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"Global Most Admired Companies"

Fortune, October 19, 2000.

Synopsis:

This article with several subsections explains diverse aspects of management of GE, the company that has topped the Global Most Admired list for the third year in a row. Focusing on GE’s operations in Asia, this article explains how the world’s most admired company is trying to become a truly global corporation. Cross-border leveraging, coupled with the mindset of ‘global products and local markets’ and the globalization of intellect, has been one of GE’s most powerful global weapons. This article also explains how the globalization has affected the GE’s expatriate policy.

Full-text Article: http://www.fortune.com/fortune/globaladmired/stories/0,7762,CS|54928,00.html, http://www.fortune.com/fortune/globaladmired/stories/0,7762,CS|54928-5,00.html and http://www.fortune.com/fortune/globaladmired/stories/0,7762,CS|54928-6,00.html

Text connection:

Chapter 1 "Globalization" (pp.5-7) and Chapter 18 "Global Human Resource Management"(pp.573-577).

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