This paper is an attempt to systematize diversified strategic issues in global manufacturing. It focuses on technological resources and capabilities, and forward and backward supports of the manufacturing companies. With the increased competition in the marketplace, businesses are more function...

During a UN Commission meeting in 1983, Norwegian Prime Minister Brundtland came to state one of the most comprehensive definitions of sustainability: ‘meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ ( WCED Report, 1987 )....

Research on FDI mostly take the perspective of the headquarters of the multinational companies (Frost, Birkinshaw & Ensign, 2002), while this research will study from the perspective of their subsidiaries. Specifically, the purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of strategic...