Is Guanxi still working, while Chinese MNCs go global? The case of Taiwanese MNCs in the UK

Human Systems Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-142

  Chen, I Chun Lisa ^a,d   Easterby Smith, Mark ^b,c  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Western MNCs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Guanxi; Internationalisation strategy and international human resource management; Taiwanese Chinese management

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS STRATEGIES; CULTURAL VALUES; GLOBAL PLAYERS; INTERNATIONAL (CO); INTERNATIONALISATION; LOCATION DECISIONS; MANAGEMENT STYLE; NATIONAL CULTURE; SERVICE INDUSTRIES; THIRD WORLD; THOMSON (CO);

PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

EID: 48249115999     PISSN: 01672533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-2008-0668     Document Type: Article

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