Great expectations. What efficiency can be reasonably anticipated in global teams?

Sylvie Chevrier (), Annick Manco () and Jeanne Salem
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Sylvie Chevrier: IRG - Institut de Recherche en Gestion - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12
Annick Manco: IOGS - Institut d'Optique Graduate School
Jeanne Salem: Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres

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Abstract: In the last twenty years, international firms have undergone various changes to become global firms. The inherent innovation potential of these global firms only materializes if the various entities cooperate efficiently and succeed in merging together their contributions. The object of this article is to examine the practical forms that this cooperation takes, so as to detect, by observing actors in global organisations, what barriers and difficulties they meet. This paper presents the empirical study of the dynamics of two R&D teams within a major French industrial group. By studying how the daily teamwork takes place, this article takes a critical look at the new models of organization and assesses how far they really favour innovation.

Keywords: cross-cultural teams; global teams; collaboration; organizational learning; distance; languages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-06-05
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Published in EURAM, Jun 2014, Valencia, Spain

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