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Sourcing patterns of foreign-owned multinational subsidiaries in Europe

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Ana Teresa Tavare
Stephen Young
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Tavares A. T. and Young S. (2006) Sourcing patterns of foreign-owned multinational subsidiaries in Europe, Regional Studies 40 , 583--599. This paper investigates the determinants of the international sourcing propensities of foreign-owned multinational (MNE) subsidiaries in four European Union host countries. Major findings concern the impact of subsidiary roles and economic integration on international sourcing patterns. Regional and global integration are leading to a greater import-orientation among MNE subsidiaries, including Product Mandate firms that are assumed to be strongly embedded within host economies. The results cast doubts on existing criteria for inward foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction. Policy implications are developed relating to the attraction of inward FDI and to corporate development policies. Tavares A. T. et Young S. (2006) La distribution des sources d'approvisionnement des filiales multinationales à capital étranger en Europe, Regional Studies 40 , 583--599. Cet article cherche à examiner les déterminants de la propensité à s'approvisionner au niveau international des filiales multinationales à capital étranger dans quatre pays d'accueil. D'importants résultats concernent l'impact des rôles secondaires et de l'intégration économique sur la distribution internationale des sources d'approvisionnement. L'intégration régionale et mondiale amène à une tendance à l'importation plus importante des filiales des sociétés multinationales, y compris les sociétés à produit autorisé, censées être bien ancrées dans le pays d'accueil. Les résultats mettent en doute les critères actuels qui favorisent l'investissement direct étranger. On développe les implications de politique qui se rapportent à l'attrait de l'investissement direct étranger et à la politique de développement d'entreprise. Sociétés multinationales  Filiales  Sources d'approvisionnement  Union européenne Tavares A. T. und Young S. (2006) Beschaffungsmuster in ausländischem Besitz befindlicher multinationaler Tochtergesellschaften in Europa, Regional Studies 40 , 583--599. Dieser Aufsatz untersucht die bestimmenden Faktoren der internationalen Beschaffungspräferenzen von in ausländischem Besitz befindlichen multinationalen (MNE) Tochtergesellschaften in vier Gastländern der EU. Die Hauptbefunde betreffen die Auswirkung der Tochtergesellschaftsrollen und wirtschaftlicher Integration auf internationale Beschaffungsmuster. Regionale und globale Integration führen zu verstärkter Importorientierung unter MNE Tochtergesellschaften, einschließlich Produktauftragsfirmen, von denen man annimmt, daß sie fest in Gastgeberwirtschaften verankert sind. Die Ergebnisse lassen Zweifel an gegenwärtig vorgebrachten Kriterien für die Attraktion vom Ausland getätigter Direktinvestitionen (FDI) aufkommen. Es werden Implikationen der Bestrebungen entwickelt, die sich auf die Attraktion vom Ausland vorgenommener FDI und auf korporative Entwicklungsbestrebungen beziehen. Multinationale Unternehmen  Tochtergesellschaften  Beschaffung & emsp;europäische Union Tavares A. T. y Young S. (2006) Modelos de contratación en filiales multinacionales de propiedad extranjera en Europa, Regional Studies 40 , 583--599. En este artículo investigo cuáles son los factores que determinan una predisposición a la contratación internacional de filiales multinacionales de propiedad extranjera en cuatro países anfitriones europeos. Uno de los resultados más importantes es el impacto que tienen la función de las filiales y la integración económica en los modelos de contrataciones internacionales. La integración regional y global conducen a una mayor orientación en lo que respecta a las importaciones entre las filiales de multinacionales de propiedad extranjera, como es el caso de las empresas con exclusividad de productos que se supone que están bien arraigadas en las economías anfitrionas. Los resultados ponen en entredicho los criterios actuales de la atracción interna de inversión extranjera directa (IED). Aquí se desarrollan implicaciones políticas con relación a la atracción interna de IED y las políticas de desarrollo corporativo. Empresas multinacionales  Filiales  Contratación  Uni ón Europea

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Volume (Year): 40 (2006)
Issue (Month): 6 (August)
Pages: 583-600
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