Inside the transnational social space: Cross-border management and owner relationship in a German subsidiary in Hungary

Chistoph Doerrenbaecher

Journal of East European Management Studies, 2007, vol. 12, issue 4, 318 - 339

Abstract: This paper examines the social relationships in and around a German subsidiary in Hungary during the first 15 years of Hungarian transition to a market economy. It draws on a recent conceptual framework that sees multinational corporations as transnational social spaces, in which transnational communities - communities of individuals that exhibit a unique cross-national organisational identity - may emerge. Empirically investigating two basic types of cross-border social relationship in multinational corporations, the paper argues that, due to the constant interplay of cross-border management and ownership relationships, the emergence of transnational communities is a demanding process, with established communities being precarious entities.

Keywords: multinational corporations; transnational social space; transnational communities; headquarters-subsidiary relationships; knowledge transfer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F16 F23 J53 P20 P31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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