International Strategic Management

1. Agarwal, R., & Helfat, C. E. (2009). Strategic renewal of organizations. Organization science, 20(2), 281-293.Link to article
2. Barney, J. (1991), “Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage”, Journal of Management, Vol 17, No. 1, pp. 99-120 Link to Article
3. Benito, G. RG., Petersen, B. and Welch L. (2009) Towards more realistic conceptualizations of foreign operation modes. Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 40: 1455–1470 Link to article
4. Cavusgil, T. S. and Knight, Gary (2015) The born global firm: An entrepreneurial and capabilities perspective on early and rapid internationalization. Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 46: 3-16 Link to Article
5. Cullen, J.B., Johnson, J.L. and Sakano, T. (2000). Success Through Commitment and Trust: The Soft Side of Strategic Alliance Management. Journal of World Business, Vol. 35: 223-240. Link to Article
6. Hill, C.W.L., Hwang, P. and Kim, W.C. (1990) An Eclectic Theory of the Choice of International Entry Mode. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 11: 117-128. Link to Article
7. Johanson, J. and Vahlne, J.-E. (2009) The Uppsala internationalization process model revisited: From liability of foreigness to liability of outsidership. Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 40: 1411-1431. Link to Article
8. Kale, P. and Singh, H. (2009) Managing Strategic Alliances: What Do We Know Now, and Where Do We Go From Here? Academy of Management Perspectives, August, Vol. 23[3]: 45-62 Link to Article
9. Kostova, T. and Roth K. (2002). Adoption of an Organizational Practice by Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporation: Institutional and Relational Effect. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 45: 215-243 Link to Article
10. Lavie, D. (2007) Alliance Portfolios and Firm Performance: A Study of Value Creation and Appropriation in the U.S. Software Industry. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 28: 1187-1212 Link to Article
11. McGahan, A. M. (2004). How industries change. Harvard business review, 82(10), 86-94.
12. Morschett, D., Schramm-Klein, H. and Swoboda, B. (2010) Decades of research on market entry modes: What do we really know about external antecedents of entry mode choice? Journal of International Management, Vol. 16 [1]: 60-77 Link to Article
13. Porter, M. (1986), “Changing patterns of international competition”, California Management Review, Vol. 28, pp. 9-40 Link to Article
14. Rašković, M., Brenčič, M. M., Jaklič, M. (2013) Antecedents and evolution of the Bartlett and Ghoshal transnational typology, Multinational Business Review, Vol. 21 [2]: 148 – 173 Link to Article
15. Rosenzweig, P. (1991), “Organizational environment and the multinational enterprise”, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 340-361 Link to Article
16. Rugman, A., Verbeke, A. and Yuan, W. (2011). Re-conceptualizing Bartlett and Ghoshal’s Classification of National Subsidiary Roles in the Multinational Enterprise. Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 48[2]: 253-277 Link to Article
17. Rugman, A. M. (2010) Reconciling Internalization Theory and the Eclectic Paradigm, Multinational Business Review, Vol. 18 [2]: 1-12 Link to Article
18. Schmitt, A., Raisch, S., & Volberda, H. W. (2018). Strategic renewal: Past research, theoretical tensions and future challenges. International Journal of Management Reviews, 20(1), 81-98. Link to Article
19. Summary on research on M&As based on: Schweizer, R. (2005) “An Arranged Marriage under Institutional Duality – The Local Integration Process between Two globally Merging MNCs’ Subsidiaries”, BAS Publishing, Göteborg. (will be provided by the course leader)
20. Williamson, O. (1991), “Comparative Economic Organization: The analysis of discrete structural alternatives”, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 269-296 Link to Article
21. Yakob, R., Nakamura, H. R., & Ström, P. (2018). Chinese foreign acquisitions aimed for strategic asset-creation and innovation upgrading: The case of Geely and Volvo Cars. Technovation, 70, 59-72. Link to Article

Supplementary Articles

Bartlett, C.A. and Ghoshal, S. (1987). Managing Across Borders: New Strategic Requirements. Sloan Management Review, Summer: 7-17. (Found in the Library)

Bartlett, C.A. and Ghoshal, S. (1987). Managing Across Borders: New Organizational Responses. Sloan Management Review, Fall: 43-53. (Found in the Library)

Brouthers, K.D. and Brouthers L.E. (2003). Why service and Manufacturing Entry Mode Choices Differ: The Influence of Transaction Cost Factors, Risk and Trust. Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 40: 1179-1204.

Chang, S. and Rosenzweig, P.M. (2001). The Choice of Entry Mode in Sequential Foreign Direct Investment. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 22: 747-776.

Davis, P.S., Desai, A.B. and Francis, J.D. (2000). Mode of International Entry: An Isomorphism Perspective. Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 31: 239-258.

Edman, J. (2016) Reconciling the advantages and liabilities of foreignness: Towards an identity-based framework. Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 47: 674–694

Gaba, V., Pang, Y. and Ungson, G.R. (2002). Timing of Entry in International Market: An Empirical Study of US Fortune 500 Firms in China. Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 33: 39-55.

Gulati, R. (1998). Alliances and Networks. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 19: 293-317.

Kim, C.K. and Mauborgne, R.A. (1993). Making Global Strategies Work. Sloan Management Review, Spring: 11-27.

Osborn, R.N. and Hagendoorn, J. (1997). The Institutionalization and Evolutionary Dynamics of Interorganizational Alliances and Networks. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 40: 261-278.

Pan, Y. and Tse, D.K. (2000). The Hierarchical Model of Market Entry Modes. Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 31: 535-554.

Peng, M.W. (2006) Global Strategy. Thomson South-Western

Peng, M.W. (2006) Global Strategy. Thomson South-Western

Penrose, E. (2009, 4th Edition) The Theory of the Growth of the Firm. Subchapter III ‘Penrose’s Contribution’ xvi-xxvi in the Introductory Chapter: Edith Penrose’s ‘The Theory of the Growth of the Firm’ Fifty Years Later by Pitelis C.N. Oxford University Press (Found in the library)

Pothukuchi, V., Damanpour, F., Choi, J., Chen, C.C. and Park, S.H. (2002). National and Organizational Culture Differences and International Joint Venture Performance. Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 33: 243-265.

Zaheer, S. (1995). Overcoming the Liability of Foreignness. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 38: 341-363.

Zou, S. and Cavusgil, S.T. (1996). Global Strategy: A Review and an Integrated Conceptual Framework. European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 30: 52-69.