Friday, 12.dec
8.30-10.00 Session 1
1. International Business in Catching Up Economies (Emerging Markets) - Rojec I
ALFA. Catching-up and FDI 1. Chair: Christos N. Pitelis.
Pitelis, Christos N. - FDI, Clusters and Catching-up by Smaller Developing Countries: Is Smallness a Liability or an Asset? (ID 9);
Schnellbächer, Bene; Stephan, Johannes; - Foreign Direct Investors in Post-Socialist Economies: an explorative analysis into the Role of Host Economy Intellectual Property Rights Regimes (ID 81);
Hearn, Bruce; Piesse, Jenifer; Strange, Roger - Market Liquidity and Stock Size Premia in Emerging Financial Markets: The Implications for Foreign Investment (ID 61)
2. Internationalisation Process and International Entrepreneurship - Nummela I
OMEGA. International New Ventures and born globals. Chair: Niina Nummela.
Madsen, Tage Koed; Rasmussen, Erik Stavnsager; Servais, Per -The Prevalence and Characteristics of Domestic and International New Ventures (ID 28);
Nummela, Niina; Puumalainen, Kaisu; Saarenketo, Sami - Why Some International New Ventures Become Global Start-Ups? Exploratory Study of Finnish ICT Industry (ID 44);
Solberg, Carl Arthur; Sundal, Tine; Thoresen, Kristian - High tech and low tech Born globals. Are they any different? (ID 125)
3. Knowledge Management in International Business - Pedersen
BETA. Spillovers and transfers. Chair: Vitor Corado Simoes.
Garcia Perez, Francisco - Knowledge Spillovers to Exporters: New Insights (ID 32);
Dellestrand, Henrik; Kappen, Philip - Headquarter allocation of resources to intra-MNE transfer projects (ID 149);
Benito, Gabriel R.G.; Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre - Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006 (ID 36)
4. Corporate Strategies in International Business II - Larimo
GAMMA. Panel.
Puck, Jonas F., Hennart, Jean-Francois, Mirza, Hafiz, Macharzina, Klaus, Holtbrügge, Dirk, Ambos, Björn. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON POST-ENTRY OWNERSHIP CHANGES. THE 2008 EIBA FELLOWS RESEARCH AWARD RECIPIENT PANEL.
DELTA. Creating value. Chair: Marcus Dittfield.
Zhai, Philip; Zhang, Yufeng; Gregory, Mike; Shi, Yongjiang - Creating Value through Joint Ventures in China: Critical Success Factors (ID 118);
Vu, Dung Anh; Shi, Yongjiang; Hanby, Terry; Gregory, Mike - Creating Value through Brand Integration in International Horizontal Mergers and Acquisitions (ID 161);
Eckert, Stefan; Dittfeld, Marcus; Muche, Thomas; Rässler, Susanne - The Valuation Impact of Multinationality: An Empirical Examination for German Firms Between 1990 to 2006 (ID 234)
7. International Marketing and Cross Cultural Issues in International Business - Schuh
SIGMA. Psychic distance and and other influences on international business success. Chair: Alex Rialp-Criado. Figueiredo, Otávio, da Rocha, Angela, da Silva, Jorge Ferreira, Carneiro, Jorge. Mapping the conceptual domain of the psychic distance construct (ID 152).
Dow, Douglas. Factors Influencing Managerial Perceptions of Psychic Distance (ID78).
Stoian, Maria-Cristina, Rialp-Criado, Alex, Rialp-Criado, Josep. Export performance under the microscope: managerial, organisational, and environmental lenses (ID80)
9. Contemporary Issues of International Business Theory and Methodology – Piekkari
ZETA. Theoretical perspectives on the MNC. Chair: Kevin Ibeh.
Dunning, John H.; Lundan, Sarianna M. - The Institutional Origins of Dynamic Capabilities in Multinational Enterprise (ID 73);
Piekkari, Rebecca; Barner Rasmussen, Wilhelm; Scott Kennel, Joanna; Welch, Catherine - Key conceptualisations of the multinational corporation (ID 225);
Dunning, John H.; Lundan, Sarianna M. Revisiting Making Globalization Good in the Light of the Events of 2007 and 2008
10.30-12.00 Session 2
1. International Business in Catching Up Economies (Emerging Markets) - Rojec I
ALFA. Panel. Van Den Bulcke, Daniël, Svetlicic, Marjan, Wells, Louis, Verbeke, Alain, van Tulder, Rob. SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE PANEL THIRD WORLD MULTINATIONALS. LOUIS WELLS' PERSPECTIVE TWENTY FIVE YEARS LATER
DELTA. Catching-up and FDI 2. Chair: Marian Gorynia.
Quer, Diego; Claver, Enrique; Rienda, Laura -China´s outward foreign direct investment: Driving factors, theoretical background and strategic implications (ID 21);
Gorynia, Marian; Nowak, Jan; Wolniak, Radoslaw - Investment Development Paths of Central European Countries: A Comparative Analysis (ID 178);
Sena, Augusto Marcos Carvalho - Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Opportunities in Developing Countries: What Do New Growth-Development Theories Have to Tell Us? (ID 212)
2. Internationalisation Process and International Entrepreneurship - Nummela I
OMEGA. Chinese internationalization. Chair: Peter Zettinig.
Sandberg, Susanne - Internationalization patterns of Chinese SMEs: Take Off Nodes and Initial Stages of Internationalization (ID 204);
Lin, Churu; Zettinig, Peter; Rose, Elizabeth L. - Internationalisation Patterns of Chinese Entrepreneurial Firms (ID 110);
Liu, Xiaming, Wang, Chengang, Wang, Jue, Wei, Yingqi. Technology Adoption and Creation in Multinational Enterprises: The Case of China (ID41)
3. Knowledge Management in International Business - Pedersen
BETA. Firm and innovation. Chair: Liviu Voinea.
Hakanson, Lars - The firm as an epistemic community: The knowledge based view revisited (ID 48);
Voinea, Liviu; Stephan, Johannes - Market concentration and innovation in transnational corporations. Evidence from foreign affiliates in Central and Eastern Europe (ID 90);
Alegre, Joaquin; Lapiedra, Rafael; Sengupta, Kishore - Knowledge Management and Innovation Performance in the Context of Global High-Tech Firms (ID 95)
4. Corporate Strategies in International Business II - Larimo
GAMMA. Joint ventures. Chair: Elmar Lukas.
Meschi, Pierre-Xavier - Alliance Networks, Network Embeddedness of Foreign Partners and Joint Venture Termination in Emerging Economies (ID 26);
Ishii, Shinichi; Hennart, Jean-Francois - Evolution of Japanese Partnership Behavior in Japanese-European Joint Ventures in the EU: A Test of the Trojan Horse Hypothesis (ID 56);
Lukas, Elmar - Gradual Foreign Market Commitment under Uncertainty: The Case of International Joint Ventures and Subsequent Buyouts (ID 245)
5. Technology Development and Innovation – Hollenstein
EPSILON. R&D. Chair: Julie Michel.
Michel, Julie. Foreign R&D Activities of Swiss Multinational Enterprises: Trends, Drivers and Implications at Home (ID79).
Foss, Kirsten. The influence of modularization on multinational firm's R&D location decisions (ID236).
Ben Hamida, Lamia, Piscitello, Lucia. The Relationship between Overseas and Domestic R&D Activities: Evidence for Switzerland (ID 201)
7. International Marketing and Cross Cultural Issues in International Business - Schuh
SIGMA. International marketing and brand strategies. Chair: Peter Gabrielsson.
Larimo, Jorma, Kontkanen, Minnie. Standardization vs. adaptation of the marketing mix strategy in SME exports (ID129).
Swoboda, Bernhard, Meierer, Markus, Berg, Bettina, Foscht, Thomas. Effects of Standardised Corporate Branding on Employees – A Multi-country Study (ID170).
Gabrielsson, Peter, Gabrielsson, Mika, Seppälä, Tomi. Marketing Strategies for Global Expansion in the ICT Field (ID63)
9. Contemporary Issues of International Business Theory and Methodology – Piekkari
ZETA. Case study methodology and longitudinal research. Chair: Eriikka Johanna Paavilainen.
Plakoyiannaki, Emmanuella; Fletcher, Margaret - Case Study Selection: An Overview of Key Issues for International Business Researchers (ID 85);
Soulsby, Anna; Clark, Ed - Studying the Processes of Change in Organizations: Longitudinal Studies and the Construction of Theory from Narratives (ID 193);
Paavilainen, Eriikka Johanna - Visual Episodic Narrative Interview: a Multiple-Method Longitudinal Approach for Studying the International Growth Process of SMEs (ID 122)
11. Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Issues - van Tulder & Demcencov
LAMBDA. Policies and politics. Chair: Fabienne Fortanier.
Fortanier, Fabienne, van Wijk, Jeroen. Sustainable tourism industry development in Africa: Employment and knowledge transfer by foreign hotels (ID 244).
Sanna-Randaccio, Francesca, Sestini, Roberta. Foreign direct investment and environmental policy: have location factors been neglected? (ID 120);
Boubakri, Narjess; Cosset, Jean-Claude; Saffar, Walid - Politically-Connected Firms: An International Event Study (ID 75)
12-12.30 Poster Sessions
Bartosik-Purgat, Małgorzata: Role of brand and country of manufacture in the consumer decisions among young people from Poland and Czech Republic – results of empirical study (ID 16)
Penz, Elfriede, Stöttinger, Barbara: What's a European brand made of? Perspectives and perceptions from five European consumer cultures (ID223)
Paju, Taina Tuulikki. Outsourcing product development operations to emerging country providers – A paradox? (ID131)
Jensen, Peter D. Ørberg, Kirkegaard, Jacob Funk, Laugesen, Nicolai Søndergaard. Offshoring in Europe - Evidence of a Two-Way Street from Denmark (ID54)
Ruohonen, Mikko Juhani: Nearshoring or Offshoring – Case India (ID23)
Borghoff, Thomas.Enhancing the globalisation capabilities of SMEs through information and communication technologies (ICT) (ID111)
Fray, Anne Marie, Soparnot, Richard: Study of the adoption of organizational innovation within a developing sector (ID29)
Li, Jun, Qiu, Ranfeng. Alliance, discrepancies and firms' innovation performance in pharmaceutical industry (ID173)
Urze, Paula Cristina Gonçalves Dias, Manatos, Maria João Paiva. Knowledge across borders: R&D multinational units in Portugal (ID150)
Zapata, Laura Esther, Ramirez, Jacobo. Changes in HRM from Knowledge Management Initiatives: An Explorative Case in a Mexican Firm (ID141)
Chowdhury, Dababrata Narayan, Butel, Lynne. The Element of Knowledge Transfer through Network Organizations: The case of Turkish Textile Sector (ID198)
Nakata, Lina Eiko, Yokomizo, Cesar Akira, de Souza, Edileusa Godói. Sustainability and Organizational Climate in Brazilian Companies (ID174)
13.30-15.00 Session 3
1. International Business in Catching Up Economies (Emerging Markets) - Rojec I
ALFA. Catching-up and knowledge. Chair: Matija Rojec.
Smale, Adam; Suutari, Vesa - Knowledge Transfers into Central and Eastern Europe (ID 13);
Damijan, Joze P.; Rojec, Matija; Majcen, Boris; Knell, Mark - Impact of Firm Heterogeneity on Spillover Effects from FDI: Micro Evidence from Ten Transition Countries (ID 202);
Kaar, Alexandra; Sehic, Alma - Information provision by employees, public authorities, and business partners in Southeast Europe: Effects on firm performance (ID 196)
2. Internationalisation Process and International Entrepreneurship - Nummela I
OMEGA. The early stage of internationalization. Chair: Hans A. Jansson.
Cieslik, Jerzy; Kaciak, Eugene - The Speed of Internationalisation of Entrepreneurial Start-Ups in a Transition Environment (ID 97);
Jansson, Hans; Söderman, Sten; Zhao, Xianjin - The Take-off Process: Initial Internationalization of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises from China (ID 144);
Nowinski, Witold - Drivers and strategies of early internationalization: case studies from Poland (ID 177)
3. Knowledge Management in International Business - Pedersen
BETA. Innovation and R&D. Chair: Tõnu Roolaht. Piscitello, Lucia; Santangelo, Grazia D. - Does R&D offshoring displace or strengthen knowledge production at home? Evidence from OECD countries (ID 168);
Hallin, Christina; Holmström Lind, Christine - Towards Explaining Recurrent Innovation Inflows in MNC Subsidiaries (ID 153);
Narula, Rajneesh; Jormanainen, Irina - Why a good science base is not enough to create competitive industries or attract FDI: Lock-in and inertia in Russian systems of innovation (ID 189)
4. Corporate Strategies in International Business II - Larimo
GAMMA. Foreign subsidiaries. Chair: Jens Gammelgaard.
Gammelgaard, Jens - The Impact of Absorptive Capacity, Issue Selling and Global Staffing on Institutional Far-distant Subsidiary Evolutionary Processes (ID 37);
Dieng, Sebastian; Dörrenbächer, Christoph; Gammelgaard, Jens - Subsidiary Resources and the (De)centralization of Decision Making Authority in MNCs: An Exploratory Study among Heineken's European Acquisitions in the 1990ies (ID 68) ???
5. Technology Development and Innovation – Hollenstein
EPSILON. R&D and capabilities. Chair: Urmas Varblane.
Nones, Brigitte, van Triest, Sander, Williams, Christopher. Management Control and R&D Decentralization in Multinational Corporations (ID71);
Tseng, Chiung-Hui; Yu, Chen-Yang - The Moderating and Mediating Effects of Firm Capabilities and Product Diversity in the Multinationality-Performance Relationship (ID 65);
Santangelo, Grazia D., Cantwell, John. The Restructuring of Dynamic Capabilities through Corporate Expansion (ID 100)
7. International Marketing and Cross Cultural Issues in International Business - Schuh
SIGMA. Import-export and banking. Chair: Marin Marinov.
Obadia, Claude, Vida, Irena, Reardon, James. Revisiting importers' role in export performance models (ID53).
Marinova, Svetla Trifonova, Marinov, Marin Alexandrov, Cui, Jinhuan. Customer Relationships and Brand Equity in China's Bank Retailing (ID22);
Roessl, Petra, Haiss, Peter - Signals of foreign bank entry on real sector FDI and foreign trade in the New EU Member States (ID 70)
10. Foreign Investment, Trade and Policy Issues – Bellak
ZETA. Panel. Van Den Bulcke, Daniel, Dunning, John, Simoes, Vitor Corado, Benito, Gabriel, Almor, Tamar, Fortanier, Fabienne. THE EUROPEAN UNION AT FIFTY. CONTRASTING INSIDER AND OUTSIDER PERSPECTIVES ABOUT THE EUROPEAN UNION AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
11. Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Issues - van Tulder & Demcencov
LAMBDA. Corporate social responsibility and firm governance. Chair: Ruth Alas.
Esmeraldo Pavie, Juliana Junqueira, Campos Filho, Luiz Alberto. Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: A Meta-Analysis (ID 67);
Übius, Ülle, Alas, Ruth. Connections between organisational culture and corporate social responsibility (ID134) ???
17.30-19.00 Session 4
1. International Business in Catching Up Economies (Emerging Markets) - Rojec I
ALFA. Catching-up and sourcing. Chair: ???
Wei, Yingqi; Wang, Chengang; Liu, Xiaming - Local Sourcing of Multinational Enterprises in China (ID 42);
Jansson, Hans A.; Hilmersson, Mikael. - The New Catch-up Phase: How do Small International Subcontractors from the Baltic States Get out of the Trap of Low Cost Production and High Dependency? (ID 119/121) ???
2. Internationalisation Process and International Entrepreneurship - Nummela I
OMEGA. Technology and Entrepreneurship. Chair: Tuija Mainela.
Juho, Anita Katariina; Mainela, Tuija Terhikki - External Facilitation in High Tech Firm's Internationalisation (ID 175);
Morgan-Thomas, Anna; Jones, Marion V.; Ji, Junzhe - Global Online Entrepreneurship: what do we know after over a decade (1997-2008) of scientific enquiry? (ID 181);
Wehner, Marius Claus; Schwens, Christian; Kabst, Rüdiger - Learning Behaviour of Young Technology Firms in Foreign Markets: An Empirical Analysis of a Path Model (ID 160)
3. Knowledge Management in International Business - Pedersen
BETA. Knowledge and capabilities. Chair: Svein Ulset.
Flaten, Bjorn-Tore; Shneor, Rotem - The Role of Social Interaction in Cross-Border Tacit Knowledge Transfer: An Integrative Model (ID 83);
Ulset, Svein - Limits to Growth of Multinational Replicator Companies. The Case of Mobile-Phone Operator (ID 87);
Lounela, Juhana, Lorentz, Harri. What is modern retailing? – A conceptual model for retailer supply chain capability evaluation in emerging markets from the consumer good manufacturer point of view (ID86)
4. Corporate Strategies in International Business II - Larimo
GAMMA. Panel. Zucchella, Antonella, Larimo, Jorma, Servais, Per, Dimitratos, Pavlos, Lehmann, Ralph, Rialp-Criado, Alex. GOVERNANCE, STRATEGY AND PERFORMANCE OF INTERNATIONAL SMEs. DEVELOPING A CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
5. Technology Development and Innovation – Hollenstein
EPSILON. Innovation, technology and competitive advantages. Chair: David William St George.
Delerue, Hélène, Bérard, Céline. Innovation protection mechanisms: the influence of national culture (ID72);
Van den Waeyenberg, Sofie. Mapping technological diffusion: What can business learn from the case of worldwide mobile telephony? (ID166)
St George, David William. Commercial airframe product-space positioning: an empirical study of global multimarket competition (ID113)
6. Human Resources Management - Suutari & Björkman
KAPA. Comparative studies. Chair: Melanie Raukko.
Raukko, Melanie Elina, Commitment building in Cross-Border Acquisition – Key persons’ multiple commitments in a European-Indian acquisition in the high-tech industry (ID59),
Smale, Adam, Heikkilä, Jukka-Pekka, A micro-political perspective of e-HRM integration in a foreign MNC subsidiary (ID127);
CastroNeto, Jose Luis; Sergio, Renata Sena Gomes - A comparative study of corporate governance (ID 199)
7. International Marketing and Cross Cultural Issues in International Business - Schuh
SIGMA.International consumer behavior and intellectual property. Chair: Peggy E. Chaudhry.
Emontspool, Julie. Local or global - Consumption behaviour of international migrants in their new environment (ID148).
Chaudhry, Peggy E., Stumpf, Steven A. Personal and environmental factors that influence consumer complicity to purchase counterfeit goods (ID 101).
Auruskeviciene, Vilte, Salciuviene, Laura, Alas, Ruth, Vida, Irena. An exploratory examination of consumer intellectual property theft in transitional economies (ID38)
9. Contemporary Issues of International Business Theory and Methodology – Piekkari
LAMBDA. IT and internationalisation. Chair: Thomas Borghoff.
Oesterle, Michael-Jörg; Richta, Benjamin Takeshi; Stratmann, Christian - Internationalization and Firm Performance ? State of the Empirical Research and the Need for an Improvement of the Existing Approaches (ID 163);
Heikinheimo, Minna Susanna; Uusitalo, Olavi - How do service companies grow and internationalise? - A case analyses of the Finnish IT-service companies (ID 154);
Borghoff, Thomas - The contribution of information and communication technologies (ICT) to the globalisation of firms (ID 105)
10. Foreign Investment, Trade and Policy Issues – Bellak
ZETA. FDI and growth. Chair: Lucia Piscitello.
Duran, Juan Jose; Ubeda, Fernando - Effects of the Transversal Inflow FDI on Economic Growth and Productivity. Special Reference to the Mexico Case (ID 151);
Banno, Mariasole; Piscitello, Lucia - The effects of incentives to firms' outward internationalisation on their domestic growth and competitiveness. Evidence from the Italian case (ID 176);
Smeets, Roger; Wei, Yingqi - Productivity effects from US MNEs: The role of market orientation and regional integration (ID 92)
SATURDAY, 13 Dec
9.30-11.00 Session 5
1. International Business in Catching Up Economies (Emerging Markets) - Rojec I
ALFA. Panel. Pitelis, Christos, Papanastassiou, Marina, Gammelgaard, Jens, Oladottir, Asta Dis, Pearce, Robert. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND SMALL COUNTRIES
DELTA. Catching-up and innovation. Chair: Krzysztof Obloj.
Podmetina, Daria; Smirnova, Maria; Väätänen, Juha; Kouchtch, Sergey - How Innovativeness Affects Internationalisation? – Empirical Study of Russian R&D Oriented Companies (ID 207);
Obloj, Krzysztof; Obloj, Tomasz, Ming, Lau Chung; Bruton, Gary - Strategic practices of high-tech firms in China and Poland (ID 11);
Kaderabkova, Anna; Rojicek, Marek - The Role of FDI in Quality-based Competitiveness: The Case of Czech Republic (ID 33)
2. Internationalisation Process and International Entrepreneurship - Nummela I
OMEGA. Foreign Market Entry. Chair: Gabriel R.G. Benito.
Benito, Gabriel Robertstad Garcia; Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence Stevenson - Foreign Operation Methods: Challenges to Existing Treatments (ID 117);
Sundqvist, Sanna; Kuivalainen, Olli Tapani; Cadogan, John W. - The Performance Consequences of Export Market-Oriented Behavior: Insights into Moderating Factors (ID 229);
Lehmann, Ralph - Internationalization of goods and services - A comparison of the internationalisation of service providers and manufactures in Switzerland (ID 43)
3. Knowledge Management in International Business - Pedersen
BETA. Knowledge sourcing and social capital. Chair: Arie Y. Lewin?.
Cantwell, John; Noonan, Camilla; Zhang, Feng - Technological Complexity and the Restructuring of Subsidiary Knowledge Sourcing in Intra-Multinational and Inter-Firm Networks (ID 191);
Lewin, Arie Y.; Massini, Silvia; Peeters, Carine - Why are companies offshoring innovation? The emerging global race for talent (ID 35);
Rønning, Rune - Social capital and organizational practices (ID 228)
4. Corporate Strategies in International Business II - Larimo
GAMMA. Foreign subsidiaries and control. Chair: Huu Le Nguyen.
Nguyen, Huu Le - Do Partners´ Differences Affect International Joint Venture Control and Performance (ID 66);
Kim, Youngok; Woon, Heng-Loong - Resource Flows and Organisational Control: The Case of Foreign-Owned Subsidiaries in Australia (ID 215);
Ciabuschi, Francesco, Martín Martín, Oscar, Effects of HQs involvement on innovation processes at unit level (ID15).
6. Human Resources Management - Suutari & Björkman
KAPA. Recruitment. Chair: Julie Anne Felker.
Holtbrügge, Dirk, Friedmann, Carina, Puck, Jonas F. Personnel recruitment and retention in foreign firms in India. A resource-based view (ID167).
Isidor, Rodrigo, Kabst, Ruediger. Interim Management in MNCs - A Multi-Theoretical Examination (ID169).
Felker, Julie Anne. The Strategic Importance of New Member States in the Recruitment of Knowledge Workers to Western Europe (ID227)
7. International Marketing and Cross Cultural Issues in International Business - Schuh
SIGMA. Culture as barrier or driver of international business activity. Chair: Päivi Karhunen.
Alteren, Gro. Cultural sensitivity and relational exchange in the dissmilar culture group (ID138).
Sandberg, Birgitta, Vincze, Zsuzsanna. Building intercultural competences in a multicultural classroom - Requirements for teachers and universities (ID112).
Karhunen, Päivi, Louhiala-Salminen, Leena. \"English is taking over everywhere – isn't it?\": An exploratory study on language use in Finnish exports to Russia (ID24)
8. International Finance and Accounting – Oxelheim
EPSILON. Value and performance. Chair: Lars Oxelheim.
Larimo, Jorma; Pynnönen, Seppo - Value creation in FDIs: Empirical evidence from foreign acquisitions by Finnish firms (ID 60);
Mersland, Roy; Randoy, Trond; Strom, Oistein - The Impact of Internationalization on Micro Finance Institutions' Performance (ID 203);
Yamin, Mo; Golesorkhi, Sougand - Monitoring Costs, Asset Characteristics, and Alliances Structure in Domestic and Cross-boarder Alliances (ID 93)
11. Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Issues - van Tulder & Demcencov
LAMBDA. Corporate social responsibility and codes of conduct. Chair: Christiane Prange.
Blindheim, Bjørn-Tore, Øgaard, Torvald, Mikkelsen, Aslaug. Development and Validation of the Corporate Social Responsibility Issues Scale (CSRIS) (ID49);
Kuznetsov, Andrei, Kuznetsova, Olga. Business legitimacy and corporate social responsibility in the Russian context (ID 219);
Prange, Christiane. International Firms' Innovation Signaling – A Double-edged Sword? (ID183)
11.30-13.00 Session 6
1. International Business in Catching Up Economies (Emerging Markets) - Rojec I
ALFA. Catching-up and internationalisation. Chair: Tiia Vissak.
Petrou, Andreas Pavlou - Internationalisation Strategies of Banks from Emerging Countries: A comparative Study (ID 94);
Vissak, Tiia - Nonlinear internationalization during economic transition: the case of Krenholm Group (Estonia) (ID 25);
Ghauri, Pervez; De Mattos, Claudio; Miklic, Natasa - Managing Cross-cultural International Negotiations: Japanese versus Slovenian firms (ID 226)
2. Internationalisation Process and International Entrepreneurship - Nummela I
OMEGA. Internationalization processes. Chair: Per Servais?.
Blankenburg Holm, Desiree; Drogendijk, Rian; Hohenthal, Jukka; Holm, Ulf; Johanson, Martin; Zander, Ivo - The Internationalisation Processes of the Firm - A New Research Agenda (ID 99);
Swoboda, Bernhard; Jager, Martin; Morschett, Dirk; Schramm-Klein, Hanna - A Behavioural-based Analysis of the Changes of Structure, Systems and Culture in the Internationalisation Processes Over Time (ID 140);
Servais, Per; Rasmussen, Erik Stavnsager - An Examination of the Location of International New Ventures (ID 104)
3. Knowledge Management in International Business - Pedersen
BETA. JVs, alliances and mergers. Chair: Nihat Gumus.
Owens, Martin; Zueva, Anna; Palmer, Mark - Motives for International Joint Venture Formation in Retailing: A Knowledge-Based View (ID 147);
Gumus, Nihat - A Scale To Measure Strategic Alliance Performance: An Alternative Operationalization For Spillover Effects (ID 186);
Vu, Dung Anh; Shi, Yongjiang; Gregory, Mike - Brand Mergers and Acquisitions: Winning Integration Practices Learned from the Market Leaders (ID 197)
4. Corporate Strategies in International Business II - Larimo
GAMMA. Location and networks. Chair: Bodo B. Schlegelmilch?.
Puig, Francisco; Marques, Helena; Ghauri, Pervez N. - Globalization and Manufacturing Decisions: The Role of Industrial Districts and Subsectors in the Textile Industry (ID 126);
Nell, Phillip Christopher; Schlegelmilch, Bodo B. - Overlapping Relationships of Headquarters and Subsidiaries to Local Networks – A Conceptual Model of Antecedents and Performance Consequences (ID 102);
Ciabuschi, Francesco, Dellestrand, Henrik, Martín Martín, Oscar. Corporate drivers of innovation importance (ID162).
DELTA. Linkages. Chair: Sami Rumpunen.
Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre; Hydle, Katja Maria - Global Management in Service Firms- The Role of Linkages (ID 40);
Neto Rodrigues, Paula Cristina Silva Ferreira; Brandao, Antonio Abilio Garrido; Cerqueira, Antonio de Melo - The Macroeconomic Determinants of Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions and Greenfield Investments (ID 14);
Rumpunen, Sami; Viljamaa, Anmari - The process of partner selection for international joint ventures: A new approach (ID 155)
6. Human Resources Management - Suutari & Björkman
KAPA. Employee movements, perceptions and incentives. Chair: Kristiina Mäkelä.
Manolopoulos, Dimitris, Dimitratos, Pavlos. Employee Scientific Movements within Multinational Corporations (ID52).
Barner-Rasmussen, Wilhelm, Ehrnrooth, Mats, Koveshnikov, Alexei, Mäkelä, Kristiina. Kingpins of the multinational. Toward a typology of boundary spanners in multinational corporations (ID133).
Feichter, Andreas.Transferability of Incentive Systems: The Impact of National Culture (ID30)
10. Foreign Investment, Trade and Policy Issues – Bellak
ZETA. Fragmentation and clustering. Chair: Bent Petersen?.
Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd; Pedersen, Torben; Petersen, Bent - Is There a Trend Towards Global Value Chain Specialisation? - An Examination of Cross Boarder Sales of US Foreign Affiliates (ID 143);
Burger, Anže - International Fragmentation of Production and Firm productivity: Evidence from Slovenian Manufacturing Firms (ID 208);
Elia, Stefano; Mariotti, Sergio - Clustering of multinational and national firms: evidence from Italy (ID 137)
11. Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Issues - van Tulder & Demcencov
LAMBDA. Multinationals and their subsidiairies. Chair: T. Diana van Aduard Macedo-Soares. Mainela, Tuija; Mustonen, Timo - Role-related communication structures and strategies in MNCs (ID 195);
Macedo-Soares, T. Diana van Aduard, Gutierrez Schubsky, Adriana Maria, Participation of Expatriates in International Firms´ Subsidiaries – Critical Success Factor for Effective Corporate Governance: Focusing the Case of Vale from a Strategic Relational Perspective (ID6);
Rogers, Helen, Hossinger, Matthias. Negotiating effective procurement contracts in MNEs (ID 82)
13.00-13.30 Poster sessions
Kirpalani, V.H. Manek, Gabrielsson, Mika: Globalization: what is new; effective global strategies (ID 20)
Ibeh, Kevin. Nascent Transnational Corporations from Rising Africa: Preliminary Insights and Research Agenda (ID239)
Bartels, Frank L, Kratzsch, Stefan, Eicher, Markus: Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants and Location Decisions (ID18)
Yokomizo, Cesar Akira, Nakata, Lina Eiko, de Souza, Edileusa Godói, Corrêa, Hamilton Luiz. Business and Sustainability in Brazilian Top Companies: The State of Art in Sustainable Practices Adoption (ID171)
Dolegowski, Tomasz: Institutions, Ethics and Spirituality – Implications for the Competitiveness in the Global Economy (ID64)
Heikkilä, Katja Orvokki: MNCs' behaviour is socio-political market - A risk sensitive approach (ID76)
Giannoukou, Ioanna, Anastassopoulos, George, Filippaios,Fragkiskos. Investigating multinationality and location's competitiveness in the tourism industry: Evidence from South Mediterranean European countries (ID135)
Pollard, David. Social Capital Theory and the Internationalization Process of Czech SMEs (ID115)
Bertoncelj, Andrej, Kavčič , Klemen. Hierarchy vs. Market Orientation in Capital Alliances (ID103)
14.30-16.00 Session 7
1. International Business in Catching Up Economies (Emerging Markets) - Rojec I
ALFA. Catching-up - various issues. Chair: Johannes Stephan.
Schuh, Arnold; Rossmann, Adrian - Business and Management Research on Central and Eastern Europe: Key Research Areas and Trends during the 1990-2005 Period (ID 194);
Jindra, Björn; Günther, Jutta; Stephan, Johannes - Foreign Subsidiaries in the East German Innovation System – Evidence from manufacturing industries (ID 84);
Köksal, Mehmet Haluk - Determinants of Export Promotion Programs in Turkish Manufacturing Companies (ID 231)
2. Internationalisation Process and International Entrepreneurship - Nummela I
OMEGA. Institutional environment. Chair: Asta Salmi?.
Baum, Matthias; Schwens, Christian; Kabst, Rüdiger - International versus Domestic New Ventures: The moderating role of institutional uncertainties and transaction disincentives (ID 164)
Ritvala, Tiina; Salmi, Asta - Institutional entrepreneurship and international business - internationalizing functional food companies as constructors of their institutional environments (ID 62);
Gooderham, Paul; Rønning, Rune - The role of global leadership programs in the development of social capital for knowledge sharing in MNEs (ID 27)
EPSILON. The stages of internationalization. Chair: Urmas Varblane.
Gerschewski, Stephan; Rose, Elizabeth L.; Scott-Kennel, Joanna - Understanding pre-export behaviour of small and medium-sized firms in New Zealand: Towards a model of export readiness (ID 107);
Swoboda, Bernhard; Jager, Martin; Morschett, Dirk; Schramm-Klein, Hanna - Successful Coordination of Structures and Processes in Internationalisation Stages - Analysis of Family-Owned SMEs (ID 157)
Roolaht, Tõnu; Varblane, Urmas -Differences Between Inward-Outward FDI and Inward FDI in the Context of Estonia (ID 91)
3. Knowledge Management in International Business - Pedersen
BETA. HRM, Clusters and Globalisation. Chair: David Pollard.
Pollard, David; Švarcová, Jena - Promoting Knowledge Transfer to Czech SMEs: The Role of Human Resource Development in Increasing Absorptive Capacity (ID 116);
De Beule, Filip; Van Beveren, Ilke - R&D, Product Renewal and Clusters in Belgium (ID 209);
Borghoff, Thomas - Knowledge in the global evolutionary process of firms (ID 211)
4. Corporate Strategies in International Business II - Larimo
GAMMA. Experience and FDI. Chair: Jorma Larimo.
Dow, Douglas; Larimo, Jorma - Disentangling the Role of International Experience in Establishment Mode Choice (ID 77);
Petkova, Neviana; Duanmu, Jing-Lin - Does Foreign Buyout Lead to Better Performance? (ID 172);
Neto Rodrigues, Paula Cristina; Brandao, Antonio Abilio; Cerqueira, Antonio - The Impact of FDI, Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions and Greenfield Investments on Economic Growth (ID 55/88)
6. Human Resources Management - Suutari & Björkman
KAPA. Careers. Chair: Helene Mayerhofer.
Mäkelä, Liisa, Suutari, Vesa. The work-life conflicts and related coping strategies among managers with global careers (ID57).
Mayerhofer, Helene, Hartmann, Linley. Careers of Older Women in Austria and Australia (ID221)???
7. International Marketing and Cross Cultural Issues in International Business - Schuh
SIGMA. Geography in international business. Chair: Susana Costa e Silva.
Sergueeva John, Anna, Brady, Malcolm P., Levis, Mary. The impact of national culture on advertising involvement strategies in Ireland, Russia and Mozambique (ID156).
Melo Brito, Carlos, Costa e Silva, Susana, Understanding export grouping schemes as issue-based nets (ID39).
Pare, Jean Louis; Lemaire, Jean Paul; Marrot, Olivier - Financial Performance of Firms in International Markets: The Impact of Locus of Destination (ID 240)
10. Foreign Investment, Trade and Policy Issues – Bellak
ZETA. Local, global and regional issues of FDI. Chair: Frank L. Bartels.
Nicolini, Marcella; Piscitello, Lucia - Foreign Investments in Service Sectors as a Determinant of Local Development (ID 124);
Chidlow, Agnieszka; Young, Stephen - What are the regional determinants that attract FDI in Poland? (ID 34);
Duran, Juan Jose; de la Fuente, Juan Manuel; Jimenez, Alfredo - Political Risk as a Determinant of Investment by Spanish Multinational Firms in Europe. Is there an East-West Structure? (ID 233)
11. Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Issues - van Tulder & Demcencov
LAMBDA. Firm performance. Chair: Rob van Tulder.
Ruigrok, Winfried; Kaczmarek, Szymon Piotr. Internationalisation of the executive suite and firm performance: UK evidence (ID 12);
Sikavica, Katarina. Ownership Structure, Firm Performance and CEO Turnover:The Case of Switzerland (ID 114);
Klein, Martin; Verwaal, Ernst. Can private businesses really build profitable and sustainable business models at the base-of-the-pyramid? (ID 241)
DELTA. EIBA Fellows' Business Meeting (not open to others besides the Fellows).
16.30-18.00 Session 8
1. International Business in Catching Up Economies (Emerging Markets) - Rojec I
ALFA. Regional aspects of catching up. Chair: Juan Jose Duran.
Farshchi, Mahtab Akhavan - Evolutionary patterns and strategies for internationalisation and relocation: Industrial districts and productive capabilities in Europe (ID 200); ???
2. Internationalisation Process and International Entrepreneurship - Nummela I
OMEGA. Growth strategies. Chair: Antonella Zucchella.
Hagen, Birgit; Palamara, Giada; Zucchella, Antonella; Cerchiello, Paola; De Giovanni, Nicolo - International strategies of SMEs: mapping strategic clusters (ID 132);
Forza, Cipriano; Kalinic, Igor - Production-Oriented Internationalisation: Strategic implications for traditional SMEs (ID 146);
Morschett, Dirk; Schramm-Klein, Hanna; Swoboda, Bernhard, Donath, Annett - Entry Mode Choice: What do we really know about host country and home country influences? (ID 89)
EPSILON. Geography, culture and psychic distance in internationalization. Chair: Christopher Williams.
Delerue, Helene; Lejeune, Albert - Internationalization of biotechnology start-ups: the role of geographical location (ID 136);
Ojala, Arto; Tyrväinen, Pasi - Impact of psychic distance to the internationalization behavior of knowledge-intensive SMEs (ID 31),
Williams, Christopher; Galesloot, Lars; Gastelaars, Elwin; van der Kerke, Dante - The influence of national culture and institutional forces on the choice of market entry mode: An analysis of Dutch MNEs (ID 222)
4. Corporate Strategies in International Business II - Larimo
GAMMA. Strategies. Chair: Andrei Kuznetsov.
Schmidt, Flavia de Holanda; da Silva, Jorge Ferreira; Carneiro, Jorge - Association between Collaborative Strategies and Performance in the Airline Industry (ID 158);
Grimpe, Christoph, Sofka, Wolfgang. Search Patterns in Transition Economies: A Comparison of Thirteen European Countries (ID220);
Jacob, Marcus; Kuznetsov, Andrei - Examining Variety of Capitalism Perspective on the Globalisation of Business Operation (ID 217)
6. Human Resources Management - Suutari & Björkman
KAPA. Knowledge and capabilities. Chair: ???.
Sorger, Daniela Magdalena, Lemanski Michal. Drivers and Barriers to Effective Knowledge Sharing between HR Subunits in Central Eastern Europe (ID205),
Lourenço, Ricardo, Dahab, Sonia, Expatriates and Knowledge Management (ID50),
Minbaeva, Dana, Muratbekova-Touron, Maral. Conquering KazOil: The Experience of Canadian and Chinese Acquisitions (ID159)
11. Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Issues - van Tulder & Demcencov
LAMBDA. Performance and success factors. Chair: Yingjing Jia?.
L. Guo, Liang, Jia, Yingying. The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Board Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Taiwan (ID69).
Nguyen, Huu Le. Dynamics between trust, control, and performance in international joint venture life-cycle (ID192);
Thakur, Pooja; Contractor, Farok - Impact of Offshoring and Outsourcing of Clinical Trials on Firm Performance (ID 180)