The Application of Geographical Information Systems to Multinational Finance Corporations

15 Pages Posted: 10 Dec 2007

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Richard Berntsson-Svensson

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Information Systems, Technology & Management

George Haggar

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Information Systems, Technology & Management

Aybuke Aurum

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Information Systems, Technology & Management

Vincent J. Hooper

SP Jain School of Global Management

Date Written: 2007

Abstract

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are decision support tools that capture, store and analyze spatial data (i.e. geographically referenced data)and help decision makers to relate different type of data in a spatial context and to reach a conclusion about this relationship. Traditionally, GIS technology has been frequently applied in disciplines such as surveying and land analysis. The research examines the possibility of implementing a GIS in Multinational Corporations (MNC) to help analyze multinational financing issues. In other words, this study removes GIS technology from its usual context, and applies it to the financial domain of MNC. Our results shows that each multinational's responses, with regards to implementation areas and design features differed. Furthermore, it was clear that these differences can be attributed to the industry in which the multinational operates, as well as the features that are characteristic of each multinational.

Keywords: Geographical information systems, multinational finance, spatial

Suggested Citation

Berntsson-Svensson, Richard and Haggar, George and Aurum, Aybuke and Hooper, Vincent James, The Application of Geographical Information Systems to Multinational Finance Corporations (2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1057741 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1057741

Richard Berntsson-Svensson

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Information Systems, Technology & Management ( email )

Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia

George Haggar

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Information Systems, Technology & Management ( email )

Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia

Aybuke Aurum (Contact Author)

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Information Systems, Technology & Management ( email )

Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia

Vincent James Hooper

SP Jain School of Global Management ( email )

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