Honeywell Technology Center (HTC) is the central R & D organization of Honeywell, Inc, almost 40% of sales Honeywell comes from the U.S., and this figure is expected to reach 45% or more by 2000. However, HTC, based in Minneapolis, is a long distance from international markets. The HTC is growing awareness that HTC has become more international support for Honeywell for growth. However, HTC management is far from a consensus on how the internationalization of R & D. Can culture be played HTC outside of the United States? How quickly should HTC move? Who will be in the new R & D organizations? These organizations will be funded? If an international R & D sites as centers of excellence for specific technologies, or they must be an application centers using technology developed in Minneapolis, or both?
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by Andrew C. Inkpen Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management 22 pages. Publication Date: September 14, 1998. Prod. #: TB0203-PDF-ENG
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