International Business Strategy
International Business Strategy –Discussion Groups
International Business Strategy –Discussion Groups
You must review the article you have been assigned or selected and prepare notes to help you engage in an assessed group assignment. You are required to research around your article and come to class prepared to demonstrate academic rigour in your contribution to the group discussion.
Please work closely with the module team to ensure you are well prepared for this task. Below are questions you may find helpful in preparing for the discussion.
- What is the most interesting thing you have learnt from the reading, and why?
- What part of the reading have you found most difficult to understand, or to agree with, and why?
- What IBS theoretical framework has this article helped you to understand?
- How relevant are the issues highlighted by your article to MNEs?
- If the author (s) were present what question would you ask them?
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| 1. Verbeke, A. & Asmussen, C.G. 2016, “Global, Local, or Regional? The Locus of MNE Strategies”, Journal of Management Studies, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 1051-1075. | |||
| 2. Li, L., Liu, X., Yuan, D. & Yu, M. 2017, “Does outward FDI generate higher productivity for emerging economy MNEs? – Micro-level evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms”, International Business Review, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 839-854. | |||
| 3. Doh, J., Roigues, S., Saka-Helmhout, A.U. & Makhija, M. 2017, “International business responses to institutional voids”, Journal of International Business Studies, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 293-307. | |||
| 4. Nell, P.C., Puck, J. & Heidenreich, S. 2015, “Strictly limited choice or agency? Institutional duality, legitimacy, and subsidiaries’ political strategies”, Journal of World Business, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 302-311 | |||
| 5. Fleury, A. & Leme Fleury, M.T. 2009, “Understanding the strategies of late-movers in International Manufacturing”, International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 122, no. 1, pp. 340-350. | |||
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| 2.A firm’s macroenvironment (Macro- and mega)
1 Ivanaj, S., Ivanaj, V., McIntyre, J.R. & Guimarães da Costa, N. 2017, “MNEs and climate change: Implications for future research”, Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 160, no. 1, pp. 1-7.
2. Esposito, M. & Tse, T. (2018) “DRIVE: The Five Megatrends that Underpin the Future Business, Social, and Economic Landscapes”, Thunderbird International Business Review, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 121-129.
3. Demirbag, M., Glaister, K.W. & Sengupta, A. 2020, “Which regions matter for MNEs? The role of regional and firm level differences”, Journal of World Business, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 101026.
4. Cantwell, J., Dunning, J.H. & Lundan, S.M. 2010, “An evolutionary approach to understanding international business activity: The co-evolution of MNEs and the institutional environment”, Journal of International Business Studies, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 567-586.
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| 3. The industry context
1. Jacobides, M.G., Cennamo, C. & Gawer, A. (2018) “Towards a theory of ecosystems”, Strategic Management Journal, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 2255-2276.
2. Buenstorf, G. 2016, “Schumpeterian incumbents and industry evolution”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 823-836.
3. McGahan, A.M. (2011) How Industries Evolve. In De Wit & Meyer, 2011. Ch.10
4. Kim.C.W., Mauborgne,R., Chen G,(2018) Driving the Future: How Autonomous Vehicles Will Change Industries and Strategy by Michael Olenick : https://cases.insead.edu/
5. Strange, R. & Zucchella, A. 2017, “Industry 4.0, global value chains and international business”, Multinational Business Review, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 174-184
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| 4. A firm’s international Environment-Resources and capabilities and RBV
1. Lin, L. 2014, “Subsidiary performance: The contingency of multinational corporation’s international strategy”, European Management Journal, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 928-937.
2. Teece, D.J. 2018, “Business models and dynamic capabilities”, Long Range Planning, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 40-49..
3. van Prooijen, A.M. & Ellemers, N. 2015, “Does it pay to be moral? How indicators of morality and competence enhance organizational and work team attractiveness”, British Journal of Management, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 225-236.
4. de Vasconcellos, S.L., Garrido, I.L. & Parente, R.C. 2019, “Organizational creativity as a crucial resource for building international business competence”, International Business Review, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 438-449.
5. Essle, M., Gandhi, S., Song, J., Xu, J (2020) Coronavirus and the impact on global supply chains, MIT Technology Review. (Email me for a copy ) . | 1. | ||
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| 5. Stakeholder interest and power- profitability vs responsibility.
1. Fischer L.H. & Thaarup, M.C. (2013) Sustainability in the Auto Industry: Significance of a Leader’s Mindset. Copenhagen Business School (CBS). Available via https://www.thecasecentre.org)
2. Johnson, D. & Verdicchio, M. 2018, AI, agency and responsibility: the VW fraud case and beyond (Use Online Library to access this article).
3. Harris, J. 2018, “Who Owns My Autonomous Vehicle? Ethics and Responsibility in Artificial and Human Intelligence”, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 599-60 (Use Online Library to access this article)
4. Jahn, J. & Brühl, R. 2018, “How Friedman’s View on Individual Freedom Relates to Stakeholder Theory and Social Contract Theory”, Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 153, no. 1, pp. 41-52. (Use Online Library to access this article)
5. Park, B.I., Chidlow, A. & Choi, J. 2014, “Corporate social responsibility: Stakeholders influence on MNEs’ activities”, International Business Review, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 966-980
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| 6. Innovation and change
1. Wells, P. 2018, “Degrowth and techno-business model innovation: The case of Riversimple”, Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 197, pp. 1704-1710.
2. Ansari, S., Garud, R. & Kumaraswamy, A.(2016) “The disruptor’s dilemma: TiVo and the U.S. television ecosystem”, Strategic Management Journal, vol. 37, no. 9, pp. 1829-1853.
3. Spieth, P., Schneckenberg, D. & Ricart, J.E. 2014, “Business model innovation – state of the art and future challenges for the field”, R&D Management, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 237-247.
4.Trabucchi, D., Talenti, L. & Buganza, T. 2019, “How do Big Bang Disruptors look like? A Business Model perspective”, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, vol. 141, pp. 330-34
5. Cantwell, J. 2017, “Innovation and international business”, Industry and Innovation, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 41-60.
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| 7. Internationalisation and strategic alliances (20th November)
1. Buckley, P.J. 2016, “The contribution of internalisation theory to international business: New realities and unanswered questions”, Journal of World Business, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 74-82.
2.Witt, M.A. 2019, “De-globalization: Theories, predictions, and opportunities for international business research”, Journal of International Business Studies, .
3. Arvanitis, S., Hollenstein, H. & Stucki, T. 2016, “Does the explanatory power of the OLI approach differ among sectors and business functions? Evidence from firm-level data”, Economics, vol. 10..
4. Moura, S.T.G., Krug, J., Falaster, C. & Parisotto, Iara Regina dos Santos 2019, “Do Institutional Distances Influence South-South Cross-Border Acquisitions?”, Internext, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 190.
5. Meyer, K.E. & Benito, G.R.G. 2016, “Where do MNEs locate their headquarters? at home”, Global Strategy Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 149-159.
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