This is the first book to specifically address the subsidiary development process--a phenomenon by which multinational company subsidiaries enhance their resources and capabilities. It shows how this process is integral to multinational corporate evolution, which is largely driven by changes in subsidiaries and their development. It also illustrates how the trend towards greater international dispersal of value-adding activities has impacted on this process and on multinational evolution as a whole.
Language
English
Pages
416
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Release
June 15, 1998
ISBN
0312214715
ISBN 13
9780312214715
Multinational Corporate Evolution and Subsidiary Development
This is the first book to specifically address the subsidiary development process--a phenomenon by which multinational company subsidiaries enhance their resources and capabilities. It shows how this process is integral to multinational corporate evolution, which is largely driven by changes in subsidiaries and their development. It also illustrates how the trend towards greater international dispersal of value-adding activities has impacted on this process and on multinational evolution as a whole.