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MHR 451 set 4
ch13
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Business
Undergraduate 4
03/13/2013

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Integration-responsiveness framework
Definition

A framework of MNE management on how to simultaneously deal with two sets of pressures for global integration and local responsiveness.
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Local responsiveness
Definition
– The necessity to be responsive to different customer preferences around the world
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Home replication strategy
Definition
– A strategy that emphasizes the replication of home country-based competencies in foreign countries
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Localization (multi-domestic) strategy
Definition

A strategy that focuses on a number of foreign countries/regions, each of which is regarded as a stand-alone local (domestic) market worthy of significant attention and adaptation
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Global standardization strategy
Definition
– A strategy that focuses on development and distribution of standardized products worldwide in order to reap the maximum benefits from low-cost advantages
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Transnational strategy
Definition
–A strategy that endeavors to be cost efficient, locally responsive, and learning driven simultaneously around the world
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Center of excellence
Definition
– an MNE subsidiary explicitly recognized as a source of important capabilities, with the intention that these capabilities be leveraged by and/or disseminated to other subsidiaries
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Worldwide (global) mandate
Definition
– A charter to be responsible for one MNE function throughout the world
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International division
Definition
– An organizational structure that is typically set up when firms initially expand abroad, often engaging in a home replication strategy
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Geographic area structure
Definition
– An org structure that organizes the MNE according to different geographic areas (countries and regions)
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Country or regional manager
Definition
– Manager of a geographic area either a country or a region
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Global product division structure
Definition
– An org structure that assigns global responsibilities to each product division
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Global matrix
Definition
– An organizational structure often used to alleviate the disadvantages associated with both geographic area and global product division structures, especially for MNEs adopting a transnational strategy
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Knowledge management
Definition
– the structures, processes, and systems that actively develop, leverage, and transfer knowledge
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Explicit knowledge
Definition
– is codifiable and can be written down and transferred with little loss of its richness
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Tacit knowledge
Definition
– non-codifiable and its acquisition and transfer require hands-on practice
hard to learn and transfer
strategically more important
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Deep smarts
Definition
A potent form of expertise
Based on 1st-hand life experiences
Providing insights drawn from tacit knowledge
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Global virtual team
Definition
- a team whose members are physically dispersed in multiple locations in the world and operate on a virtual basis
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Absorptive capacity
Definition
– the ability to recognize the value of new info, assimilate it, and apply it
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