“…These investigations have sought to identify the determining factors of the level of autonomy of subsidiaries and their strategic importance within multinational corporations. The articles also have shown the importance of the competitive context and of business networks for the strategies of subsidiaries (Consoni & Quadros, 2005;Boehe & Zawislak, 2007;Amatucci & Bernardes, 2009; Oliveira Jr., Boehe & Borini, 2009), the relevance of internal mechanisms for control and coordination by the parent (Boehe, 2008;Rezende & Versiani, 2010), and the capacity of subsidiaries to develop their own organizational competencies, which can be recognized and exploited by all units of the multinational (Boehe 2007a;Boehe 2007b;Amatucci & Bernardes, 2007;Oliveira Jr., Boehe & Borini, 2009).…”