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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, NETWORKS, AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS

Alan M. Rugman (Professor of International Business. A professor for 20 years he has held visiting appointments at Harvard University, the London Business School, Columbia University, and M.I.T. He was a member of Canada's International Trade Advisory Committee during the free trade negotiations. Professor Rugman is the author or editor of 18 books and he has published over 100 papers in refereed journals. His latest publications include Global Corporate Strategy and Trade Policy (Routledge, 1990) and Multinationals and Canada‐United States Free Trade (University of South Carolina Press, 1990).)
Joseph R. D'Cruz (Professor of Strategic Management. He is one of Canada's leading authorities on international competitiveness and business strategy. He teaches Business Strategy and International Business at the Faculty of Management, University of Toronto. He was also an Adjunct Professor at IMD International, Switzerland. He has his doctorate from the Harvard Business School, where he wrote a thesis on “The Overseas Procurement of Raw Materials by the Japanese Steel Industry.” He has subsequently written extensively on the subjects of globalization and business strategy. Dr. D'Cruz has had an active career in management in several countries. He has over 15 years of work experience, mainly in marketing and general management. He has been a consultant to several multinationals, including Exxon, ICI, Price Waterhouse, and many other international firms. Recently, he was appointed by the Federal Government as a member of the Steering Committee of the Prosperity Initiative, which is seeking to improve Canada's international competitiveness.)

Competitiveness Review

ISSN: 1059-5422

Article publication date: 1 February 1993

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Abstract

As the nature of international trade and competition changes to reflect an increasingly borderless world, it is apparent that the organization of multinational firms and their relationships with all pertinent stakeholders are changing as well. This is occuring due to the predominant role of multinational enterprises as global economic coordinators of production and investment. In fact, the changing organization of the firm in terms of structure, task, and strategy can be viewed as a natural process of evolution which employs and deploys the resources of the firm in the most strategic and economically efficient manner.

Citation

Rugman, A.M. and D'Cruz, J.R. (1993), "STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, NETWORKS, AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS", Competitiveness Review, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb060169

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