Assess graduate-level understanding of how strategic talent management practices (e.g., workforce planning, acquisition, development, retention, global mobility, succession and leadership development) affect organizational performance and innovation in multinational high-technology firms. Scope includes causal mechanisms linking talent practices to outcomes (productivity, R&D output, time-to-market), cross-border challenges for knowledge transfer and integration, measurement and empirical evidence, and managerial implications; questions will require critical analysis of contingencies, trade-offs, and evidence-based strategy design.