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HOW MULTINATIONALS CAN MANAGE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL FORCES

Thomas N. Gladwin (Associate Professor in the Department of Management)
Ingo Walter (Professor of International Business, New York University Graduate School of Business Administration)

Journal of Business Strategy

ISSN: 0275-6668

Article publication date: 1 January 1980

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Abstract

Multinationals operate in a setting where the rules of the game are ambiguous, contradictory, and subject to rapid change. The consequences of such conflict for the firm can be serious, ranging from nationalization and expropriation to increased operating costs and losses of market share, managerial control, and valuable executive time. Here are five ways of coping management may try.

Citation

Gladwin, T.N. and Walter, I. (1980), "HOW MULTINATIONALS CAN MANAGE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL FORCES", Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 54-68. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038889

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1980, MCB UP Limited

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