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Theory of MNCs

Track Chair: Antonello Zanfei, University of Urbino (Italy)

 

COMPETITIVE SESSIONS

 

Geographic orientation and performance of global versus regional MNEs

Anthony Goerzen, University of Victoria   

 

Reinvested earnings as a form of foreign direct investment: Evaluating the determinants of affiliate reinvestment

Sarianna M. Lundan, University of Maastricht

 

The case study as disciplinary convention: Evidence from international business

Rebecca Piekkari, Helsinki School of Economics  

Catherine Welch, Hanken Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland and the University of New South Wales

Eriikka Paavilainen, Turku School of Economics

 

Do Japanese firms use joint ventures to steal knowledge from their American partners? An examination of the evolution of Japanese-US joint ventures in Japan

Jean-Francois Hennart, Tilburg University 

Shinichi Ishii, Osaka City University

 

Evolutionary theory of the globalisation of firms

Thomas Borghoff, University of Dortmund

 

Critical realism and case studies in international business

Ricardo Madureira, INESC Porto

 

International collaborative research in qualitative IB studies

Asta Salmi, Helsinki School of Economics

 

Modelling sequential international R&D alliances under uncertainty

Elmar Lukas, Universität Paderborn

 

Do Western European FDI substitute for trade towards Eastern Europe?

Stefano Elia, Politecnico di Milano

 

R&D and foreign direct investment with asymmetries in knowledge transmission

Francesca Sanna Randaccio, University of Rome "La Sapienza"

Maria Luisa Petit, University of Rome "La Sapienza"

Roberta Sestini, University of Rome "La Sapienza"

 

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

 

The eclectic umbrella

Kurt Pedersen, School of Business, University of Aarhus

Jesper Strandskov, University of South Denmark

 

Institutional changes and trend behaviour of FDI flows towards EU

Irini Smaragdi, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Konstantinos  Katrakilidis, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki

Nikolaos Varsakelis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

 

Industrial districts and globalisation: Learning and innovation in local and global production systems

Bjørn Asheim, CIRCLE and Department of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University

Fiorenza Belussi, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche Marco Fanno, University of Padua

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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