Works
- An empirical analysis and extension of the Bartlett and Ghoshal typology of multinational companies, Journal of International Business Studies 31(1), 101 to 120, 2000
In Organizational Structures
Known for
Empirical tests of international business typologies.
Ideas
Confirmation of three MNC types. Cluster analysis of 166 subsidiaries of 37 MNCs confirmed global, multidomestic, and transnational types that differ in interdependence and local responsiveness. Caveat: Cross-sectional; the three-fold typology was developed from the literature, not from the original cases.