Objective
The aim of this research projects is to investigate the influence of top managers and board of directors on firm strategy and performance over time. While previous research has established that the characteristics of the executive team and the corporate board have a significant impact on various aspects of firm strategy, little is done to investigate such influence over time. Furthermore, most previous research is conducted on North American samples, largely ignoring the influence of country level cultural and institutional factors. Based on a comprehensive sample of world largest 2000 MNCs and their internationalization strategies over a twenty year period (1988-2007), this project aims at investigating the extent to which heterogeneity in top managers and corporate directors characteristics influence firm international activities such as international strategic alliances, international M&As and establishment of foreign subsidiaries. By applying multilevel theory and method, this project will explore how such relationships vary across different cultural contexts and what are the factors that determine such differences. The project findings will have important implications for European MNCs as they will allow a comparison with American and Asia MNCs and to draw conclusion for similarities as well as differences in corporate elites’ characteristics and firm strategies among European countries.
Keywords
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Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
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Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
2000 FREDERIKSBERG
Denmark
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