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Course syllabus - International Business

Scope

15 credits

Course code

FOA220

Valid from

Autumn semester 2016

Education level

First cycle

Progressive Specialisation

G2F (First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).

Main area(s)

Business Administration

School

School of Business, Society and Engineering

Ratified

2015-02-04

Revised

2016-01-28

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2022-06-22
    • Latest update: 2022-06-22

    Articles

    Porter

    The Competitive Advantage of Nations

    Harvard Business Review, 1990

    Johanson, J.; Vahlne, J-E

    The Uppsala internationalization process model revisited: From Liability of foreignness to liability of outsidership

    Journal of International Business Studies, 2009

    Sharma, D.D; Blomstermo, A

    The internationalization process of born globals: a network view

    International Business Review, Vol. 12, No. 6, 2003

    Andersson, U. & Forsgren, M.

    In search of centre of excellence: Network embeddedness and subsidiary roles in multinational corporations.

    MIR: Management International Review, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 329-350., 2000

    Sullivan, Daniel.

    Measuring the degree of internationalization of a firm.

    Journal of International Business Studies (1994): 325-342.,

    Ang, S. H., Benischke, M. H., & Hooi, A. W.-L.

    Frequency of international expansion through high control market expansion modes and interlocked directorships.

    Journal of World Business, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 493-503., 2018

    Bresman, H. & Birkinshaw, J. & Nobel, R.

    Knowledge transfer in international acquisitions.

    Journal of International Business Studies, Vol 30, No. 3 pp. 439-462., 1999

    Rosenzweig, P.M; Singh, J. V.

    Organizational environments and the multinational enterprise. Academy of Management Review

    Academy of Management Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1991

    Andersson, U; Forsgren, M; Holm, U

    The strategic impact of external networks: Subsidiary performance and competence development in the multinational corporation. Vol 23

    Strategic Management Journal, 2002

    Bartlett, C.A.; Ghoshal, S.

    Managing Across Borders: New Strategic Requirements

    Sloan Management Review, 1987

    Prahalad, C.K.; Hamel, G.

    The Core Competence of the Corporation

    Harvard Business Review, 1990

    Ghoshal, S.; Bartlett, C.A.

    The multinational Corporation as an Interorganizational Network, volym 15

    The Academy of Management Review, 1990

    Sölvell, Ö.; Zander, I.

    Organization of the Dynamic Multinational Enterprise, volym 25

    International Studies of Management & Organization, 1995

    Martinez, J.I.; Jarillo, J.C.

    The Evolution of Research on Coordination Mechanisms in Multinational Corporations

    Journal of International Business Studies, 1989

    Birkinshaw, Julian

    Consequences of perception gaps in the headquarters-subsidiary relationship

    International Business Review, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2000

    Najafi-Tavani, Z., Giroud, A. & Andersson, U.

    The interplay of networking activities and internal knowledge actions for subsidiary influence within MNCs.

    Journal of World Business, Vol. 49, No .1, pp. 122-131., 2014

    Ciabuschi, F., Forsgren, M., & Martín, O. M.

    Value creation at the subsidiary level: testing the MNC headquarters parenting advantage logic.

    Long Range Planning, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 48-62., 2017

    Hofstede, Geert, et al.

    Measuring organizational cultures: A qualitative and quantitative study across twenty cases

    Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol 35, No. 2, pp. 286-316., 1990

    Taylor, M; Jack, R

    Understanding the pace, scale and pattern of firm internationalization: An extension of the 'born global' concept

    International Small Business Journal, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2013

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    • Ratified date: 2020-07-13
    • Latest update: 2020-07-13

    Articles

    Porter

    The Competitive Advantage of Nations

    Harvard Business Review, 1990

    Johanson, J.; Vahlne, J-E

    The Uppsala internationalization process model revisited: From Liability of foreignness to liability of outsidership

    Journal of International Business Studies, 2009

    Sharma, D.D; Blomstermo, A

    The internationalization process of born globals: a network view

    International Business Review, Vol. 12, No. 6, 2003

    Andersson, U. & Forsgren, M.

    In search of centre of excellence: Network embeddedness and subsidiary roles in multinational corporations.

    MIR: Management International Review, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 329-350., 2000

    Sullivan, Daniel.

    Measuring the degree of internationalization of a firm.

    Journal of International Business Studies (1994): 325-342.,

    Ang, S. H., Benischke, M. H., & Hooi, A. W.-L.

    Frequency of international expansion through high control market expansion modes and interlocked directorships.

    Journal of World Business, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 493-503., 2018

    Bresman, H. & Birkinshaw, J. & Nobel, R.

    Knowledge transfer in international acquisitions.

    Journal of International Business Studies, Vol 30, No. 3 pp. 439-462., 1999

    Rosenzweig, P.M; Singh, J. V.

    Organizational environments and the multinational enterprise. Academy of Management Review

    Academy of Management Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1991

    Andersson, U; Forsgren, M; Holm, U

    The strategic impact of external networks: Subsidiary performance and competence development in the multinational corporation. Vol 23

    Strategic Management Journal, 2002

    Bartlett, C.A.; Ghoshal, S.

    Managing Across Borders: New Strategic Requirements

    Sloan Management Review, 1987

    Prahalad, C.K.; Hamel, G.

    The Core Competence of the Corporation

    Harvard Business Review, 1990

    Ghoshal, S.; Bartlett, C.A.

    The multinational Corporation as an Interorganizational Network, volym 15

    The Academy of Management Review, 1990

    Sölvell, Ö.; Zander, I.

    Organization of the Dynamic Multinational Enterprise, volym 25

    International Studies of Management & Organization, 1995

    Martinez, J.I.; Jarillo, J.C.

    The Evolution of Research on Coordination Mechanisms in Multinational Corporations

    Journal of International Business Studies, 1989

    Birkinshaw, Julian

    Consequences of perception gaps in the headquarters-subsidiary relationship

    International Business Review, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2000

    Najafi-Tavani, Z., Giroud, A. & Andersson, U.

    The interplay of networking activities and internal knowledge actions for subsidiary influence within MNCs.

    Journal of World Business, Vol. 49, No .1, pp. 122-131., 2014

    Ciabuschi, F., Forsgren, M., & Martín, O. M.

    Value creation at the subsidiary level: testing the MNC headquarters parenting advantage logic.

    Long Range Planning, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 48-62., 2017

    Hofstede, Geert, et al.

    Measuring organizational cultures: A qualitative and quantitative study across twenty cases

    Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol 35, No. 2, pp. 286-316., 1990

    Taylor, M; Jack, R

    Understanding the pace, scale and pattern of firm internationalization: An extension of the 'born global' concept

    International Small Business Journal, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2013

    • Ratified date: 2019-08-13
    • Latest update: 2019-08-13

    Articles

    Porter

    The Competitive Advantage of Nations

    Harvard Business Review, 1990

    sid 73-93

    Johanson, J.; Vahlne, J-E

    The Uppsala internationalization process model revisited: From Liability of foreignness to liability of outsidership

    Journal of International Business Studies, 2009

    sid 1411-1431

    Sharma, D.; Blomstermo, A.

    The internationalisation process of Born Globals: a network view, volym 12

    International Business Review, 2003

    sid 739-753

    Andersson, U; Forsgren, M; Holm, U

    The strategic impact of external networks: Subsidiary performance and competence development in the multinational corporation. Vol 23

    Strategic Management Journal, 2002

    Birkinshaw, J; Holm, U; Thilenius, P; Arvidsson, N

    Consequences of perception gaps in the headquarters-subsidiary relationship. Vol 9

    International Business Review, 2000

    Bartlett, C.A.; Ghoshal, S.

    Managing Across Borders: New Strategic Requirements

    Sloan Management Review, 1987

    sid 7-17

    Prahalad, C.K.; Hamel, G.

    The Core Competence of the Corporation

    Harvard Business Review, 1990

    sid 79-91

    Ghoshal, S.; Bartlett, C.A.

    The multinational Corporation as an Interorganizational Network, volym 15

    The Academy of Management Review, 1990

    sid 603-625

    Sölvell, Ö.; Zander, I.

    Organization of the Dynamic Multinational Enterprise, volym 25

    International Studies of Management & Organization, 1995

    sid 17-38

    Martinez, J.I.; Jarillo, J.C.

    The Evolution of Research on Coordination Mechanisms in Multinational Corporations

    Journal of International Business Studies, 1989

    sid 489-514

    Rosenzweig, P.; Singh, J.V.

    Organisational Environments and the Multinational Enterprise, volym 16

    Academy of Management Review, 1991

    sid 340-361

    Taylor, M. & Robert, J.

    Understanding the pace, scale and pattern of firm internationalization: An extension of the 'born global' concept

    International Small Business Journal, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 701-721., 2012

    Andersson, U. & Forsgren, M.

    In search of centre of excellence: Network embeddedness and subsidiary roles in multinational corporations.

    MIR: Management International Review, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 329-350., 2000

    Sullivan, Daniel.

    Measuring the degree of internationalization of a firm.

    Journal of International Business Studies (1994): 325-342.,

    Ang, S. H., Benischke, M. H., & Hooi, A. W.-L.

    Frequency of international expansion through high control market expansion modes and interlocked directorships.

    Journal of World Business, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 493-503., 2018

    Bresman, H. & Birkinshaw, J. & Nobel, R.

    Knowledge transfer in international acquisitions.

    Journal of International Business Studies, Vol 30, No. 3 pp. 439-462., 1999

    Najafi-Tavani, Z., Giroud, A. & Andersson, U.

    The interplay of networking activities and internal knowledge actions for subsidiary influence within MNCs.

    Journal of World Business, Vol. 49, No .1, pp. 122-131., 2014

    Ciabuschi, F., Forsgren, M., & Martín, O. M.

    Value creation at the subsidiary level: testing the MNC headquarters parenting advantage logic.

    Long Range Planning, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 48-62., 2017

    Hofstede, Geert, et al.

    Measuring organizational cultures: A qualitative and quantitative study across twenty cases

    Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol 35, No. 2, pp. 286-316., 1990

    • Ratified date: 2016-06-14
    • Latest update: 2016-06-14

    Articles

    Porter

    The Competitive Advantage of Nations

    Harvard Business Review, 1990

    sid 73-93

    Johanson, J.; Vahlne, J-E

    The Uppsala internationalization process model revisited: From Liability of foreignness to liability of outsidership

    Journal of International Business Studies, 2009

    sid 1411-1431

    Sharma, D.; Blomstermo, A.

    The internationalisation process of Born Globals: a network view, volym 12

    International Business Review, 2003

    sid 739-753

    Chetty, S.; Campbell-Hunt, C

    A Strategic Approach to Internationalization: A Traditional Versus a

    Journal of International Marketing, 2004

    sid 57-81

    Barkema, H. G.; Vermeulen, F

    International Expansion through Start up or Acquisition: A Learning Perspective, volym 41

    Academy of Management Journal, 1998

    Andersson, U.; Johanson, J.; Vahlne, J-E.

    Organic Acquisitions in the Internationalisation Process of the Business Firm, volym 37

    Management International Review, 1997

    Andersson, U; Forsgren, M; Holm, U

    The strategic impact of external networks: Subsidiary performance and competence development in the multinational corporation. Vol 23

    Strategic Management Journal, 2002

    Birkinshaw, J; Holm, U; Thilenius, P; Arvidsson, N

    Consequences of perception gaps in the headquarters-subsidiary relationship. Vol 9

    International Business Review, 2000

    Forsgren, Mats

    The concept of learning in the Uppsala internationalization process model : a critical review

    Uppsala : 2002 - S. 257-277

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    Bresman, H.; Birkinshaw, J.; Nobel, R.

    Knowledge Transfer in International Acquisitions, volym 41

    Journal of International Business Studies, 2010

    sid 5-20

    Carlson, S.

    International Business Research

    Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 1964

    Bartlett, C.A.; Ghoshal, S.

    Managing Across Borders: New Strategic Requirements

    Sloan Management Review, 1987

    sid 7-17

    Prahalad, C.K.; Hamel, G.

    The Core Competence of the Corporation

    Harvard Business Review, 1990

    sid 79-91

    Ghoshal, S.; Bartlett, C.A.

    The multinational Corporation as an Interorganizational Network, volym 15

    The Academy of Management Review, 1990

    sid 603-625

    Sölvell, Ö.; Zander, I.

    Organization of the Dynamic Multinational Enterprise, volym 25

    International Studies of Management & Organization, 1995

    sid 17-38

    Martinez, J.I.; Jarillo, J.C.

    The Evolution of Research on Coordination Mechanisms in Multinational Corporations

    Journal of International Business Studies, 1989

    sid 489-514

    Rosenzweig, P.; Singh, J.V.

    Organisational Environments and the Multinational Enterprise, volym 16

    Academy of Management Review, 1991

    sid 340-361

    Holm, U.; Johanson, J.; Thilenius, P.

    Headquarters? Knowledge of Subsidiary Network Contexts in the Multinational, volym 25

    International Studies of Management & Organization, 1995

    sid 97-119

    Ciabuschi, F

    The relevance of the organisational and geographical dimensions in business networks. Vol 4

    International Journal of Business Environment, 2011

    Hofstede, G.

    The Cultural Relativity of Organizational Practices and Theories

    Journal of International Business Studies, 1983

    sid 75-89

    Hofstede, G; Neuijen, B; Daval Ohayv, D; Sanders, G

    Measuring Organizational Culture: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study across Twenty Cases. Vol 35

    Administrative Science Quarterly., 1990

    Carlson, S.

    How foreign is foreign trade? A problem in International Business Research, volym 11

    Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 1975

Grade

Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail