3 Design and structure of the multinational enterprise
“The world has been going global for centuries, but that will mean very different things in the 21st century than it meant in the 19th or 20th. To be a leader in the future will mean thinking globally, and not only about geography.”1
Samuel J. Palmisano Former CEO, IBM (IBM Centennial Lecture March 31, 2011)
“Future-ready organizations structure themselves in ways that make them fitter, flatter, faster, and far better at unlocking value.”2
Aaron De Smet, Chris Gagnon, and Elizabeth Mygatt (Organizing for the future: Nine keys to becoming a future-ready company, McKinsey & Company, 2021: p. 8)
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