Purpose

This paper aims to contribute to the multinational company (MNC) literature by studying the diffusion of a management idea within an MNC and its interaction with the MNC’s corporate immune system (CIS).

Design/methodology/approach

The qualitative single case study draws on evidence of how a management idea augments within an MNC and changes its development practice.

Findings

The study identifies four phases of the diffusion process and presents the interaction between the management idea and the CIS in each phase.

Practical implications

The more subsidiaries within an MNC that take the initiative to adopt a management idea, the harder will it become for the headquarters (HQ) to reject it. Thus, to ensure that changes in management practices are based on informed and, ideally, deliberate decisions, managers should critically evaluate management ideas immediately at inception.

Originality/value

The study breaks new ground by explaining how the CIS reacts to the diffusion of management ideas in MNCs.

中文翻译：

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跨国公司内部管理理念的扩散：在企业免疫系统的影响下

目的

本文旨在通过研究管理理念在跨国公司内部的传播及其与跨国公司的企业免疫系统 (CIS) 的相互作用，为跨国公司 (MNC) 文献做出贡献。

设计/方法/方法

定性的单一案例研究借鉴了管理理念如何在跨国公司内部增强并改变其发展实践的证据。

发现

该研究确定了传播过程的四个阶段，并介绍了每个阶段中管理理念和 CIS 之间的相互作用。

实际影响

跨国公司中主动采用管理理念的子公司越多，总部（HQ）就越难拒绝它。因此，为了确保管理实践的变化是基于知情的，理想情况下是经过深思熟虑的决策，管理人员应该在开始时立即批判性地评估管理理念。

原创性/价值

该研究通过解释独联体如何应对跨国公司管理理念的传播开辟了新天地。