Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The Emergence and Impact of MNC Centres of Excellence explores an important new element in the development of the multinational corporation. Whilst previously the parent company was seen as the centre, and the foreign subsidiaries as the periphery, today, it is recognized that different subsidiaries have different roles, and are linked to each other in a complicated pattern. One crucial aspect of this is that some subsidiaries become 'centres of excellence' (COE) controlling resources on which other parts of the corporation depend for their operations. This book investigates the existence of COEs in different countries, examining why they emerge and analysing their impact on corporate strategy.
Synopsis
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW PART 1: THE CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE PROJECT The Centres of Excellence Project: Methods and Some Empirical Findings PART 2: DETERMINANTS AND BASIC FEATURES OF CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE Development of MNC Centres of Excellence Subsidiary Influence and Corporate Learning: Centres of Excellence in Danish Foreign-Owned Firms The Impact from Business Networks on MNC Competence Development: A Case Study PART 3: DEVELOPMENT OF SUBSIDIARY COMPETENCE Industrial Clusters and Foreign Companies Centres of Excellence in Norway Multinational Research Subsidiaries in Denmark R & D Centres of Excellence in Canada The Competence of Formally Appointed Centres of Excellence in the UK Competence Creation and Recognition: A Case Study PART IV: USE AND INTEGRATION OF SUBSIDIARY COMPETENCE WITHIN THE MNC Mergers and Acquisitions as Establishment Modes for Centres of Excellence: The Case of Italian Subsidiaries Characteristics of R & D Centres of Excellence in MNCs The Impact of Centres of Excellence on MNC Performance The Dilemma of Developing a Centre of Excellence: The Case of ABB Generation
Table of Contents
The centres of excellence project - methods and some empirical findings / Ulf Holm and Torben Pedersen -- Development of MNC centres of excellence / Mats Forsgren, Jan Johanson and Deo Sharma -- Subsidiary influence and corporate learning - centres of excellence in Danish foreign-owned firms / Mats Forsgren and Torben Pedersen -- The impact from business networks on MNC competence development - a case-study / Cecilia Pahlberg -- Industrial clusters and foreign companies' centres of excellence in Norway / Gabriel R.G. Benito -- Multinational research subsidiaries in Denmark / Lee Davis -- R&D centres of excellence in Canada / Prescott C. Ensign, Julian M. Birkinshaw and Tony S. Frost -- The competence of formally appointed centres of excellence in the UK / Karl Moore -- Competence creation and recognition - a case-study / Mats Forsgren, Claus Mathisen and Torben Pedersen -- Mergers and acquisitions as establishment modes for centres of excellence - the case of Italian subsidiaries / Luciano Fratocchi and Gianni Lorenzoni -- Characteristics of R&D centres of excellence in MNCs / Patrick Furu -- The impact of centres of excellence on MNC performance / Ulf Holm and Deo Sharma -- The dilemma of developing a centre of excellence - a case-study of ABBGeneration / Maria Andersson and Christine Holmstrèom.