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Internationalization of a Company’s Activities as a Means of Survival and Growth in the Global Economic Crisis
Internationalization of a Company’s Activities as a Means of Survival and Growth in the Global Economic Crisis

Author(s): Eugen Burduş
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics, International relations/trade, Economic development
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: multinational companies; international companies; transnational companies; knowledge transfer;

Summary/Abstract: One of the explanations of developments favorable to companies or for their failures throughout the world lies in including the organization of activities outside the country of origin, the management practiced by headquarters, the parent company and its subsidiaries in the countries they were created and their conducting business. The relations between centralization and decentralization, between central unit and subsidiaries in different countries or cultures make a decisive influence on resources use, with strong impact over efficiency and competitiveness. This paper presents some considerations concerning the need of adoption, especially in a crisis, a model of the internationalization of a company’s activities, corresponding to the basic activity and to the economic, social and cultural environment where intends to expand its activities.

  • Issue Year: 10/2009
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 459-467
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English