Language management in multinational companies
Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal
ISSN: 1352-7606
Article publication date: 1 June 2003
Abstract
The importance of language management in multinational companies has never been greater than today. Multinationals are becoming ever more conscious of the importance of global coordination as a source of competitive advantage, and language remains the ultimate barrier to aspirations of international harmonisation. The article reviews the solutions open to multinational companies in term of language management. Before that, however, it discusses the aforementioned trend to globalisation outlines the dimensions of the language barrier and illustrates its consequences.
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Citation
Feely, A.J. and Harzing, A. (2003), "Language management in multinational companies", Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 37-52. https://doi.org/10.1108/13527600310797586
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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