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Knowledge, Networks and Power

The Uppsala School of International Business

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Mats Forsgren

    1. Uppsala University, Sweden

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  2. Ulf Holm

    1. Uppsala University, Sweden

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  3. Jan Johanson

    1. Uppsala University, Sweden

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This book presents more than four decades of research in international business at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University. Gradually, this research has been recognized as 'The Uppsala School'. The work in Uppsala over the years reflects a broad palette of issues and approaches.

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Knowledge, Networks and Power — The Uppsala School of International Business

      • Mats Forsgren, Ulf Holm, Jan Johanson
      Pages 3-38

  3. The Internationalization Process of the Firm

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Experiential Knowledge and Cost in the Internationalization Process

      • Kent Eriksson, Jan Johanson, Anders Majkgård, D. Deo Sharma
      Pages 41-63

    3. A Note on the Criticisms Against the Internationalization Process Model

      • Amjad Hadjikhani
      Pages 64-87

    4. The Concept of Learning in the Uppsala Internationalization Process Model: A Critical Review

      • Mats Forsgren
      Pages 88-110

    5. Internationalisation in Industrial Systems — A Network Approach

      • Jan Johanson, Lars-Gunnar Mattsson
      Pages 111-132

    6. Business Networks and Cooperation in International Business Relationships

      • Desirée Blankenburg Holm, Kent Eriksson, Jan Johanson
      Pages 133-152

    7. The Uppsala Internationalization Process Model Revisited: From Liability of Foreignness to Liability of Outsidership

      • Jan Johanson, Jan-Erik Vahlne
      Pages 153-186

    8. Network Knowledge and Business-Relationship Value in the Foreign Market

      • Jukka Hohenthal, Jan Johanson, Martin Johanson
      Pages 187-224

    9. Division Headquarters Go Abroad — A Step in the Internationalization of the Multinational Corporation

      • Mats Forsgren, Ulf Holm, Jan Johanson
      Pages 225-242

  4. The Multinational Corporation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. Headquarters’ Knowledge of Subsidiary Network Contexts in the Multinational Corporation

      • Ulf Holm, Jan Johanson, Peter Thilenius
      Pages 245-263

    3. Rationality vs Ignorance: The Role of MNE Headquarters in Subsidiaries’ Innovation Processes

      • Francesco Ciabuschi, Mats Forsgren, Oscar Martín Martín
      Pages 264-283

    4. Internal Embeddedness, Headquarters Involvement, and Innovation Importance in Multinational Enterprises

      • Francesco Ciabuschi, Henrik Dellestrand, Oscar Martín Martín
      Pages 284-317

    5. The Strategic Impact of External Networks: Subsidiary Performance and Competence Development in the Multinational Corporation

      • Ulf Andersson, Mats Forsgren, Ulf Holm
      Pages 318-343

    6. Competence Development through Business Relationships or Competitive Environment? — Subsidiary Impact on MNC Competitive Advantage

      • Ulf Holm, Christine Holmström, Deo Sharma
      Pages 344-365

    7. Cultural Distance or Cultural Positions? Analysing the Effect of Culture on the HQ—Subsidiary Relationship

      • Rian Drogendijk, Ulf Holm
      Pages 366-392

    8. Balancing Subsidiary Influence in the Federative MNC: A Business Network View

      • Ulf Andersson, Mats Forsgren, Ulf Holm
      Pages 393-420
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Uppsala University, Sweden

    Mats Forsgren, Ulf Holm, Jan Johanson

About the editors

Mats Forsgren: M.Sc in Political Science, Fil.lic, Docent, Honorary doctor at Swedsih School of Economics. His current position is Professor emeritus of International Business at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University. Former positions: Professor in International Business at Copenhagen School of Economics 1994-1998. Visiting professor at Stockholm School of Economics 1999-2000. Professor in International Business, Uppsala University, 2000-2007. Research Fellow at Swedish School of Economics, Helsinki 1999- 2005. His research has been published in several international journals and books and spans the field of international business, foreign direct investment theory, and theories of internationalization.

Ulf Holm is Professor of International Business at the Department of Business Studies at Uppsala University. His research concerns the management of the multinational corporation, in particular the emergence of subsidiary centres of excellence, subsidiary innovation and influence, and transfer of knowledge. He also studies the internationalization of the firm and particularly the process of subsidiary internationalization. His research has been published in several international journals and he has coauthored books on centres of excellence, the embedded multinational and the role of headquarters in the contemporary multinational.

Jan Johanson is Professor emeritus of International Business at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden. He has published several international peer reviewed journal articles and books. He is one of the founders of the so-called Uppsala School on the internationalization process of the firm.

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