Inside the regional multinationals: A new value chain perspective on subsidiary capabilities

We discuss the strategic significance of ‘regional multinationals’, and highlight a number of conceptual and empirical challenges that a regional multinationals research agenda should address. In line with the intellectual legacy of the late Alan Rugman, we argue that to deepen our understanding of regional strategy and organization, we cannot limit ourselves to studying the multinational enterprise’s (MNE’s) geographic footprint, but we must...