Purpose: This paper aims to explore the effect of subsidiary autonomy on knowledge transfers during captive offshoring to emerging markets. Design/methodology/approach: Five longitudinal cases of captive R&D and manufacturing offshoring to emerging markets. Findings: The propositions entail the...

Purpose: This paper aims to explore value creation configurations pursued by suppliers in high-cost countries. The proposed value creation configuration approaches are seen as means for supplier firms to strengthen their competitiveness when faced with increasing global sourcing....