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Asea Brown Boveri, Ltd.

Asea Brown Boveri, Ltd. Group 5: Kerstin Hold Gracja Rudomino Daniel Schweifer Ute Teufelberger Peter Zajac WS 2003/04. Introduction. ASEA founded 1883. BBC Brown Boveri founded 1891. MERGER. founded 1987. 140.000 employees in 100 countries today.

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Asea Brown Boveri, Ltd.

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  1. Asea Brown Boveri, Ltd. Group 5: Kerstin Hold Gracja Rudomino Daniel Schweifer Ute Teufelberger Peter Zajac WS 2003/04

  2. Introduction ASEA founded 1883 BBC Brown Boveri founded 1891 MERGER founded 1987 140.000 employees in 100 countries today

  3. ABB Ural ControlSystem:The early beginning • ABB Power Plant Control Mannheim  Permskaja GRES • Russian specialists trained in Mannheim for two years ( Inpatriates) • Developed specific knowledge • Successful implementation after come back

  4. Candidate Characteristics Inpatriate Developed Emerging Flexibility H H Difficulty in adaptation M L Relative cost characteristics L L Motivation to participate H H Formal business education L L Willingness to accept position H H Inpatriate Characteristics in Emerging Markets

  5. Joint Venture (1) • Joint Venture for Power Plant ControlSystem • Contribution • ABB: complete know-how on the system • Permskaja GRES: office buildings, real estate, engineers

  6. Joint Venture (2) • Technopromexport joined negotiations  new markets for ABB • 3 parts signed shareholders agreement

  7. Staffing decisions • Only one German in Joint Venture staff (Deputy General Director)  regional approach  parent country nationals only if expertise knowledge required

  8. Difficulties in HRM • Russian employees used to social benefits, couldn´t be offered • Contracts obsolete because of inflation  unpossible to fix engineers salaries • Unable to motivate sales personnel

  9. Comment • ABB tries to balance Global Integration and Local Adaption • Reason for failure: • Transition • Instability • Recent years

  10. Conclusion (1) What motivated ABB to expand into Russia? • Advantage to receive more orders • Increase of market shares  market leader • Reducing trade barriers

  11. Conclusion (2) What was the motivation to choose high number of Inpatriates? • Able to address people in emerging markets more effectively • Advantage in social knowledge  better skills

  12. The End

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