TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Ownership and location decisions are at the core of the development of multinational enterprises (MNEs) as they deeply impact the creation and appropriation of value in global value chains. Such decisions have been treated by extant literature mostly as oppositions characterized by trade-off alternatives, such as internalization versus externalization and domestic versus offshoring. In this chapter, we discuss the development of a multinational company, that is, De’Longhi, as it has adjusted both ownership and location choices several times over the last 15 years. The case shows that in growing firms, such as De’Longhi, ownership and location decisions are interrelated among each other and with several factors including: interdependences between value chain activities, corporate strategy, organizational culture and the time horizon of the above choices.
VL  - 30
SN  - 978-1-78743-071-6, 978-1-78743-072-3/1571-5027
DO  - 10.1108/S1571-502720170000030002
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-502720170000030002
AU  - Campagnolo Diego
AU  - Camuffo Arnaldo
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Ownership and Location in the Small Domestic Appliances Industry: The De’Longhi Case
T2  - Breaking up the Global Value Chain
T3  - Advances in International Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 3
EP  - 27
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -