LEADER 00000cam a2200637Ka 4500 001 ocn738437956 003 OCoLC 005 20190405014216.6 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 110705s2011 enka ob 001 0 eng d 019 732958933|a1041500440 020 9781139077620|q(electronic book) 020 1139077627|q(electronic book) 020 9781139079914|q(e-book) 020 1139079913|q(e-book) 020 |z9780521197175 020 |z0521197171 024 8 100554832 035 (OCoLC)738437956|z(OCoLC)732958933|z(OCoLC)1041500440 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dE7B|dCDX|dOCLCQ|dYDXCP|dOCLCF|dOCLCO |dOCLCQ|dZMC|dZ5A|dUAB|dYDX|dOCLCQ 049 RIDW 050 4 HD2755.5|b.P637 2011eb 072 7 BUS|x070000|2bisacsh 082 04 338.88|222 084 BUS035000|2bisacsh 084 83.32|2bcl 090 HD2755.5|b.P637 2011eb 245 00 Politics and power in the multinational corporation :|bthe role of institutions, interests and identities /|c[edited by] Christoph Dörrenbächer and Mike Geppert. 264 1 Cambridge, UK ;|aNew York :|bCambridge University Press, |c2011. 300 1 online resource (xx, 444 pages) :|billustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Part I. Introduction: 1. Politics and power in the multinational corporation: an introduction / Mike Geppert and Christoph Dörrenba;cher -- Part II. Politics and Power in MNCs: Institutions, Social Embeddedness and Knowledge - - 2. Resource dependence and construction, and macro and micro politics in transnational enterprises and alliances: the case of jet engine manufacturers in Germany / Arndt Sorge and Katja Rothe -- 3. Bargained globalisation: employment relations providing robust 'tool kits' for socio-political strategizing in MNCs in Germany / Karen Williams and Mike Geppert -- 4. Bridging roles, social skill and embedded knowing in multinational organisations / Mark Fenton-O'Creevy [and others] -- Part III. Politics and Power in MNCs: Headquarters-Subsidiary Relations -- 5. Conflict in headquarters-subsidiary relations: a critical literature review and new directions / Susanne Blazejewski and Florian Becker-Ritterspach -- 6. Intra-organizational turbulences in multinational corporations / Andreas Schotter and Paul W. Beamish -- 7. Conflicts in headquarters-subsidiary relationships: headquarters-driven charter losses in foreign subsidiaries / Christoph Dörrenbächer and Jens Gammelgaard -- 8. Headquarters- subsidiary relationships from a social psychological perspective: how perception gaps concerning the subsidiary's role may lead to conflict / Stefan Schmid and Andrea Daniel -- Part IV. Politics and Power in MNCs: Role of National Identities and Identity Work -- 9. Subsidiary manager socio-political interaction: the impact of host country culture / Christopher Williams -- 10. Unequal power relations, identity discourse, and cultural distinction drawing in MNCs Sierk Ybema and Hyunghae Byun -- 11. National identities in times of organizational globalization: a case study of Russian managers in two Finnish-Russian organizations / Alexei Koveshnikov -- 12. Contesting social space in the Balkan region: the social dimensions of a 'Red' joint venture / Mairi Maclean and Graham Hollinshead -- Part V. Conclusions -- 13. Reflections on the macro-politics of micro-politics Glenn Morgan. 520 "The current financial and economic crisis has negatively underlined the vital role of multinational companies (MNCs) in our daily lives. The breakdown and crisis of flagship MNCs, such as Enron, WorldCom, Lehman Brothers, Toyota and General Motors, does not merely reveal the problems of corporate malfeasance and market dysfunction. It also raises important questions, both for the public and the academic community, about the use and misuse of power by MNCs in the wider society, as well as the exercise of power by key actors within internationally operating firms. This book examines how issues of power and politics affect MNCs at three different levels; the macro-level, the meso-level and the micro-level. This wide -ranging analysis shows not only that power matters but also how and why it matters, pointing to the political interactions of key power holders and actors within the MNC, both managers and employees"--Provided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 International business enterprises|xPolitical aspects. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008124018 650 0 Corporate power.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh00003164 650 7 International business enterprises|xPolitical aspects. |2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/976829 650 7 Corporate power.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 879682 655 4 Electronic books. 700 1 Dörrenbächer, Christoph,|d1961-|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n2003099959 700 1 Geppert, Mike.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ nb99166732 776 08 |iPrint version:|tPolitics and power in the multinational corporation.|dCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011|z9780521197175|w(DLC) 2010051116 |w(OCoLC)690090111 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=366196|zOnline eBook via EBSCO. 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