INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT Conference Symposia Abstracts.

This section focuses on several symposia abstracts presented at a conference on international management. "Transfer of HR Systems and Practices in MNCs" centers on the effects that diffusion of human resource practices has on the management of multinational corporations from a comparative perspective. "Careers Across Cultures: Toward an International Vision of Career Management" focuses on understanding alternatives to the Euro-American model of careers by examining career behavior and management in different national and cultural contexts. The symposium, "Strategy in Chinese Firms: Institutional Antecedents, Processes and Outcomes," is designed to further the understanding of Chinese management with particular emphasis on indigenous Chinese firms' strategies and their continuing internationalization.