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Inge Ivarsson
Professor Emeritus
Department of BusinessAbout Inge Ivarsson
Research areas
- Globalisation and the role of multinational corporations, Foreign direct investment in Europe and Asia, Location strategies of research & development activities in MNCs, International technology and knowledge transfer between multinational companies and host-market suppliers in emerging markets.
Teaching areas
- Globalisation and the role of multinational corporations, Foreign direct investment in Europe and Asia, Location strategies of research & development activities in MNCs, International technology and knowledge transfer between multinational companies and host-market suppliers in emerging markets.
Selected publications
The globalization of Swedish MNEs: Empirical evidence and theoretical explanations
Vahlne, Jan-Erik, Ivarsson, Inge
Journal of International Business Studies, 45:3, s. 227-247, 2014
Technology transfer from TNCs to local suppliers in developing countries: A study of AB Volvo’s truck and bus plants in Brazil, China, India, and Mexico
Ivarsson, Inge, Alvstam, Claes-Göran
World Development. 33 (8) s. 1325-1344, 2005
Upgrading in Global Value-Chains: A Case Study of Technology-Learning among IKEA-Suppliers in China and South East Asia
Ivarsson, Inge, Alvstam, Claes G.
Journal of Economic Geography, 11:4, s. 731-752, 2011
The Tortuous Road to Globalization of Volvo's Heavy Truck Business-Extending the Scope of the Uppsala Model
Vahlne, Jan-Erik, Ivarsson, Inge, Johanson, Jan
International Business Review, 20:1, s. 1-14, 2011
TNCs and the Geographical Transfer of Localised Technology: A Multi-Industry Study of Foreign Affiliates in Sweden
Ivarsson, Inge
Journal of Economic Geography, Vol 2, s. 221-247, 2002
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Multinationals' value chain configuration for product diversification in emerging markets: Western firms in
China
Sarah Franz, A. Giroud, Inge Ivarsson
Multinational Business Review - 2023 -
World Investment Report 2020:
International production beyond
the
pandemic
Axéle Giroud, Inge Ivarsson
Journal of International Business Policy - 2020 -
Strategiskt förnyelsearbete inom svensk industri [Elektronisk
resurs]
Claes G. Alvstam, Martin Henning, Inge Ivarsson, Richard Nakamura, Ramsin Yakob
2020 -
Are multinationals and governments from emerging economies configuring global
value chains in new
ways?
Claes G. Alvstam, Inge Ivarsson, Bent Petersen
International Journal of Emerging Markets - 2019 -
Strategiskt förnyelsearbete inom svensk
industri
Claes G. Alvstam, Martin Henning, Inge Ivarsson, Richard Nakamura, Ramsin Yakob
2019 -
Are multinational enterprises in
retreat?
Jan-Erik Vahlne, Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
Multinational Business Review - 2018 -
Global technology development by colocating R&D and manufacturing: The Case of Swedish manufacturing
MNEs
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam, Jan-Erik Vahlne
Industrial and Corporate Change - 2017 -
Becoming a national champion yet remaining a global player: The acquisition of Volvo Car by Zhejiang
Geely
Claes G. Alvstam, Inge Ivarsson
Managing Culture and Interspace in Cross-border Investments Building a Global Company, Edited By Martina Fuchs, Sebastian Henn, Martin Franz, Ram Mudambi - 2017 -
New technology development by Swedish MNEs in emerging markets: the role of co-location of R&D and
production
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
Asian Business & Management - 2017 -
Are Multinationals from Emerging Economies Configuring Global Value Chains in New
Ways?
Claes G. Alvstam, Inge Ivarsson, Bent Petersen
Paper presented at the 42nd annual conference of the European International Business Academy, Vienna University of Economics and Business, December 2-4, 2016 - 2016 -
Are Multinationals from Emerging Economies Configuring Global Value Chains in New
Ways?
Bent Petersen, Claes G. Alvstam, Inge Ivarsson
5th OFDI Conference, Copenhagen Business School, October 27-28. - 2016 -
Is the Geely-Volvo case heralding a new location logic in global
production?
Claes G. Alvstam, Inge Ivarsson, Bent Petersen
33rd Euro-Asia Management Studies Association Annual Conference, Suzhou, China, October 27-29. - 2016 -
Technology transfer and the internationalization process of an emerging market firm: The example of Chinese acquisitions in the Swedish automotive
industry
Claes G. Alvstam, Inge Ivarsson
Research Workshop on “Creating Leading Edge Technical Competencies in Chinese Companies – Innovation and Globalization”. Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, School of Business, economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, April 28-29 - 2016 -
Gränsöverskridande : vänbok till Claes G. Alvstam / [redaktörer: Linda Berg
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Creating a new spatial logic in the global operations of a passenger car manufacturer: The acquisition of Volvo Car by Zhejiang
Geely
Claes G. Alvstam, Inge Ivarsson
4th Global economic Geography Conference, University of Oxford, UK, August 19-23. - 2015 -
Reconfiguration of a global value chain: The example of the acquisition of Volvo Cars by Zhejiang Geely
Holding
Claes G. Alvstam, Inge Ivarsson, Bent Petersen
AIB Conference on Breaking up the Global Value Chain, Bocconi University, Milano, October 30-31. - 2015 -
The globalization of Swedish MNEs: Empirical evidence and theoretical
explanations
Jan-Erik Vahlne, Inge Ivarsson
Journal of International Business Studies - 2014 -
Technology development by colocating R&D and manufacturing: A New R&D strategy by Swedish MNEs in emerging
markets?
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
EAMSA Conference 2014: Regional Integration, Value Chains and Multinational Firms. Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, 29 Oct. –1 Nov. 2014 - 2014 -
The 'Hybrid' Emerging Market Multinational Enterprise: The Ownership Transfer of Volvo Cars to
China
Claes G. Alvstam, Inge Ivarsson
Asian Inward and Outward FDI: New Challenges in the Global Economy, ed. by Alvstam, Claes G., Harald Dolles and Patrik Ström - 2014 -
Embedded internationalization: How small-and medium-sized Swedish companies use business-network relations with Western customers to establish own manufacturing in
China
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
Asian Business & Management - 2013 -
Embedded Internationalisation: How Swedish manufacturing SMEs enter China through global production
networks.
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, New York, USA, Feb 25-29. - 2012 -
The Politics of Global/Local Supply Chains: Building up of an entirely new production network under political and logistical restraints - The case of Volvo Car
China.
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
Second INCODE Conference, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 24-25. - 2012 -
Research on Swedish TNCs and their Suppliers in Asia and Latin
America.
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
First INCODE Conference, University of Chicago, China Center, Beijing, China, July 13-16. - 2011 -
Follow-source Suppliers in the New Geography of Global Production Networks: A study of investment motives and strategies of small Swedish manufacturing companies in
China.
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
The Third Global Economic Geography Conference, Seoul, Korea, June 28 - July 1. - 2011 -
Upgrading in Global Value-Chains: A Case Study of Technology-Learning among IKEA-Suppliers in China and South East
Asia
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
Journal of Economic Geography - 2011 -
The Tortuous Road to Globalization of Volvo's Heavy Truck Business-Extending the Scope of the Uppsala
Model
Jan-Erik Vahlne, Inge Ivarsson, Jan Johanson
International Business Review - 2011 -
Supplier Upgrading in the Home-Furnishing Value-Chain: An Empirical Study of IKEA’s Sourcing in China and South East
Asia
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
World Development - 2010 -
Upstream Control and Downstream Liberty of Action? Interdependence patterns in global value chains, with examples from producer-driven and buyer-driven
industries
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
The Review of Market Integration - 2010 -
Learning from foreign TNCs: A study of technology upgrading by local suppliers to AB Volvo in Asia and Latin
America
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
International Journal of Technology Management - 2009 -
Local Technology Linkages and Supplier Upgrading in Global Value Chains: The Case of Swedish Engineering TNCs in Emerging
Markets
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
Competition and Change - 2009 -
Global production and trade systems - The Volvo
case
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
International business geography : case studies of corporate firms / eds: Piet Pellenbarg & Egbert Wever - 2008 -
Technology transfer from TNCs to local suppliers in developing countries: A study of AB Volvo’s truck and bus plants in Brazil, China, India, and
Mexico
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
World Development - 2005 -
The Effect of Spatial Proximity on Technology Transfer from TNCs to Local Suppliers in Developing Countries: The Case of AB Volvo's Truck and Bus Plants in Brazil, China, India and
Mexico.
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
Economic Geography - 2005 -
International Technology Transfer to Local suppliers by Volvo Trucks in
India.
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie - 2004 -
International Technology Transfer Through Local Business Linkages: The Case of Volvo Trucks and Their Domestic Suppliers in
India.
Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam
Oxford Development Studies - 2004 -
Local Technological Competence and Asset-Seeking FDI: An Empirical Study of Manufacturing and Wholesale Affiliates in
Sweden.
Inge Ivarsson, Tommy Johansson
International Business Review - 2003 -
Technology integration through international acquisitions: the case of foreign manufacturing TNCs in
Sweden
Inge Ivarsson, Jan-Erik Vahlne
Scandinavian Journal of Management - 2002 -
Technology Development and Collective Learning Among TNCs and Host Country Firms: The Case of West
Sweden.
Inge Ivarsson
Environment and Planning A - 2002 -
TNCs and the Geographical Transfer of Localised Technology: A Multi-Industry Study of Foreign Affiliates in
Sweden.
Inge Ivarsson
Journal of Economic Geography - 2002 -
TNC Strategies and Variation in Intra-Firm Trade: The Case of Foreign Manufacturing Affiliates in
Sweden.
Inge Ivarsson, Tommy Johansson
Geografiska Annaler Ser. B - 2000 -
Competitive Industry Clusters and Inward TNC Investments: The Case of
Sweden.
Inge Ivarsson
Regional Studies - 1999 -
Japanese Nordic Trade and Japanese Manufacturing in the Nordic
Countries
Inge Ivarsson
Japan and the Periphery. In: Darby, J. (ed.) - 1996