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BRANCH-PLANT ECONOMY [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Corporate Economics
DEF

An economy in which a large share of business activity is carried out by subsidiaries of foreign corporations.

OBS

This means that important decisions on investment, jobs, research and development, new products, export markets, and financing are made in another country and not in the country where the activity may take place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Économie de l'entreprise

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía nacional e internacional
  • Economía empresarial
CONT

[El] concepto [de] economía de planta sucursal […] enfatiza problemas de control interno e impedimentos funcionales para aquellas regiones industriales receptoras que, al paso del tiempo, se transformaban en sitios que incubaban las más rutinarias partes de la cadena de producción […]. En este sentido, la economía de planta sucursal refleja la subordinación de ciertas regiones, entendidas como periféricas o semi-periféricas, dentro de divisiones de trabajo más amplias, mientras que la orden y el control de funciones, así como actividades productivas de mayor valor agregado, se concentran en regiones más avanzadas […]

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