This study investigates local vertical linkage patterns of foreign subsidiaries. Specifically, we look at the dual role of such linkages as conduits for learning as well as potential channels for spillovers to competitors. On the basis of data from 97 subsidiaries and their most important local...

This paper examines the entrepreneurial civilities of multinational subsidiaries in Malaysia, a country chosen for the study due to the presence of a large number of multinational subsidiaries in the region. Empirical research is used to determine subsidiaries entrepreneurship, extent of...

Recent research on productivity spillovers from affiliates of multinational corporations in developing and emerging economies finds that backward linkages from affiliates of foreign-owned firms to local suppliers constitute the main channel transmitting productivity spillovers. This finding has...