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ISBN 10: 1349299545 
ISBN 13: 9781349299546
Author: B Brenner

Management control in Central and Eastern European subsidiaries 1st Table of contents:

• The Concept of Management Control

  • Defining 'management control'

  • The fundamentals of management control

  • Classification of control mechanisms

    • Formal vs. informal control

    • Output control vs. behavior control

    • Market, bureaucracy and clan controls

    • Bureaucratic control vs. cultural control

    • Result control vs. personnel/cultural control

    • Personal and impersonal vs. planned and unplanned

    • A synthesis of control mechanisms

    • Control mechanisms used by this study

• Management Control in Multinational Corporations

  • Strategy determines organizational design and type of control

  • Synthesis: strategy, control mechanisms and control extent

• Literature Review of Current Studies on Management Control in MNCs

  • Factors influencing management control

    • Environmental context

      • Uncertainty

      • Heterogeneity/complexity/institutional framework

      • Economic and technological imperatives

    • Organizational context

      • Age

      • Subsidiary size

      • Ownership and resource provision

      • Culture

      • Country of origin effect

  • Moderators

    • Expatriates

    • The role of trust

    • International experience of organizational units

    • Organization culture

    • Personality traits

    • Interaction of strategy, power and interdependence

      • MNC strategy

      • Interdependence

      • Power

  • Discussion

  • A comprehensive model of management control fit

• Cultural Research on Central and Eastern Europe

  • The aftermath of communism

• Method

  • Semi-structured interview

  • Potential sources of bias and ways of dealing with it

  • Qualitative content analysis

  • Validity and reliability

  • Validity and reliability check in the present study

  • Rationale for chosen methodology

• Sample

• Market entry mode

• Management Control Types in MNC Headquarters

  • Explicit MNC control

    • Extent of centralization

    • Extent of standardization

    • Extent of formalization

    • Extent of output & performance control

    • Extent of expatriate control

    • Reasons for using Host-Country Nationals (HCN)

  • Implicit MNC control

    • Control by lateral relations

    • Control by informal communication and personal intra-group networks

    • Control by international management training

    • Control by organizational culture

  • Communication HQ-subsidiary

    • Intensity of communication

    • Group language

    • Communication functions

  • Conclusion: extent and types of control classified

    • Frequency of control types

    • Combinations of control types

    • Control extent: operational versus strategic control

• Contingencies: the political and economic framework in CEE

  • Political risk

    • Political instability

    • Bureaucracy

    • Corruption

    • Legal constraints

    • Summary political risk

  • Economic and firm level risk

    • Risk of concealment of relevant information

    • Development stage (maturity) and poor data quality

    • Lack of understanding for Western management concepts and control

    • Qualified personnel

    • Summary of economic and firm level risk

  • Culture

  • Some CEE-wide parallels in cultural perceptions based on communism

• Moderators

  • Moderators on the organizational level

  • Moderators on the individual level

• Propositions and managerial implications

• Major Findings

• Conclusion: cultural differences, contingencies, moderators and management control in MNCs

• Directions for future research

• Discussion

• Managerial implications

  • Determinants of effective management control and business success in CEE

  • Managerial implications of perceived cultural differences

  • Strategic success factors for implementing management control

    • Implementation challenges

    • Implementation mediators

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