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This book discusses the issues and challenges of organizing and managing in the context of a globalized world. It provides insights and perspectives on the realities of organization in a world where governance structures, organizational processes, management practices, and employment relations are in a vortex of transformation. It analyzes the political, economic, sociological, cultural, institutional, and legal factors that shape these realities.
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Organizing and Managing in the Era of Globalization
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Organizing and Managing in the Era of Globalization
Edited by
Pritam Singh Subir Verma
Copyright © Pritam Singh and Subir Verma, 2010 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. First published in 2010 by Response Books Business books from SAGE B1/I-1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area Mathura Road, New Delhi 110 044, India Sage Publications Inc 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320, USA Sage Publications Ltd 1 Oliver’s Yard, 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP, United Kingdom Sage Publications Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd 33 Pekin Street #02-01 Far East Square Singapore 048763 Published by Vivek Mehra for SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, Phototypeset in 11/13pt Minion by Star Compugraphics Private Limited, Delhi and printed at Chaman Enterprises, New Delhi. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data â•… Organizing and managing in the era of globalization/edited by Pritam Singh and Subir Verma. ╅╅╇ p. cm. â•… Includes bibliographical references and index. â•… 1. Management. 2. International trade. 3. International business enterprises— Management. 4. Globalization—Economic aspects. I. Singh, P. (Pritam) II. Verma, Subir. HD31.0778╅╅╅╅╇ 658'.049—dc22╅╅╅╅╇ 2009╅╅╅╅╇ 2009038703 ISBN:╇ 978-81-321-0246-5 (HB) The Sage Team:╇ Reema Singhal and P.K. Jayanthan Cover design by LED Concepts and Designs Pvt. Ltd.
Contents
List of Tablesâ•… ix List of Figuresâ•… xi Prefaceâ•… xiii Acknowledgmentsâ•… xv 1 An Introductionâ•… 1 Pritam Singh and Subir Verma 2 Globalizationâ•… 22 Stewart Roger Clegg 3 Organizational Democracy in the Age of Globalization: Issues and Challengesâ•… 57 Subir Verma 4 Sustainability of the International Sourcing Modelâ•… 111 David Knights
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5 Organizing for the Global Market: Understanding the Impact of Business Process Offshoringâ•… 146 Abhoy K. Ojha 6 Building Competitiveness Over Time: The Ambidexterity Factorâ•… 171 Patrick Besson and Marion Soulerot 7 Join the Club: Entrepreneurial SMEs and Collaborative R&D Networksâ•… 189 Ronald C. Beckett and Paul Kenneth Couchman 8 Globalization, Migration and Knowledge Transfer: The Reconfiguration of R&D Capability in Indian Pharmaceutical Firmsâ•… 210 Dinar Kale and Stephen Edgar Little 9 Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance and Indian Business Elitesâ•… 232 Ajit Nayak, Mairi Maclean, Charles Harvey and Robert Chia 10 Managerial Values in Developing Countries: Global Convergence or Local Divergenceâ•… 259 Alfred Jaeger, Ilan Avrichir, Arif Nazir Butt, Mehdi Farashahi and Taieb Hafsi 11 Localization or Globalization? The Case of Japanese Multinational Companies in Vietnamâ•… 272 Anne Ngoc Vo
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12 The Local and the Professionalâ•… 290 Susan Mate 13 Indian Call Center Workers: Pioneers of a Global Middle Classâ•… 304 Jonathan Murphy 14 Some Propositions about National Culture and New Public Managementâ•… 326 Soma Pillay and Eve Anderson 15 Sourcing and Manufacturi