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creators_name: Martin, G.
creators_name: Beaumont, P.
title: Diffusing 'best practice' in multinational firms: prospects, practice and contestation
ispublished: pub
subjects: HF
divisions: 40103000
keywords: Mne, best practice, ihrm, benchmarking
abstract: This article explores the possibilities and problems of transferring best practice within multinational enterprises. Following a discussion of the literature on the transfer of best practice, we draw on a case study of ABB to highlight some of the issues and problems involved. In particular, we focus on the use of benchmarking as a powerful tool for the diffusion of best practice in ABB. We conclude that under certain conditions the case for the transfer of best practice within multinational enterprises is relatively sound and that the use of internal benchmarking can be a highly effective method of producing such organizational change. However, any form of diffusion has to take into account (a) the local cultural and institutional context and (b) the ability and incentive of local managers to implement best practice.
date: 1998
date_type: published
publisher: Taylor & Francis
id_number: 10.1080/095851998340955
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/095851998340955
uniqueid: glaseprints:1998-57536
published_online: 2010-12-09
issn_online: 1466-4399
scopus_impact: 38
scopus_cluster: 2-s2.0-0344824053
scopus_datestamp: 2013-10-26 04:36:26
full_text_status: none
publication: International Journal of Human Resource Management
volume: 9
number: 4
pagerange: 671-695
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0958-5192
hoa_compliant: 305
hoa_date_pub: 2010-12-09
hoa_exclude: FALSE
hoa_gold: FALSE
citation:    Martin, G. <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/5389.html> and Beaumont, P. <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/10156.html>  (1998)  Diffusing 'best practice' in multinational firms: prospects, practice and contestation.   International Journal of Human Resource Management <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/International_Journal_of_Human_Resource_Management.html>, 9(4),  pp. 671-695.   (doi: 10.1080/095851998340955 <https://doi.org/10.1080/095851998340955>)