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Author: | Di Guardo, C. Valentini, G. |
Title: | Taking actively advantage of MNCs' presence |
Journal: | Small business economics
2007 : JAN, VOL. 28:1, p. 55-68 |
Index terms: | investments multinational companies small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This article suggest that besides the normal benefits to host economy the local firms can benefit from the presence of a multinational corporation (MNC) by seeking and developing actively close customer-supplier relationships. The hypothesis that this may happen through a commitment of resources to relation-specific investments is the starting point for the authors, and support for their view is found in a sample of SMEs suppliers of ST Microelectronics. It is shown that by doing relation-specific investments, local firms can grow and improve their innovativeness. |
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