After the 2008 economic slowdown, and with increasing assault from enterprises from emerging economies, many innovative strategic leaders of multinational enterprises are forced to radically transform their enterprises. They often choose to change from low-cost strategy to innovation-driven product differentiation strategy. In this study, we use a multi-level Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM) a...

A series of engineering design courses, called global product realization, has been offered to university students of various countries in the last four years. Each course was organized with different partner companies and universities and with different pedagogical objectives. This paper summarizes the experiences considering organizational, professional, technological, pedagogical, and practi...

As a new IT paradigm for users, cloud computing has the potential to transform the way that IT resources are utilized and consumed. Many multinational enterprises (MNEs) are interested in cloud computing but do not know how to adopt and implement cloud computing in their enterprise settings. In an effort to help MNEs understand cloud computing and develop successful enterprise adoption strategi...

The Multinational Enterprise (MNE) is recognized as a Complex Adaptive System (CAS). General characteristics of a CAS are identified and explored as to their particular relevance to organizational processes associated with MNEs. The exploration suggests useful insights into the macro behavior of MNEs. Analysis supports CAS research as a potentially valuable model in understanding the macro proc...

Number and complexity of compliance requirements for companies steadily increase. Enterprises focus on the implementation of compliance programs to ensure conformance with rules and regulations. However, it is the employees’ compliant behavior and their understanding of compliance requirements that support realization and ensure conformance. Thus, companies must ask how to integrate employees i...

In this paper, we investigate the optimal choice of transfer pricing regulations from a normative point of view. In this context we put special emphasis on the treatment of business relocations. Two inefficiencies may arise: First, firms may structure a transaction as multinational enterprise (MNE) for tax reasons even though it would be welfare enhancing to carry out the transaction between un...