Multinational Companies
over the world. Today, Japanese firms remain prominent sources of management lessons for firms in diverse sectors and industries around the world. Country-of-Origin Effect and HRM Strategy in MNCs Broadly speaking, MNCs have two choices when it comes to international human resource management (IHRM). One of the options is to transfer home-country practices to the host country. This option essentially involves adopting a uniform HRM strategy internationally -- from the home country to the host countries (Chung and Furusawa, 2015). In other words, HRM practices in overseas operations are deliberately designed to reflect home-country practices. Empirical evidence provides strong support for the influence of country of origin on MNC's HRM strategy in overseas operations, especially… Continue Reading...