Summary Little is known about how MNE-affiliates are using their linkage capabilities to source or combine technological inputs in emerging economies. This paper attempts to address this critical gap in the literature by comparing and contrasting innovation practices (IPs) employed by...

This paper examines the behavioural differences between multinational and local enterprises in their role as agents of development and transformation in the Indian pharmaceuticals industry. A case study of two large enterprises in the pharmaceuticals industry shows how a model of development...

This paper describes how the development of the microelectronics industry in Taiwan has followed an evolutionary path that eventually led to the formation of the ‘Triple-alliance’. The ‘Triple-alliance’ model postulates that a nation's industrialization is fundamentally underpinned by...