Stephen Todd Rudman

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The Multinational Corporation in China (eBook, PDF)

Controlling Interests

Beschreibung

The Multinational Corporation in China: Controlling Interests addresses the question of how multinational corporations control and coordinate their worldwide affiliates, with a fascinating inside story on contemporary China. * Focuses on dynamic management control processes by four large US multinational corporations of their China operations. * Based on the author's own research, including personal interviews with senior managers, and discussions with consultants, lawyers, and government officials. * Reviews internal as well as publicly available company documents, and books, newspapers and periodicals dealing with relevant industries and with China. * Enables readers to understand how multinational corporations are managed. * Facilitates the development of a coherent theory of management control.

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Autor

Before becoming an academic, Stephen Rudman spent 20 years in business, as Vice President of a publicly-quoted manufacturer, general counsel for the motor carrier subsidiary of a major US railroad, international tax attorney for a major multinational bank, and senior counsel for a major international container shipping company. He has lectured at the Haas School of Business, the University of California at Berkeley and is currently Assistant Professor in the International Business Department at San Francisco State University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405178563
• Artikelnr.: 38281645

Rezensionen

"A thorough, in-depth analysis of the multinational experience inChina; strikes the right balance between theory and practice."Oded Shenkar, The Ohio State University

"I have found Stephen Todd Rudman's Controlling Intereststo be a fascinating study of the problems and possibilities ofachieving effective coordination and control of multinationalcorporate subsidiaries located in China. Given the rapidlyexpanding importance of China based enterprise to our globalpolitical economy, this book based on in-depth case studies of theinteractions between MNCs and their Chinese affiliates providescritical insights for managers and scholars alike which will enablethem better to understand the complexities of operating inthe
twenty-first century 'Middle Kingdom'." Edwin M. Epstein,University of California, Berkeley

"Professor Rudman has written the definitive guide tounderstanding the Chinese business environment and its complexmanagement practices. Well written, thoroughly researched andsupported by actual cases, this is an essential resource for anyexecutive doing business in China and with China." MichaelA. Mische, University of Southern California