Regional Management as a System

Rebecca Piekkari (), Phillip C. Nell and Pervez N. Ghauri
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Rebecca Piekkari: Aalto University
Phillip C. Nell: Copenhagen Business School
Pervez N. Ghauri: King’s College London

Management International Review, 2010, vol. 50, issue 4, No 7, 513-532

Abstract: Abstract We apply information processing theory to investigate the evolution of regional management. Based on a longitudinal case study of a European multinational we capture the overall structural development of the firm and within this context, we conduct an in-depth analysis of two regions and their regional management centres. We conceptualise regional management as a system of differentiated centres. The notion that headquarters can be found in a single location is replaced by the view that headquarters’ activities are spatially distributed within a system. Over time, this multi-level system adapts to changing information processing requirements.

Keywords: Regional management; System; Information processing; Regional headquarters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s11575-010-0044-1

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