Exploring Patterns of Upstream Internationalization : The Role of Home-Region ‘Stickiness’

Recent work has emphasized the importance of regional strategies downstream, adding new depth to the debate on ‘globalization’. This paper adds to the debate by exploring the regional dimension upstream for a sample of Triad-based Fortune 500 firms. We find support for our hypothesis that MNEs with higher levels of value-added upstream are relatively constrained in their ability to shift that activity outside the home region due to its strategic significance to home-region stakeholders

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Muller, Alan ; Tulder, Rob van
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Globalisierung \| Globalization \| Multinationales Unternehmen \| Transnational corporation \| Internationale Geschäftsbeziehungen \| International business \| Ursprungsregeln \| Rules of origin \| Internationales Management \| International management \| Stakeholder