This is a presentation of a research project which focuses on influence in divisions of Swedish international firms. Our aim is to study how some intraorganizational relations, i.e. relations between divisional managements usually situated in Sweden and subsidiaries mainly located in Europe,...

A subsidiary in a multinational corporation (MNC) has assets in the form of specific relationships. It is argued that the subsidiary's network is of vital importance for the development of new products, production processes and for technological information in the subsidiary. The resources...