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International Corporate Strategies

Track Chair: Björn Ambos, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Austria) 

 

COMPETITIVE PAPERS

 

Network relationships in the market entry of small and medium-sized software firms

Arto Ojala, University of Jyväskylä

 

The instability of joint ventures: Learning from others or learning to work with others

Jose Mata, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Pedro Portugal, Banco de Portugal and Universidade Nova de Lisboa

 

Drivers of internationalization levels: Foreign experience or firm specific knowledge?

Niron Hashai, Hebrew University Jerusalem        

Seev Hirsch, Tel Aviv university

Tamar Almor, College of Management Israel

 

Knowledge, power and the MNC: A comparison of Burt and Coleman

Lisa Katarina Gaerber, Vienna University of Economcs and Business Administraton   

Björn Ambos, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

 

Translating 'who we are': On inter-organizational transfer of organizational practices and values in MNCs

Alexei Koveshnikov, HANKEN       

Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen, HANKEN       

Eero Vaara, HANKEN

 

The impact of managerial characteristics and strategic orientation on the SME's internationalisation profile

Esther Sanchez-Peinado, University of Valencia  

Alejandro Escriba-Esteve, University of Valencia 

Luz Sanchez-Peinado, University of Valencia

 

Profiling sustainable innovators: Not ready to make nice?

Christoph Grimpe, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)

Ihsen Ketata, Georgia Institute of Technology (CIBER)

Wolfgang Sofka, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)

 

Knowledge flows, choice of market entry strategies and use of coordination mechanisms in multinational service companies

Dirk Morschett, University of Fribourg     

Hanna Schramm-Klein, Saarland University

 

SME export performance: Family vs. non- family firms

Jorma Antero Larimo, University of Vaasa

 

Relational risk, trust, and control in international business collaboration

Torsten M. Kühlmann, University of Bayreuth     

Nada Endrissat, University of Basel

 

Strategic relatedness, specialized resources and multinational subsidiary autonomy

Howard Thomas, Warwick Business School

Xiaoying Li, Warwick Business School      

Xiaming Liu, Birbeck College

 

Business service firms' foreign market network development at the early post-entry stage

Yang Yu, Victoria University of Wellington 

Valerie J. Lindsay, Victoria University of Wellington

 

The role of experience and perceived uncertainty in operation mode choice - Case of Finnish firms in Asia

Minnie Margie Kontkanen, University of Vaasa

 

Knowledge acquisition by internationalising small and medium sized enterprises

Margaret Fletcher, University of Glasgow 

Lucrezia Casulli, University of Glasgow     

Maria Karafyllia, University of Glasgow    

Marian V. Jones, University of Glasgow

 

Pre- and post entry learning of young technology firms: Antecedents of objective and tacit knowledge

Christian Schwens, University of Giessen/Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Ruediger Kabst, University of Giessen/Faculty of Economics and Business Administration    

 

The relationship between control mechanisms and acquisition of managerial knowledge in international joint ventures: The Korean experience

Byung Il Park, Bradford University

Axele Giroud, University of Manchester

 

Headquarters value-adding in sub-unit technology development projects in the multinational corporation

Ulf Andersson, Uppsala University 

Philip Kappen, Uppsala University

 

The cumulative internationalization process of the born internationals: A comparison of young, mature and old born international SMEs

Oscar Martín Martín, Public University of Navarre

Martin Johanson, Uppsala University

 

How dynamic capabilities interfere in the internationalization process of firms

Sylvie  Cellard, EM Lyon Business School  

Christiane Prange, EM Lyon Business School       

 

Why does alliance behaviour differ? A MNC international strategy perspective

Terhi J. Vapola, Helsinki School of Economics     

Markus Paukku, Helsinki School of Economics     

Mika Gabrielsson, Helsinki School of Economics

 

Joint venture performance: A meta-analysis

Rodrigo Isidor, University of Giessen       

Ruediger Kabst, Univeristy of Giessen

 

Internationalization trajectories of multinational enterprises: 1990-2004

Fabienne Fortanier, University of Amsterdam     

Rob Van Tulder, RSM Erasmus University

 

Managing the internalization process

Bent Petersen, Center for Strategic Management and Globalization Copenhagen Business School

Lawrence S. Welch, Melbourne Business School  

 

Co-entrepreneurs in high-tech born globals

Pedro Miguel Dominguinhos, College of Business Administration (ESCE) CICE-ESCE Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal        

Vítor Corado Simões, ISEG-Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão Technical Universitry of Lisbon                 

 

Towards an understanding of the internationalisation process of high-tech SMEs: A case study of biopharmaceutical firms

Catherine Welch, HANKEN Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki

Lisa Hewerdine, Adelaide Graduate School of Business, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   

 

Empirical analysis of the essential benefits of strategic alliances between airlines based on the co-opetition model and a preliminary proposal for performance indicators

Giuseppe Maria Russo, Catholic Pontific University 

T. Diana L. van Aduard de Macedo-Soares, Catholic Pontific University  

 

WORKSHOP PAPERS

 

The international expansion of smaller scale retailers

Andre Sammartino, University of Melbourne

 

Assessing the impact of sunk versus flexible assets on subsidiary role change

André Sammartino, University of Melbourne      

Elizabeth Maitland, University of New South Wales

 

Subsidiary survival and competitive dynamics in host country markets

Ronaldo Parente, Rutgers University

Sonia Ketlar, Towson University

 

Subsidiary power and role development: Three cases from the Chinese coatings industry

Jens Gammelgaard, Copenhagen Business School         

Christoph Dörrenbächer, University of Groningen

 

A model of a product launch at the bottom of the pyramid

Sofie Van den Waeyenberg, Vrije Universiteit Brussel    

Luc Hens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

 

Preparing for the negotiation process of SME alliances in emerging markets

Claudio De Mattos, Manchester Business School

Pervez Ghauri, Manchester Business School       

Stuart Sanderson, Bradford School Of Management

 

Growth strategies for emerging markets: Flexible strategy mix in Central Europe

Faith Hatani, University of Surrey

 

Entering an emerging market from a small country afar – Entry stages, structural characteristics and governance processes

Sverre Tomassen, Norwegian School of Management    

Randi Lunnan, Norwegian School of Management

 

The determinants on SMEs pace of foreign expansion

Siv Marina Flø Karlsen, Oslo University College

 

Perception gaps concerning subsidiary roles - A review of the literature and directions for future research

Stefan Schmid, ESCP-EAP European School of Management     

Andrea Daniel, ESCP-EAP European School of Management

 

Governing for success: The host country uncertainty and the design of foreign parent control in international joint ventures

Huu Le Nguyen, University of Vaasa        

Jorma Antero Lacrimo, University of Vaasa

 

From offshoring to globalization of human capital and innovation

Arie Y. Lewin, Duke University      

Silvia Massini, University of Manchester   

Carine Peeters, Universite Libre of Bruxelles

 

Autonomy or isolation? A subsidiary perspective

Francesco Ciabuschi, Uppsala University

 

A quest to question the effect of personal networks upon rapid internationalization of small firms

Yee Kwan, Tang University of Glasgow    

Maria Karafyllia, University of Glasgow

 

Firm internationalization and globalization: An organizational capability perspective

Paula Kilpinen, Helsinki School of Economics       

Markus Paukku, Helsinki School of Economics     

Anna Salonen, Helsinki School of Economics       

Mika Gabrielsson, Helsinki School of Economics

 

Beyond subsidiary embeddedness - A framework for future analysis of MNC Embeddedness

Phillip Christopher Nell, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration 

Katharina J. Raab, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration       

 

The internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises: The effect of family management, human capital and foreign ownership

Daniele Cerrato, Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore   

Mariacristina Piva, Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

 

Transferring inpatriates from the subsidiary to the headquarter: Expectations and reality

Gabriele Scheuring, University of Munich, Institute of Intercultural Communication

 

A classification of opportunism in transnational inter-firm networks of SMEs

Philipp Schauwecker, University of Bayreuth      

Torsten M. Kühlmann, University of Bayreuth

 

Market linking and market learning: Social networks in SMEs internationalization

Francisco Câmara, Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal    

Vítor Corado Simões, CEDE, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Lisbon, Portugal

 

Firm resources for successful strategy implementation among multinational and local firms in an emerging economy: The case of Pakistan

Muhammad Amjad, Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire

 

 

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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