TY - GEN AB - 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. AU - Chen, Pi-Chi. AU - Kim, Young-Chan. CN - HF4999.2-6182 CY - Cham : DA - 2016. DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-32028-1 DO - doi ID - 1358072 KW - Business. KW - Leadership. KW - Globalization. KW - Markets. KW - Computer industry. KW - International economic relations. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-32028-1 N1 - 4.3.2 Head Office Factors. N2 - 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. PB - Springer International Publishing, PP - Cham : PY - 2016. SN - 9783319320281 SN - 3319320289 SN - 9783319320274 SN - 3319320270 T1 - US Firms' Business Competence in the Taiwanese IT Industry. TI - US Firms' Business Competence in the Taiwanese IT Industry. UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-32028-1 ER -