The Influence of Organizational Structure on the Information Received by Corporate Strategists of Multinational Enterprises

■ This study examined the extent to which formal structure actually affects the information flows from divisions to corporate strategists in multinational enterprises (MNEs). ■ The effects of divisional structure on the volume of information corporate strategists receive from various sources about country and product matters and the level of importance they attach to different sources were studied.

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