@article{1358072, note = {4.3.2 Head Office Factors.}, author = {Chen, Pi-Chi. and Kim, Young-Chan.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1358072}, title = {US Firms' Business Competence in the Taiwanese IT Industry.}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing,}, abstract = {This book offers an in-depth analysis of the roles and strategies of subsidiaries of American multinational companies (MNCs) in Taiwan's IT industry. Based on semi-structured interviews with 16 managing directors of the different foreign-owned subsidiaries and 100 functional unit managers, the authors investigate (1) the roles of functional units in evaluating strategy formulation and change in foreign subsidiaries; (2) the factors that determine strategy formulation and change in foreign subsidiaries and their functional units; and (3) the linkages between cross-functional units. The research underscores the view that MNCs' strategies are composed of assorted heterogeneous elements.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32028-1}, recid = {1358072}, pages = {1 online resource (249 pages)}, address = {Cham :}, year = {2016}, }