On Information Technology And Enterprise Cross Nation Management

Since in the 1980's, information technology has developing at an amazing speed, which will have a far-reaching influence on productive force and relation of production in the twenty-first century. Under the circumstances of the fast development of information technology, great changes will and have taken place in the situations in which enterprises develop. Only gearing to the changes, enterprises will develop freely. It can be said that, under the conditions of information technology, transnational management has been the prerequisites for the development of the enterprises and making use of information technology to promote transnational management is the key link for enterprises to cater to the challenges brought about by the new century.The enterprises all over the world, especially those giant transnational enterprises, have acquired rich experience and summarized the aspects of the utilization of information technology. Having used information technology in production, management, administration, research and development, sales and market, these enterprises have greatly improved efficiency and quality of work, production efficiency and international competitive power. Establishing the theory how information technology influences transnational management of enterprises, analyzing the status quo of the enterprises's information construction in our country, finding out the achievements and deficiency in making use of information technology to promote transnational management and pointing out the way to the questions, will be of great importance to our enterprises in their implementing "go-abroad" strategy and carrying out transnational management well. This is the starting point of the article. The train of thought of the article is: At first, the author simply elaborated the implication and development trend of information technology; Then, the author focused on the exposition how information technology influences transnational management of enterprises; In the end, the author analyzed the status quo of making use of information technology to promote transnational management of enterprises in our country and at the same time set forth some constructive suggestions.The article is divided into four parts, as follow:Part one, information technology is the impetus to increase the world economy in the twenty-first century. The part focused on the idea that the development andutilization of information technology created a favorable external environment for enterprises' transnational management. At first, the part analyzed the implication and development trend of information technology and then expounded information technology is the impetus to increase the world economy in the twenty-first century. Specifically, information technology has brought about a new revolution in the field of international commerce, in which there has been creation in the procedure mechanism and the way of transaction or management, and the construction of the international commerce develops with the tendency of high level and "softening". Information technology also advanced the development of international direct investment, widening the fields of international direct investment and setting forth the pluralism of the main body of international direct investment. At the same time, it accelerated the course of financial internationalizatin, with the course of financial market's internationalizatin going fast and the internationalizatin of financial institution becoming obvious.Part two, information technology is the powerful driving force of transnational management of enterprises. The part focused on the idea that the development and utilization of information technology have greatly improved the internal operational mechanism, offered the powerful driving force of transnational management of enterprises and accelerated the course of transnational management of enterprises. Specifically, the development and utilization of information technology caused the continual readjustment of the strategy of transnational manageme...