Management Control in Central and Eastern European Subsidiaries

✍ Scribed by Barbara Brenner (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 320
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

How can Multinational Corporations effectively manage and control their subsidiaries in transition countries? This empirical study on 40 MNCs operating in Central and Eastern Europe provides insights onto how the transition context and the culture of the region impact the choice and effectiveness of Headquarters control in subsidiaries.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Problem, Relevance and Research Question....Pages 1-5
The Concept of Management Control....Pages 6-38
Literature Review of Current Studies on Management Control in MNCs....Pages 39-84
Cultural Research on Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 85-91
Method....Pages 92-107
Sample....Pages 108-114
Empirical Results: Western Management Control in CEE....Pages 115-235
Major Findings....Pages 236-261
Summary....Pages 262-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-306

✦ Subjects

International Business; Management; International Economics