Competencies in subsidiaries of multinational companies: The case of the automotive supply industry in Poland

Fuchs Martina and Winter Johannes
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Fuchs Martina: Köln
Winter Johannes: Köln

ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2008, vol. 52, issue 1, 209-220

Abstract: In order to better understand the competitiveness of companies and with this their surrounding regions, economic geographers focus on competencies in manufacturing companies. This paper discusses the major and minor driving forces, preconditions and constraints for transferring tasks from headquarters to the foreign plant. Subsidiaries of international automotive supply companies in Poland are used as case studies, offering insights into different types of competencies assigned from headquarters to the subsidiary

Keywords: multinational companies; subsidiaries; knowledge; competencies; value chains; automotive industry; Poland; Central Europe; multinational companies; subsidiaries; knowledge; competencies; value chains; automotive industry; Poland; Central Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1515/zfw.2008.0016

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