argued that subsidiaries operating in developing countries that also have parent firms from developing countries might behave differently because of a greater autonomy DC MNEs grant to their networks of subsidiaries. Due to the parent firm's lack of sophisticated firm-specific advantages, DC MNEs may not exercise a tight control on their networks of subsidiaries the same way AC MNEs do. From their study of Taiwanese MNEs, the authors argued that subsidiaries of Taiwanese MNEs are allowed to be more autonomous in order to be more responsive to the local environment. Often, this could lead to subsidiary initiatives that are more geared toward the local market conditions. Subsidiary evolution could therefore be based on paths other than becoming R&D technological excellence centers for the MNE networks