Fighting the "Headquarters Knows Best" Syndrome
Belief that headquarters knows best can be damaging to the long-term success of a company operating in global markets. One company's solution: a decision to operate out of dual headquarters, in the Netherlands and China. "No longer a prisoner of its home base, the top team was viewed as mobile, agile, and geographically dispersed," write Cyril Bouquet et al. "The company was able to make more effective resource-allocation decisions informed by diverse thinking and divergent points of view."