Globalization and international management: in search of an interdisciplinary approach

  • Guedes A
  • Faria A
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This paper, based on the international relations and international political economy literature, shows that the international management field has been influenced by certain national interests, particularly from the United States, and also that it reproduces a particular theory of globalization that benefits the interests of transnational corporations. One of the most concerning outcomes of this dominant perspective is the suppression of governance issues ‘managed’ by these corporations and the interests of other key agents, such as governments. The interdisciplinary approach outlined in this paper challenges the hegemonic influence of the globalist theory within the international management field. The approach proposed addresses the domains of management and governance by recognizing from a multidimensional perspective on globalization, the political and economic interfaces between public and private, and more specifically, between government and transnational corporations. This could make the knowledge produced by the field relevant not only to transnational corporations but also to local governments, local managers, public administrators and policy makers in developing countries.

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Guedes, A. L., & Faria, A. (2007). Globalization and international management: in search of an interdisciplinary approach. BAR - Brazilian Administration Review, 4(2), 20–39. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1807-76922007000200003

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