isolates headquarters from foreign subsidiaries.

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The major drawback with a polycentric approach is the gap that can form between host-country managers and parent-country managers.In addition,host-country nationals have limited opportunities to gain outside their own country and thus cannot progress beyond senior positions in their own subsidiary.Language barriers,national loyalties,and a range of cultural differences may isolate the corporate headquarters staff from the various foreign subsidiaries.

Isolates Headquarters from Foreign Subsidiaries