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An important development in recent years has been the increasing interest in the evolution of multinational corporations (MNCs). Rather than examining questions of MNC strategy and structure in a cross-sectional fashion, a number of scholars have focused their attention on the developmental trajectory by which firms undertake foreign investment, configure their world-wide activities, and achieve coordination among them.
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Chang, S.J., Rosenzweig, P.M. (1998). Functional and Line of Business Evolution Processes in MNC Subsidiaries: Sony in the USA, 1972–95. In: Birkinshaw, J., Hood, N. (eds) Multinational Corporate Evolution and Subsidiary Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26467-4_12
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