Regional Management as a System - A Longitudinal Study

Management International Review, 2009

24 Pages Posted: 2 May 2013

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Rebecca Piekkari

Helsinki School of Economics & Business Administration; Aalto University School of Business

Phillip C. Nell

Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Global Business and Trade; Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation

Pervez Ghauri

King's College, London; University of Birmingham

Date Written: October 21, 2009

Abstract

We apply information processing theory and research on regional units to investigate the evolution of regional management. Based on a longitudinal case study of a European multinational we capture the overall structural development of the firm and within this context, we conduct an in-depth analysis of two regions and their regional management centres. We conceptualise regional management as a system of differentiated centres. The notion that headquarters can be found in a single location is replaced by the view that headquarters' activities are spatially distributed within a system. Over time, this multi-level system adapts to changing information processing requirements.

Keywords: regional management, system, information processing, regional headquarters

JEL Classification: F23, L20, L21, L22, M00, M10

Suggested Citation

Piekkari, Rebecca and Nell, Phillip C. and Ghauri, Pervez, Regional Management as a System - A Longitudinal Study (October 21, 2009). Management International Review, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2258938

Rebecca Piekkari

Helsinki School of Economics & Business Administration ( email )

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Helsinki 00100, 00101
Finland

Aalto University School of Business ( email )

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Finland

Phillip C. Nell (Contact Author)

Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Global Business and Trade ( email )

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Vienna, 1020
Austria

Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation ( email )

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Denmark

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Pervez Ghauri

King's College, London ( email )

Strand
London, England WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom

University of Birmingham ( email )

Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom

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