The influence of utilising government initiatives, servicing foreign MNCs and internationalisation on strategic planning process of local companies in Singapore

  • N.H. Lee

Student thesis: Doctoral ThesisDoctor of Philosophy

Abstract

This research focuses on two groups of local companies; namely, high-growth local companies and other local companies, to examine and compare the influence of utilising governmental initiatives, servicing foreign MNCs and internationalisation on their strategic planning process. The theme of this thesis argues that the approach of an organisation towards strategic planning is not only determined by the internal influences; namely, its firm size and the planning behaviour and attitude of an entrepreneur, as revealed in the literature, but it can also be affected by external influences. The theoretical contribution of this research determines this unique situation in Singapore, and tests the robustness of the conventional models of planning in smaller companies. As a result of the external influences, this study reveals that local companies are more likely to undertake a much more formal strategic planning than the conventional Western literature and models would indicate. High-growth local companies, in comparison, however, had undertaken a more formal and rigorous strategic planning process than other local companies.
Date of Award2001
Original languageEnglish
Awarding Institution
  • Aston University

Keywords

  • government initiatives
  • servicing foreign MNCs
  • internationalisation on strategic planning process
  • local companies in Singapore
  • strategic planning
  • external infulences
  • goverement initiatives
  • internationalisation

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