Centralize or decentralize the decision making in a subsidiary arab companies case study

• Autor(a) principal: Marques, Ricardo João Dias
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16134
• topic: Centralization; Decentralization; Middle East; Subsidiaries; Gestão de empresas; Estratégia organizacional; Tomada de decisão; Cadeia de valor; Empresa associada; Médio Oriente

The emergent markets have been one of the key drivers of the new globalized economy. Today, having a clear perspective on how we should leverage and allocate decision making processes throughout the value chain of an organization is more important than ever. When we look at today´s organizations, we also understand the critical role of centralization or decentralization processes as a key factor for competiveness in markets that require local adaptation. So, it becomes important to study the companies positioning and organizational strategy, regarding decision making, since it´s has a clear impact on the improvement of the subsidiaries structures in their operating markets. In this dissertation, we will present not only the importance and the typology of different subsidiaries, but also understand, from a conducted research in an emergent market like Middle East, how the decision making process is perceived in their overall subsidiaries management.