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HOW MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS EVOLVE

Christopher A. Bartlett (Assistant Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration)

Journal of Business Strategy

ISSN: 0275-6668

Article publication date: 1 February 1982

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Abstract

When companies grow and expand overseas, they often experience such organizational problems as the classic conflict between line and staff and between country and functional managers. Often, the companies that succeed are those that take a gradual and adaptive approach rather than engaging in a series of abrupt and traumatic reorganizations.

Citation

Bartlett, C.A. (1982), "HOW MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS EVOLVE", Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 20-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038953

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1982, MCB UP Limited

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