COMPETITIVE PAPERS:- EIBA 1999

Preliminary Programme

Session Title, Chair, Presentation Time and Location


Monday 13th 8.45-10.00 Keynote Address Whitworth Room

Chair: Alan Rugman, Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK

What do we know about International Joint Ventures?
Peter Buckley, Leeds University Business School, UK.


CP A: Capital Markets and MNEs
Monday 13th 10.30-12.30
Chair: Christopher Kobrak, Groupe ESCP, France
Directors' Suite

European Financial Market Integration: The Case of Private Sector Bonds and Syndicate Loans.
Christian Harm, University of Munster, Germany.

The Effect of Multinationality on the Performance of Initial Public Offerings.
Ram Mudambi, Case Western Reserve University and University of Reading, Arif Khurshed, ISMA Centre, University of Reading, UK and Marc Goergen, Manchester School of Management, UMIST, UK.

Cash Management Relationships: Market-based and Credit-based Financial Systems.
Poul Houman Andersen, Niels Peter Mols, and Per Nikolaj D. Bukh, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Denmark.

In Search of Corporate Finance and Governance: Should the Transition Economies Emulate Japan’s Acclaimed "Main Bank" System?
Terutomo Ozawa, Colorado State University, USA.


CP B: Political Economic Environment and International Business
Monday 13th 10.30-12.30
Chair: Orjan Solvell, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
Whitworth Room

Global Firms, the Government Affairs Function and the WTO.
Stephen Young, University of Strathclyde, UK and Thomas L. Brewer, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Stumbling Blocks on the Silk Road: the Dynamics of International Trade and Production Relations in the Chinese Silk Industry.
Jim Newton, University of Hong Kong and Roger Strange, King’s College, London, UK.

The Behaviour of International Firms in Socio-Political Environments in the European Union.
Amjad Hadjikani, Uppsala University, Sweden and Pervez Ghauri, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.


CP C: Cross-Cultural Management
Monday 13th 10.30-12.30
Chair: Anne-Wil Harzing, University of Bradford, UK
Blenheim Room

Culture Makes a Difference – A Comparison of Cultural Standards in Austrian and German Management.
Frank Brueck, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria.

Conflict in International Management: Some Considerations on a Conceptual Framework for Conflict Resolution.
Brij Nino Kumar and Ina Graf, University Erlangen- Nuernberg, Germany.

Management Training across Cultures: the German versus the British Perspective.
Astrid Kainzbauer, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria.

Managing Japanese Manufacturing in Thailand: An Ethnographic Search for "Efficient Standardised Products across Cultures."
Mitchell Sedgwick, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.


CP D: Investment in Transition Economies and Corporate Performance
Monday 13th 10.30-12.30
Chair: Robert Pearce, University of Reading, UK
Kensington Room

Foreign Direct Investment in Poland and the Quality Catch-Up of Polish Foreign Trade.
Jorgen Ulff-Moller Nielsen, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.

The Evolution of Market Strategies and Company Performance in Eastern Europe: Empirical Evidence from Finnish and Austrian Companies.
Jarmo Nieminen, Jorma Larimo, University of Vaasa, Finland, and Reiner Springer, Vienna School of Economics and Business Administration, Austria.

Direct versus Indirect FDI: Impact on Home Country Exports and Employment. Empirical Evidence for Austrian FDI in CEECs.
Wilfried Altzinger, and Christian Bellak, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria.

Specifics of Corporate Ownership and Governance in Russia during the Post-Privatization Period.
Victoria Krivogorsky, University of Richmond, USA, Mstislav Afanasiev, Government of the Russian Federation, Russia, Pavel Kuznetsov, Center of Economic Reforms, Russia, and Alexander Fominykh, Moscow State University, Russia.


CP E: Regional Subsystems
Monday 13th 13.30-15.00
Chair: Steven Young, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Whitworth Room

The Significance of European Small Country Regions in the Geographical Division of Labour of European Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Corporations.
John Cantwell, University of Reading, UK and Grazia D. Santangelo, Universita degli studi di Catania, Italy.

International Relocalisation: Methodological Issues and Empirical Estimate s: An Analysis for the "Made in Italy" Sector.
Roberto Schiattarella, University of Camerino, Italy.

European Integration, Regional Subsystems and MNE Responsiveness: The Case of Germany.
Peter J. Buckley, Jeremy Clegg, Adam Cross, and Heinz Tuselmann, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK.


CP F: Compensation and Staffing Practices in International HRM
Monday 13th 13.30-15.00
Chair: Krzysztof Obloj, University of Warsaw, Poland
Directors' Suite

Who’s in Charge? An Empirical Study of Executive Staffing Practices in Foreign Subsidiaries.
Anne-Wil Harzing, University of Bradford, UK.

The Challenge of Expatriate Compensation: The Sources of Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction among Expatriates.
Vesa Suutari and Christelle Tornikoski, University of Vaasa, Finland.

Comparative Human Resource Management in Britain and India: An Empirical Study.
Pawan S. Budhwar, Cardiff Business School, Wales.


CP G: Export Development and Export Marketing
Monday 13th 13.30-15.00
Chair: Bernard Wolf, York University, Canada
Kensington Room

Initial Export Stimulation: Any Difference between Developed and Developing Country Factors?
Kevin I.N. Ibeh, University of Strathclyde, Scotland.

Export Channel Dynamics: An Empirical Analysis of Changes in the Organization of Foreign Distribution.
Gabriel R.G. Benito, Norwegian School of Management, Torben Pedersen and Bent Petersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Local External Influence on SME Export Marketing Activity in Marshallian Districts: An Investigation of the Danish Furniture Industry.
Poul Houman Andersen, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.


CP H: Export Performance: Country Studies
Monday 13th 15.30-17.00
Chair: Eugene Jaffe, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Bar-Ilan University, Jerusalem
Directors' Suite

Characteristics Associated with High Export Performance in the Scottish Economy.
Colin N. Wheeler, University of Strathclyde, Scotland and James H. Taggart, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

The Performance Consequences of Export Market-Oriented Behaviours: Evidence on Moderator Variables using Cross-National Data.
John W. Cadogan, Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK, Sanna Sundqvist, Risto T. Salminen, and Kaisu Puumalainen, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland.

Management Orientation and Export Performance. The case of Norwegian IT Companies.
Carl Arthur Solberg, and Ulf H. Olsson, Norwegian School of Management, Norway.


CP I: Evolutionary Dynamics in International Business II
Monday 13th 15.30-17.00
Chair: Peter Buckley, University of Leeds, UK
Whitworth Room

Historical Evolution of Technological Diversification.
John Cantwell, University of Reading, UK and Giovanna Vertova, University of Bergamo, Italy.

Dynamics of Success of SMOPEC Firms in Global Markets.
V.H. Kirpalani, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada and Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland and Reijo Luostarinen, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland.

Survival of Foreign Subsidiaries and Domestically Owned Companies in Denmark 1895-1995.
Steen Thomsen, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark


CP J: Strategies for Knowledge Acquisition
Monday 13th 15.30-17.00
Chair: Mats Forsgren, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Kensington Room

Organisational Learning and Inter-Firm Collaboration: The Case of Licensing.
Victor Corado Simoes, CEDE, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Multinationals, Technology and Transition: Knowledge Strategies and Industrial Transformation in Central and Eastern European (CEE) Economies.
Julia Manea and Robert Pearce , University of Reading, UK

Determinants of in-house R & D and Technology Transfers of MNE Subsidiaries: the Case of the Food Industry in Greece.
G. Anastassopoulos, University of Aegean, Greece and Marina Papanastassiou, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece.


CP K: International Business and Marketing Implications of E-Commerce and the Information Superhighway
Tuesday 14th 0845-10.15
Chair: Pervez Ghauri, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Blenheim Room

Research on Global Marketing & Information Technology: The State-of-the-Art.
Christopher Lettl, Department of International Marketing and Management of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria. and Bodo B. Schlegelmilch, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria.

From Technical Revolution to Market Revolution? The Case of the Insurance Industry on the Information Highways.
Bertrand Venard, ESSCA, France.

Shopping Bots: Intelligent Shopper or Virtual Department Store?
Jennifer Rowley, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Ormskirk, UK.


CP L: International Alliances
Tuesday 14th 0845-10.15
Chair: Juan Duran, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Directors' Suite

Coalition Dynamics in Service Industries – the Case of Airline Industry Alliances.
Birgit Kleymann and Hannu Seristo, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland.

Compensation Contingency and Organizational Modality in the Acquisition of Technology via International Alliance Agreements: Negotiation Power as a Moderating Variable.
Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers University, USA, and Wonchan Ra, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, Korea.

A Sensemaking Perspective on International Alliances.
Hannu Seristo and Eero Vaara, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland.


CP M: Supplier Relationships in International Business
Tuesday 14th 0845-10.15
Chair: Reijo Luostarinen, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
Kensington Room

Integration of Internationalisation Factors in a Retailers/Producers Relationship inside a Marketing Channel.
Fatna Harrar, University of Nice, France

Contexts of Firm Internationalisation: The Importance of Business and Ownership Integration.
Jesper Strandskov, and Poul Houman Andersen, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.

Distance is not Dead: Why there is an L Factor in Virtual Organisations.
Michael J. Mol, and Otto R. Koppius, Rotterdam School of Management, Netherlands.


CP N: Strategies for Technology and Knowledge Acquisition
Tuesday 14th 0845-10.15
Chair: Victor Simoes, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Whitworth Room

Technology Foresight in Industrial Firms: Learning from Experiences for Public Services Companies.
Guido Reger, University of Applied Sciences, Brandenburg, Germany, Hans Dietmar Buergel and Rene Ackel-Zakour, University of Stuttgart, Germany

From the Early Internationalisation of Corporate Technology to Global Technology Sourcing.
John Cantwell, University of Reading, UK.

Connecting Knowledge Systems: Exploring the Role of Global Business Services.
Jeremy Howells, Manchester Federal School of Business and Management, Manchester, UK and Joanne Roberts, School of Social, Political and Economic Sciences, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK


CP O: Asset Price Behaviour and Financial Risk Management
Tuesday 14th 10.30-12.30
Chair: James Dean, Western Washington University, USA and Simon Fraser University, Canada
Blenheim Room

The Euro and International Diversification Benefits.
Kpate Adjaoute, University of Lausanne, Switzerland and Jean-Pierre Danthine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

The Impact of Macroeconomic Variables on Corporate Performance – the external reporting perspective.
Lars Oxelheim, Lund University, Sweden.

Exchange Rate Exposure Management: An Empirical Study into the Strategies of Industrial Companies.
Tom Aabo, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.

An Empirical Study of Chaotic Dynamical Behaviour: A Case of Thailand’s Stock Market.
Jyoti Gupta, Alain Chevalier, Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris, France and Suchai Sutapak, Asian Institute of Technology, Bankok, Thailand.


CP P: MNE Control and Subsidiary Competence Development I
Tuesday 14th 10.30-12.30
Chair: James Taggart, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Kensington Room

Development, Recognition and Integration of Competence of Subsidiaries in the Multinational Corporation.
Maria Andersson, Uppsala University, Sweden, Patrick Furu, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland and Christine Holmstrom, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Co-ordination and Control in Multinational Enterprises. New Empirical Evidence.
Jose Pla-Barber, University of Valencia, Spain

The Subsidiary Role for MNC Competence Development – Information Bridgehead or Competence Distributor.
Mats Forsgren, Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, Ulf Holm, Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden and Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Torben Pedersen and Deo Sharma, Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.


CP Q: Theoretical Aspects of Internationalisation and Global Strategy
Tuesday 14th 10.30-12.30
Chair: Terutomo Ozawa, Colorado State University, USA
Whitworth Room

Internationalization Revisited: the ‘Big Step’ Hypotheses.
Torben Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and J. Myles Shaver, Stern School of Business, New York University, USA.

Multinational Enterprises and the End of Global Strategy.
Alan. M. Rugman, Templeton College, Oxford University, UK.

Modelling the Impact of Economic Integration on Multinationals’ Strategies.
Ana Teresa Tavares, University of Reading, UK.

An Evolutionary Perspective on the Globalization of Enterprises in the Global Network Competition.
Martin K. Welge, and Thomas Borghoff, University of Dortmund, Germany.


CP R: The Home and Host Country Impact of FDI
Tuesday 14th 10.30-12.30
Chair: Jorma Larimo, University of Vaasa, Finland
Directors' Suite

Outward FDI in Manufacturing from Portugal: Internationalisation Strategies from a New Foreign Investor.
Peter J. Buckley, Leeds University Business School, UK and Francisco B. Castro, Leeds University Business School, UK and Faculdade de Economia do Porto, University of Porto, Portugal.

European FDI in the U.S.: Economic Impact, Geographic Dispersion, and Performance.
Rolf Mirus, and Barry Scholnick, University of Alberta, Canada.

Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Country Specific Characteristics.
Dimitrios Kyrkilis, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, and Pantelis Pantelidis, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece

A Normative Framework for Analysing the Country of Origin Effect.
Rajendra Mulye, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.


CP S: Joint Ventures
Tuesday 14th 14.30-15.30
Chair: Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers University, USA
Whitworth Room

Performance and Problems of International Joint-Ventures in Malaysia.
Mohamed Sulaiman, University of Ohio, USA.

Autonomy in UK International Joint Ventures.
Keith W. Glaister, Rumy Husan, and Peter J. Buckley, Leeds University Business School, Leeds, UK.


CP T: Internationalisation Strategies of SMEs.
Tuesday 14th 14.30-15.30
Chair: Torben Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Kensington Room

International Growth and Development of Small Firms: Patterns of Start-up and Internationalisation.
Marian V. Jones, Strathclyde International Business Unit, University of Strathclyde, Scotland and Stephen K. Tagg, University of Strathclyde, Scotland.

Knowledge Creation and Transfer: The Emergemce of Israel as a High-Tech Powerhouse.
Israel D. Nebenzahl, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.


CP U: MNE Control and Subsidiary Competence Development II.
Tuesday 14th 14.30-15.30
Chair: Mo Yamin, UMIST, UK
Directors' Suite

Subsidiary Embeddedness, Expected Performance and MNC Competence Development.
Ulf Andersson, Uppsala University, Sweden, Mats Forsgren, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden and Ulf Holm, Uppsala University and Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

Subsidiary Specific Advantages in Multinational Enterprises.
Alan Rugman, Templeton College, Oxford University, UK and Alain Verbeke, Solvay Business School, University of Brussels, Belgium.


CP V: The Internationalisation Strategies of MNEs
Tuesday 14th 15.45-17.15
Chair: Rolf Mirus, University of Alberta, Canada
Whitworth Room

Funding Sources and the Strategic Roles of Decentralised R & D in Multinationals.
Robert Pearce, University of Reading, UK and Marina Papanastassiou, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece.

The Internationalisation of Italian Banks in the ‘90s.
Marco Mutinelli, Universita degli Studi di Brescia, Italy and Lucia Piscitello, Politecnico di Milamo, Italy.

Patterns of Technological Internationalisation and Corporate Technological Diversification.
John Cantwell and Elena Kosmopoulou, University of Reading, UK.


CP W: Paradigms and Research Methods in International Business
Tuesday 14th 15.45-17.15
Chair: Sabine Urban, Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg, France
Directors' Suite

Interviewing Elites in International Organizations: a Balancing Act for the Researcher.
Catherine Welch, University of Western Sydney, Australia, Rebecca Marschan-Piekkari, Sheffield University Management School, UK, Heli Penttinen and Marja Tahvanainen, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland.

Inward Internationalisation. Does a Novel Field need a New Theory?
Benjamin Stahl, Uppsala University, Sweden.


CP X: Modes of Market Entry
Tuesday 14th 15.45-17.15
Chair: Seev Hirsch, College of Management, Rishon Letzion, Israel
Kensington Room

Greenfield vs. Acquisition: The Strategy of French Investors.
VÈronique Favre-Bonte Nicoletti, Cerag-Ecole,Superieure des Affaires, France.

Entry Mode Analysis and the Internationalisation of Business – Explaining and Evaluating the Case of McDonald’s.
David Law, Wolverhampton Business School, Wolverhampton, UK.

The Entry Mode Choice of Leading EU Companies (1987-1997)
Giampaolo Vitali, Institute of Research on the Firm and Development of Italian National Research Council, Torino. Italy.