The Coordination of Foreign Subsidiaries of Multinational Companies
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Launer followed in his research the approaches of differentiated coordination of foreign subsidiaries. This approach hardly gets recognized and implemented in business practice yet. It could be due to lack of practicability of the existing coordination approaches. To gain a better acceptance of these approaches in entrepreneurial practice this research series adapts and enhances the most important coordination approaches. The initial study was performed 1993-2000 and a back-test with an independent sample in 2004. As a result, the new network approach by Bartlett/Ghoshal (2002) had to be given preference over an extended EPRG scheme by Perlmutter (1965) on a group level. The most advanced and practical approach on group level was the requisite complexity by Nohria/Ghoshal (1997). The concepts differentiating single subsidiaries showed diverse results. The contingency approaches did not show significant results. The more advanced approach internal differentiation by Nohria/Ghoshal (1997) produced practical results and ready-to-use guidelines. However, the model had to be adapted to practical needs. These books now give practical support on how to coordinate foreign subsidiaries on a daily basis.
