Cubillo Pinilla, José MaríaCerviño, Julio2010-03-152010-05-172010-05-172004-11The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 2004, v. 5, n. 4, pp. 231-2391368-275X1741-5098https://hdl.handle.net/10016/7321The objective of this study is to analyse the influence of a multinational corporation (MNC) on the productive network of the host territory and the proliferation of entrepreneurs. In particular, an attempt has been made to analyse the influence on the exporting activities of local SMEs – both suppliers and non-suppliers. The study has shown that strategic integrated suppliers show greater exporting tendencies than those that are not considered to be strategic suppliers for an MNC. Similarly, those companies whose founder and/or part of the executive team have worked previously in a multinational corporation show greater levels of export activity compared with those founded by local entrepreneurstext/plainapplication/pdfengInternational entrepreneurshipInternationalizationSmesMultinational corporationsNetworksExternalitiesresearch articleEconomíaopen access2314239The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation5