A New Organisational Form in Multinational Enterprises - from M-form to W-form
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1 ABSTRACT Researchers in the adjacent fields of international business, organisation theory and strategic management recognise new organisational elements and a new organisational form in large multinational enterprises. In this paper a synthesised view of this new organisational form is presented, based on an extensive literature review. Further, the new organisation of multinational enterprises is compared to the M-form (multidivisional form) and analysed from the perspective of new institutional economics. A new "W-form" (Web-form) is hereby identified and analysed. Finally, weak points and contradictory elements in the analysis of a new form are critically discussed.
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