Omar Salgado Intenational Manufacturing

Abstract: This paper presents the evolution of a multinational’s subsidiary in an emerging country and aims to uncover barriers to its accomplishment of its intended strategic role throughout its evolution. Throughout a historical study going back 40 year, the paper depicts subsidiary evolution milestones and highlights barriers to developing and deploying capabili-ties which either transferred ...

Abstract: This paper presents an historical study of 70 years of Multinational Company’s manufacturing network evolution based on business transactions and semi-structured interviews with managers. This history’s milestones and evolutionary stages emerged from the analysis and two evolutionary characteristics were identified: Capability Exploration and Capability Exploitation denoting how the company increased its corporate knowledge and ...

Abstract: In the era of globalization companies seem to be rootless showing an expertise of transferring production lines or complete factories across borders. These activities go beyond the initial strategic goals of what market to serve and where it is cheaper to produce; there are complex operational challenges such as finding the right source in ...

Abstract: The study of networks in International Business is recurrently focused on issues influencing the configuration and coordination of foreign business units that, depending on their activities are called either Plants or Subsidiaries; differences between both concepts have had little attention in the literature, regardless the confusion that a misuse of them may produce in ...

Abstract: Plants along an International Manufacturing Network play specific roles that enables MNE’s to convey their products and services to one or several target markets with certain affinity that produces a particular degree of success; however the role may loose coherence if it is not maintained by paying attention to internal and external factors. This ...

Abstract: Ways MNE’s allocate, manage and empower their subsidiaries is important subject for International Business. From network perspective, the allocation of resources and standardization of subsidiaries’ capabilities are key functions of headquarters; on the other hand, continuous improvement of subsidiary’s capabilities and their differentiation are on local managers’ duties. These different perspectives bring into discussion ...

Abstract: Subsidiaries located on free trade areas may adopt heterogeneous procurement strategies to fulfil markets’ requirements. Additionally to the cost advantages; the number of trade agreements in which a location is immersed, impact importantly on subsidiary’s sourcing patterns and product configuration. This paper explains through case studies, important implications that trade agreements have on the ...