%0 Journal Article %A Zaidah, Mustaffa %A Md Zabid, Abdul Rashid %A Murali, Sambasivan %A Universiti Putra Malaysia, %A Open University Malaysia, %A University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand, %D 2007 %F library_repository:591 %J International Journal of Management & Decision Making %K Corporate culture ; Foreign subsidiaries %N 2/3/4 %P 268-289 %T Strategic roles of foreign multinational subsidiaries in Malaysia %U https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/591/ %V 8 %X The article presents a study which investigates the strategic roles of foreign multinational subsidiaries in Malaysia. The objective of the study is to explore the different strategic roles of these companies in terms of integration, local responsiveness and technological capabilities of the subsidiaries. Researchers found that these strategic roles were dependent upon the firm and industry characteristics.