Putting the Challenges of International Human Resource Management into Historical Perspective

Paul Evans; Vladimir Pucik; Ingmar Björkman; B. Sebastian Reiche

doi:10.4324/9781003247272

Putting the Challenges of International Human Resource Management into Historical Perspective

Paul Evans, Vladimir Pucik, Ingmar Björkman, B. Sebastian Reiche

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In this reading, we examine the challenges facing ABB from the historic perspective of internationalization of the firm and the concomitant evolution of HRM. The dilemmas faced by ABB have always existed. What has changed is the nature and speed of communication between a company’s headquarters and its subsidiaries around the world. But the essential problems of being flexible and responsive to local market needs while promoting global efficiency, avoiding duplication, and coordinating and controlling diverse units and people, remain.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management
Editors	B. Sebastian Reiche, Günter K. Stahl, Mark E. Mendenhall, Gary R. Oddou
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Routledge
Publication date	2024
Edition	7th
Pages	3-25
ISBN (Print)	978-1-032-13664-6, 978-1-032-16151-8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-003-24727-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003247272
Publication status	Published - 2024
MoE publication type	D2 Article in a professional reserarch book (incl. editor's introduction, manuals, guides)

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Putting the Challenges of International Human Resource Management into Historical Perspective. / Evans, Paul; Pucik, Vladimir; Björkman, Ingmar et al.
Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management. ed. / B. Sebastian Reiche; Günter K. Stahl; Mark E. Mendenhall; Gary R. Oddou. 7th. ed. New York: Routledge, 2024. p. 3-25.

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