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Patterns of Communications in the Multinational Corporation: An Empirical Study

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  • William K Brandt

    (Columbia University)

  • James M Hulbert

    (Columbia University)

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The effects of communications between subsidiaries and home offices are evaluated in this study of sixty-three multinational corporations. Chief executives of Brazilian subsidiaries of MNCs headquartered in Europe, Japan and North America were interviewed to determine the volume of home office-subsidiary communications and its impact on home-office understanding. Results indicate that home offices might well devote greater effort to procedures for handling subsidiary reports and to the relevance of outgoing communications. Japanese MNCs, being relatively new to overseas manufacturing, experience far more problems with communications than either Americans or European companies.© 1976 JIBS. Journal of International Business Studies (1976) 7, 57–64

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  • William K Brandt & James M Hulbert, 1976. "Patterns of Communications in the Multinational Corporation: An Empirical Study," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 7(1), pages 57-64, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jintbs:v:7:y:1976:i:1:p:57-64
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    1. Caicedo Marulanda, Carolina & Pla-Barber, José & León Darder, Fidel & Mora, Jhon James, 2015. "A microeconometric analysis of the springboard subsidiary: The case of Spanish firms," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), vol. 9, pages 1-34.
    2. Cavanagh, Andrew & Freeman, Susan & Kalfadellis, Paul & Herbert, Kendall, 2017. "Assigned versus assumed: Towards a contemporary, detailed understanding of subsidiary autonomy," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 26(6), pages 1168-1183.
    3. Paterson, S. L. & Brock, D. M., 2002. "The development of subsidiary-management research: review and theoretical analysis," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 11(2), pages 139-163, April.

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