A systematic framework for international human strategies

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Chen, Hai-Ming^* | Chang, Che-Cheng

Affiliations: Department of Management Sciences, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Hai-Ming Chen, Department of Management Sciences, Tamkang University, No. 151 Ying-Chuan Rd. Tamsui, Taipei, 25137 Taiwan. Tel: +886 2 26215656/2186; Fax: +886 2 8631 3214; E-mail: haimingchen1226@gmail.com; carmine.sky@msa.hinet.net.

Abstract: In this increasingly competitive era, internationalization strategy has adopted by firms and international human has been regarded as the essential factor that affects the operation of MNEs. Based on contingency theory and the induction method to analyze and collect data from the literature, this paper attempts to construct an International human strategies framework for different internationalization situations. Furthermore, we interviewed with related staffs in four Taiwan enterprises that adopted various International human strategies to correspond the four internationalization situations considered in this study. We hope this international human strategies framework will facilitate MNEs to create and maintain their competitive advantages.

Keywords: MNEs, Taiwan enterprises, international situation, human strategy

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-150838

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 249-261, 2015