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Corporate R&D and Knowledge Transfer

Track Chair: Lucia Piscitello, Politecnico of Milan (Italy)

 

COMPETITIVE PAPERS

 

Firm acquisitions and technology strategy: Corporate vs. private equity investors

Christoph Grimpe, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)

Katrin Hussinger, K.U. Leuven

 

Offshoring of R&D activities and new organisational concepts at home

Steffen Kinkel, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI)

             

The effects of own R&D and external knowledge spillovers on firm innovation and productivity: The case of Slovenia

Jože Pavlič Damijan, University of Ljubljana and Institute of Economic Research      

Črt Kostevc, University of Ljubljana and Institute of Economic Research       

Matija Rojec, University of Ljubljana and Institute of Economic Research

 

Understanding R&D subsidiary isolation in knowledge intensive industries: A contingency approach

Christopher Williams, University of Amsterdam

Brigitte Nones, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

 

The relevance of internal and external sources of knowledge in the innovation performance of UK enterprises

Marion Frenz  Frenz, Birkbeck, University of London

Grazia Ietto-Gillies, London South Bank University

 

Using strategic alliances to gain international competitivity: The case of high-tech Brazilian firms

Zandra Balbinot, UNICENP  

Luiz Paulo Bagnetti, UNISINOS

 

To be or not to be… - The question of subsidiary and headquarter involvement in MNE knowledge transfer

Henrik Dellestrand, Uppsala University, Dept. of Business Studies

 

The multinational corporation and the global sourcing of knowledge: Remodelling absorptive capacity

Constantina Kottaridi, University of Peloponese   

Marina Papanastassiou, Copenhagen Business School    

Pitelis Christos, University of Cambridge  

Dimitris Thomakos, University of Peloponese

 

How does investing in cheap labour countries affect performance at home? France and Italy

Davide Castellani, University of Perugia   

Giorgio Barba Navaretti, University of Milan       

Anne-Celia Disdire, INRA-INA PG

 

Managing innovation and knowledge transfer in Turkish manufacturing firms

Dababrata Narayana Chowdhury, University of Plymouth

Lynne Butel, University of Plymouth

Atul Mishra, University of Plymouth

Hasan Bülbül, Niðde University

Ufuk Durna, Niðde University

 

WORKSHOP PAPERS

 

Global technology: Product development in Brazilian car industry

Giovanni Balcet, Universita' di Torino       

Flavia Consoni, Univerity of Sao Paulo

 

Analysing the conditions of emergence of innovative projects: Evidence from the upstream stages of the NPD

Eric Stevens, Groupe ESCEM        

Richard Soparnot, Groupe ESCEM

 

Knowledge transfer effectiveness in the multinational corporation - Motivational barriers and formal control mechanisms

Katarina Ingrid Blomkvist, Uppsala University

 

Impacts of international and domestic R&D alliances on return on assets: Some counterintuitive evidence

Hélène Delerue, Université du Québec à Montréal

Albert Lejeune, Université du Québec à Montréal

 

The location choice of cross-border mergers and acquisitions: The case of Chinese firms

Guohua Jiang, Hebei University of Economics and Business      

Feng Zhang, Rutgers University

Pooja Thakur, Rutgers University

 

External sources of information for innovation: The Brazilian and Italian cases

Clandia Maffini Gomes, Santa Maria Federal University  

Isak Kruglianskas, São Paulo University   

Flávia Luciane Scherer, Santa Maria Federal University

Torsten Maria Kühlmann, University of Bayreuth

 

Innovation through external sourcing activities: An overview of major trends and patterns of telecommunication service providers industry

Hans Van Kranenburg, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen School of Management

Jacqueline Pennings, Maastricht University, FEBA

CinziaDalzotto, Jönköping International Business School 

John Hagedoorn, Maastricht University, FEBA

 

Codification or personalization as knowledge transfer mechanism

Torben Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School  

Larissa Rabbiosi, Copenhagen Business School

 

 

Opening Plenary

International Business and Science-Technology Relationships

International Business and Local Development

Theory of MNCs

Management, Organisation and Cultural Issues 

International Corporate Strategies

Corporate R&D and Knowledge Transfer

Corporate Governance, Ethics and Sustainable Development

International Business and Finance

International Business and International Marketing

Economic Policy Issues

Poster sessions

List of reviewers

 
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