Subsidiaries of Multinational Companies: Foreign Locations Gaining Competencies?

作者: Martina Fuchs

DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-8198.2008.00161.X

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摘要: In order to better understand the competitiveness of companies and with this their surrounding regions, economic geography related disciplines focus on topics, such as knowledge learning. The article spotlights acquisition ‘competencies’ in foreign subsidiaries multinational manufacturing necessary preconditions for take place. This topic is one most vibrant areas research more specifically debate learning, not least because corporations have become exceptionally important actors world economy thus extraordinarily significant various regions.

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