The Differentiated Network Organizing Multinational Corporations for Value Creation

by Nohria, Nitin; Ghoshal, Sumantra

• ISBN13: 9780787903312
• ISBN10: 0787903310
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-02-26
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Discover a Breakthrough Model for MNCsIn a dynamic global economy, multinational corporations (MNCs) face certain competitive challenges that traditional, hierarchical hub and spoke organizations simply aren't geared to meet. But in this landmark work, Harvard Business School professor Nitin Nohria and London Business School Professor Sumantra Ghoshal present a viable alternative -- the differentiated network. Writing for managers seeking changes in their administrative systems that boost firm performance, and for academics engaged in research organization design, the authors detail how the competitive MNC can fully tap the value creation potential of its globally distributed capabilities.

Author Biography

NITIN NOHRIA is professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School. He is the co-editor of Fast Forward and Networks and Organizations, and the co-author of Beyond the Hype. His teaching, research and consulting focus on designing and transforming organizations to achieve superior performance. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. ANUP K. GHOSH is holder of the Robert P. Bauman Chair in Strategic Leadership at the London Business School. He has also taught in the Sloan School, MIT, and at France's INSEAD. Co-author of Managing Across the Borders and other books, his award-winning case stutides, research and consulting focus on the management of large worldwide firms. He lives in London, England.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
The Differentiated Network	1	(22)
Part One: Distributed Innovation in the Differentiated Network
Distributed Innovation in Multinational Corporations (MNCs)	23	(24)
Optimal Slack for Distributed Innovation	47	(20)
Creation, Adoption, and Diffusion of Innovations Across the MNC	67	(26)
Part Two: Differentiation and Integration
Internal Differentiation Within the MNC	93	(20)
Formal Structure and Shared Values	113	(18)
Integration Through Interunit Communication	131	(20)
Integration Through Interpersonal Networks	151	(22)
Part Three: Limits and Extensions of the Differentiated Network
Requisite Complexity	173	(20)
Beyond the Differentiated Network	193	(24)
Methodological Appendix	217	(16)
References	233	(14)
The Authors	247	(2)
Index	249