Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Yoshitaka Yamazaki
Author-Name-First: Yoshitaka
Author-Name-Last: Yamazaki
Author-Email: yyama@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of University
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Title: A Grounded Theory Approach to Decision Making Processes of Japanese Multinational Corporations in the US
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to understand how Japanese Multinational Corporations (MNCs) make organizational decisions in the United States (US). For this purpose, a grounded theory approach conceptualized by Strauss and Corbin (1990) was employed using a sample of 8 Japanese MNCs operating in the US. Semi-structural interviews with a total of 20 managers, 10 Americans and 10 Japanese, were conducted for data collection. Two decision-making tactics emerged from the analysis of interviews through the grounded theoretical model. Five propositions were generated, illustrating the characteristics of decision-making processes of Japanese MNCs in the US. Implications for future studies will be addressed.
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Length: 45 pages
Creation-Date: 2005-04
Number: EMS_2005_01
File-URL: https://www.iuj.ac.jp/workingpapers/index.cfm?File=EMS_2005_01.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2005
File-Size: 142KB
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Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:EMS_2005_01