Brookfield, Jonathan; Liu, Ren-Jye - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management 22 (2005) 4, pp. 355-380
Replication can be a powerful strategy for firms, but the replication of organizational practices is not easy, and … there exists a real tension between replication and adaptation. This paper looks at the sourcing strategies and supplier … networks of three Taiwanese machine tool companies in mainland China to understand the conditions under which replication may …