2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Success of foreign firms and locational preferences of foreign managers in Japan.
| Project/Area Number |
19520688
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
SCHLUNZE R.d Ritsumeikan University, 経営学部, 教授 (70319599)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 異文化経営 / グローバル都市 / 立地選好 / 外資系企業 / 異文化シナジー / ビジネス環境 / 派遣外国人 / ハイブリッドマネジャー |
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| Research Abstract |
It was discovered that the successful international manager has a hidden preference for local information networking with clients and the government. Networkability is most important to achieve corporate success in terms of local embeddedness. Cultural synergy in the intercultural workplace is created foremost by the hybrid managers who achieved the cultural competence through integration efforts in the host country culture. Because the increasing importance of global interconnectedness in the MNE network international managers developed a preference for working in the first tier global city Tokyo.
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