46 pages tagged "multinational companies"

Doing research in the analog 20th century - a lifetime ago?

Short introduction to my white paper that documents how technologies during my PhD were vastly different from what we now take for granted

20 May 2026 (updated 07 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Managing the Multinationals: An international study of control mechanisms

Full information about the published version of my PhD dissertation

06 Feb 2016 (updated 17 Apr 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Doing IB Research? Get inspired by these videos & podcasts

Collection of conference and other videos and podcasts in the area of International Business

04 Mar 2026 (updated 19 Feb 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Video resources: Intl Business

Collection of conference and other videos and podcasts in the area of International Business

17 Oct 2021 (updated 02 Mar 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Language in International Business & Management [2002-current]

Research program 5: Language barrier and its solutions, language in HQ-subsidiary relationships, language and cooperative vs. competitive behaviour

06 Feb 2016 (updated 12 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

International HRM & Staffing Policies [1994-current]

Research program 1: International HRM, expatriation, inpatriation, knowledge sharing and identity confirmation

06 Feb 2016 (updated 25 Aug 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Transfer of HRM Practices in MNCs [2000-2010]

Research program 4: an insight into the interplay of cultural, institutional and organisational factors that affect the transfer of HRM practices across borders.

06 Feb 2016 (updated 13 Aug 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

HQ-Subsidiary Relationships in MNCs [1994-2023]

Research program 2: MNC typologies, entry modes, country-of-origin, subsidiary typologies, MNC knowledge flows, and language in HQ-subsidiary relationships

06 Feb 2016 (updated 13 Aug 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Managing Expatriates in China: A Language and Identity Perspective

Full information about our research monograph in the Palgrave Studies in Chinese Management series

02 Jun 2017 (updated 29 Mar 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Free articles in international business

Provides a list of my articles in the area of international business that are freely accessible from the publisher

04 Dec 2016 (updated 01 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Managing (linguistic) diversity in MNCs

Overview of the key insights in our HRMJ paper and reflections from behind the scenes

30 Jan 2023 (updated 04 Apr 2024) - Sylwia Ciuk

What are your current passions and interests?

Introduces two recent papers and my current passions: Equality Diversity and Inclusion and the Positive Academia movement

05 Dec 2022 (updated 07 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Publishing with a student: Expatriate Failure revisited

Write with anyone who has great ideas and is motivated by academic exchange, whether they are students, juniors, peers, or seniors

21 Nov 2022 (updated 07 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

EDI in MNCs: the case of linguistic diversity

Introducing my paper with Sylwia and Martyna on how to implement the EDI agenda in multinational companies

26 Oct 2022 (updated 07 Nov 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Global Mobility and Knowledge Transfer - an AIB webinar

Reports on a JIBS/JIBP webinar in which Heejin Kim presented our co-authored paper on the role of inpatriation in subsidiary capability building and evolution

03 Oct 2022 (updated 28 Feb 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Beyond expatriation: How inpatriation supports subsidiary growth and performance

Telling the story of the background, motivation, and key findings of our study on inpatriation, subsidiary growth and performance

25 Apr 2022 (updated 04 Apr 2025) - Heejin Kim

Beyond ethnocentrism: why do MNCs send their nationals to subsidiaries?

Reframing our perspectives on "ethnocentric" staffing: a new article in Organization Studies

02 Dec 2021 (updated 04 Apr 2025) - Hyun-Jung Lee

How inpatriation supports subsidiary growth and performance

Introducing my paper with Heejin and Sebastian on how inpatriation contributes ot subsidiary capability building and evolution

17 Nov 2021 (updated 16 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

One size doesn't fit all: MNC knowledge sourcing in Bulgaria

Shasha introduces our paper about MNC knowledge sourcing in emerging economies and reflects on her time at Middlesex University

17 Oct 2021 (updated 22 Feb 2023) - Shasha Zhao

The rise of global inequality and multinational enterprises

The role of MNEs in global inequality and avenues for future research

24 May 2021 (updated 14 Apr 2022) - Shasha Zhao

Ambidexterity in MNC knowledge sourcing in emerging economies: a microfoundational perspective

Announcing my new paper with Middlesex colleagues Mariana Dodourova and Shasha Zhao

30 Apr 2021 (updated 22 Feb 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Cultures & Institutions: country-of-origin effects in MNC “ethnocentric” staffing practices

Introduces our new article in Organization Studies on reframing our perspectives on "ethnocentric" staffing

16 Apr 2021 (updated 04 Apr 2025) - Katsuhiko Yoshikawa

Language & HRD: Keynote at Taipei AHRD conference

Reports on my week-long visit to Taiwan in 2013, the closest I ever came to being a VIP

28 Nov 2020 (updated 17 Jan 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

EIBA panel: New Avenues for IB Research in the Digital Era

Report on a panel on IB & Technology on the EIBA conference at Leeds University in December 2019

17 May 2020 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Dorota Piaskowska

Testing key IB typologies: Bartlett & Ghoshal and Gupta & Govindarajan

Introduces my research on testing two of the most well-known typologies in International Business

07 Feb 2020 (updated 22 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Country of origin matters for multinationals too

Reviews my research on country-of-origin effects on MNCs over the last 15 years

23 Jan 2020 (updated 04 Apr 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Untwisting tongues: Language research in International Management

Reports on a panel session at the Academy of International Business in Copenhagen

07 Oct 2019 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Of Ostriches, Frogs, Birds and Lizards

New online paper with Chenchen Li and Ling Zhang on cultural identity negotation strategies

21 Sep 2019 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Experimental research in international management

New book chapter on how experimental research can advance language research in international management

15 Aug 2019 (updated 24 Apr 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Of bears, bumble-bees and spiders & who's in charge?

Summarizes my research in the field of MNC staffing policies

26 May 2019 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

MNC entry mode: it is not just about choice!

Reviews my research on entry mode choice including some unpublished work on management of different entry modes

28 Apr 2019 (updated 04 Oct 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Not all international assignments are equal

A new online paper on how different types of international assignments transfer different types of knowledge

05 Feb 2019 (updated 04 Apr 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Transfer of HR practices in multinational companies

Research by Barbara Myloni - my first PhD student - on local isomorphism versus internal consistency in multinationals

18 Dec 2018 (updated 24 Apr 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Out now: International HRM, 5th Edition

Introducing the 5th edition of my textbook International Human Resource Management

28 Nov 2018 (updated 07 Sep 2020) - Sebastian Reiche

Language barriers in multinational companies

Reviews my research on the role of language in MNCs between 2003 and 2013

20 Oct 2018 (updated 24 Apr 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

R&D Internationalization to China: MNEs new favourite destination

Shows how foreign MNEs transform low-value-adding operations in the South into high-value-adding R&D operations

10 Oct 2018 (updated 14 Apr 2022) - Shasha Zhao

Four waves of R&D internationalization: the South as a destination of R&D related FDI

Introducing Shasha Zhao's work on the transformation of foreign MNEs’ low-value-adding operations in the South into high-value-adding R&D operations

29 Aug 2018 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Subsidiaries down-under: victims of their geographical isolation?

Systematically reviews the impact of geographical differences on the HQ-subsidiary relationship

23 Apr 2018 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

New research monograph: Managing expatriates in China

Introducing my new research monograph with Ling Zhang and Shea Fan

02 Jan 2018 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

EURAM 2017: Famous scholars in expatriate studies

Reports on my presentations at the EURAM 2017 conference and a symposium on famous scholars in expatriate studies

07 Jul 2017 (updated 02 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The many benefits of a shared language in multinationals

Reports on a study outlining the relationship between shared language and knowledge flows

19 Jun 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Language in International Business: A review and agenda for future research

A new online paper reviewing 264 articles on language in IB

31 May 2017 (updated 03 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to manage multi-lingual teams?

Discusses Helene Tenzer's exciting research about the challenges of multi-lingual teamwork

17 Nov 2016 (updated 17 Jan 2023) - Helene Tenzer

Hablas vielleicht un peu la mia language?

Systematically reviews the impact of language differences on the HQ-subsidiary relationship

31 Aug 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Why is learning the host country language important for expatriates?

A new online paper on the impact of host country language learning on expatriate local relationships in China

06 Jun 2016 (updated 26 May 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Babel in Business: The Role of Language in International Business

My inaugural lecture at Middlesex University, Wednesday 13 April 2016

14 Apr 2016 (updated 25 Apr 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing