs with a higher mean, greater heterogeneity, and a higher proportion of managers with foreign experience

in 54 US. multinational corporations were significantly associated with the Jirm 's international involvement.

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