Francesco Ciabuschi
Professor at Department of Business Studies; Professors, teachers, researchers
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 14 11
- E-mail:
- Francesco.Ciabuschi@fek.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10, ingång C
751 20 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
- Academic merits:
- PhD, Docent
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Short presentation
Francesco Ciabuschi is Professor of International Business at Uppsala University’s Department of Business Studies.
He has a PhD in International Business from Uppsala University.
He has been also deputy head of department and director of research.
He teaches at the undergraduate, graduate, executive MBA, and doctoral programs. He is also a Graduate and PhD thesis supervisor.
Biography
Francesco Ciabuschi is Professor of International Business at Uppsala University’s Department of Business Studies.
He is also serving as board member of the Uppsala Antibiotic Center (http://www.uac.uu.se/) and he is member of the International Network for AMR Social Science - INARMSS (https://www.globalstrategylab.org/about-us/inamrss).
He has been Director of Research for the Department of Business Studies (2014-15) and coordinator of the NORD-IB PhD school of International Business (2 years program with six international partner schools http://nord-ib.fek.uu.se/) during 2009-13.
Francesco Ciabuschi is leading and member of many international research projects (including EU founded projects) and member of several international academic associations.
He has been one of the leaders and board member of the “DRIVE-AB” project, a EU-based IMI research project funded by EU and EFPIA (http://drive-ab.eu/). He has also been a member and representative for Sweden in the Cost Action IS0905, and worked at the UNCTAD center (United Nations, Geneva) during 2011 as senior consultant for the world Investment Report. Recently, he has led a research project related to antibiotic resistance, funded by Riksbanken Jubileumsfond (focusing on the governance of international partnerships tacking the global threat of antibiotic resistance). Currently he is leading a major reseach project on Reshoring of production activities, financed by VR.
Francesco Ciabuschi has extensive teaching experience at all levels (bachelor, master, PhD, MBA and Executive); he has been teaching and visiting scholar at many foreign universities and business schools.
He has published 41 international journals' articles, 15 books chapters, 60 conference papers, among which 5 nominated and 3 winning best papers. He has been guest editor of several special issues and his research interests concern international business and strategy (particularly, management of multinationals, state-owned multinationals, internationalization and global markets), global heath and antibiotic resistance (economic models and policies for innovation in the antibiotic industry), knowledge & innovation management, entrepreneurship and industrial marketing.
AWARDED PAPERS
- 2019 INEKA Conference, Verona (Italy). Winner of the EMERALD AWARD for Best Paper in Entrepreneurship.
- 2011 Academy of Management (AOM) Conference, San Antonio (USA). Winner of the Robert H. Schaffer Award for Best Paper in Applied IM.
- 2011 Academy of Management (AOM) Conference, San Antonio (USA). Finalist for the International Management Division Best Paper In Strategy / IB Theory.
- 2011 Academy of Management (AOM) Conference, San Antonio (USA). Best Papers Proceedings.
- 2011 British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference, Birmingham (UK). Winner of the “Best Full Paper in IB” Award.
- 2011 Academy of International Business (AIB) Conference, Nagoya (Japan). Finalist for the Haynes Most Promising Scholar Award.
- 2004 Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference San Juan (Puerto Rico). Finalist for the “Best Conference Paper Award”.
Publications
Recent publications
- Transferable exclusivity voucher (2024)
- Reshoring (2023)
- Headquarters parenting advantage in Chinese MNEs (2023)
- Challenges and shortcomings of antibacterial discovery projects (2023)
- Facilitator or inhibitor? (2023)
All publications
Articles
- Transferable exclusivity voucher (2024)
- Reshoring (2023)
- Headquarters parenting advantage in Chinese MNEs (2023)
- Challenges and shortcomings of antibacterial discovery projects (2023)
- Facilitator or inhibitor? (2023)
- The pros and cons of reshoring to address the problems of shortages in global pharmaceutical value chains (2022)
- Managing interorganizational interactions for social impact (2022)
- Innovativeness and the relevance of political ties in Chinese MNEs (2022)
- A metamodel for competence assessment Co.SMO competences software management for organizations (2021)
- Reverse innovation transfer in Chinese MNCs (2021)
- Joining Forces to Prevent the Antibiotic Resistance Doomsday Scenario (2020)
- Supporting innovation against the threat of antibiotic resistance (2020)
- Social, cultural and economic aspects of antimicrobial resistance (2020)
- Demand and willingness for knowledge transfer in springboard subsidiaries of Chinese multinationals (2020)
- Assets of origin? (2020)
- Manufacturing reshoring (2019)
- The role of supplier relationships in the development of new business ventures (2019)
- A network perspective on the reshoring process (2018)
- The impact of business networks on foreign subsidiaries development (2018)
- What do we know about manufacturing reshoring? (2018)
- Expatriate managers' relationships and reverse knowledge transfer within emerging market MNCs (2018)
- Simulating Market Entry Rewards for Antibiotics Development (2018)
- Insights into early stage of antibiotic development in small- and medium-sized enterprises (2018)
- Organizational innovation, technological innovation, and export performance (2017)
- Value Creation at the Subsidiary Level (2017)
- Knowledge sourcing from advanced markets subsidiaries (2017)
- Exploring the obstacles to implementing economic mechanisms to stimulate antibiotic research and development (2016)
- Dual embeddedness, influence and performance of innovating subsidiaries in the multinational corporation (2014)
- The Role of Headquarters in the Contemporary MNC (2012)
- The good, the bad, and the ugly (2012)
- Headquarters involvement and efficiency of innovation development and transfer in multinationals (2012)
- Knowledge ambiguity, innovation and subsidiary performance (2012)
- Assembling resources when forming a new business (2012)
- The relevance of the organisational and geographical dimensions in business networks (2011)
- Exploring the Effects of Vertical and Lateral Mechanisms in International Knowledge Transfer Projects (2011)
- Internal Embeddedness, Headquarters Involvement, and Innovation Importance in Multinational Enterprises. (2011)
- Internal Embeddedness, Headquarters Involvement, and Innovation Importance in Multinational Enterprises (2011)
- Rationality versus Ignorance: The role of MNE headquarters in subsidiaries’ innovation processes. (2011)
- Rationality vs ignorance (2011)
- Rationality versus Ignorance: The role of MNE headquarters in subsidiaries' innovation processes (2011)
- Headquarters' Influence on Knowledge Transfer Performance (2010)
- IT Systems’ Contribution to Knowledge Sharing in MNCs. (2005)
- Siemens ShareNet (2003)
- IT Systems’ Contribution to Knowledge Sharing in MNC
- Innovativeness and Problem Solving in the MNC
- Leveraging Innovations in MNCs
Books
- Leveraging innovations in multinationals (2010)
- Leveraging innovations in multinationals: Research Notes (2010)
- On the Innovative MNC. Leveraging Innovations and the Role of IT Systems. (2004)
- On the Innovative MNC (2004)
Chapters
- Value Generation in the Multinational Corporation (2015)
- Effects of Subsidiary Autonomy on Innovation Development and Transfer Intensities (2011)
- Determinants of Headquarters’ involvement in Innovation Transfer (2010)
- Determinants of Headquarters’ involvement in Innovation Transfer (2010)
- Innovation Processes at unit level: A Study of Headquarters involvement, Innovation Impact, Transfer Performance and Adoption Success (2009)
- Subsidiary Entrepreneurship Orientation: The ThermoSafe Case (2007)
- IT and innovations in multinationals (2006)
- Development and Transfer of Innovations in MNCs (2006)
- Knowledge-Sharing Between Units and Across Markets (2006)
- Internationalization Process from a Resource Network Perspective (2005)
Conferences
- The Effects of Political Ties and Organizational Distance in Chinese MNCs on Knowledge Acquisition (2018)
- Business Relationships’ International Interconnectedness: Effects on Subsidiaries Development and Headquarter relationships (2017)
- Simulating Market-Oriented Policy Interventions for Stimulating Antibiotics Development (2017)
- Industrial Networks, Internationalization and Subsidiaries Development: The Case of Loccioni and its Foreign Subsidiaries (2016)
- Post-conference report: New economic models addressing antibiotic resistance (2015)
- New economic models addressing antibiotic resistance (2015)
- Headquarters Deployment of Capabilities in the MNC: The Micro-foundational Domains of Activity, Conceptual, and Network Fit. (2014)
- Headquarters deployment of capabilities in the MNC: The problem of activity and conceptual fit. (2013)
- Political Embeddedness of State MNCs Considerations from Emerging Markets. (2013)
- The role of dual embeddedness in subsidiary competence creation: A business network view. (2012)
- Are headquarters good parents? Headquarters' influence on subsidiary level innovation processes (2012)
- Innovation development embeddedness as a beneficial element of gaining competitive advantage: Innovation novelty and business performance. (2011)
- Innovation project embeddedness as a driver of innovation novelty and business performance (2011)
- Testing the advantage paradox of multinational corporations. Subsidiary embeddedness and autonomy in innovation processes (2011)
- Evolutionary theory and the advantage paradox of multinational corporations (2011)
- Shifting initiatives and interacted strategies within business relationships. Analyzing the DR Motor-Chery relationship (2010)
- Subsidiary Transfer Competence and Rent-Seeking Behavior (2010)
- Innovation’s Causal Ambiguity, Competitive Advantage and Transfer Worthiness. (2010)
- Effects of Subsidiary Autonomy on Innovation Development and Transfer Intensities (2010)
- Subsidiary Ambidexterity and the Innovation Development and Transfer Relationship (2009)
- The Paradox of HQ Involvement in Innovation Development and Transfer (2009)
- Corporate Drivers of Innovation Importance. (2008)
- Corporate drivers of innovation importance (2008)
- Exploring the effects of embeddedness on subsidiary business performance and bargaining power in the multinational corporation (2008)
- Exploring the effects of embeddedness on subsidiary business performance and bargaining power in the multinational corporation. (2008)
- Effects of HQs involvement on innovation process at unit level. (2008)
- Learning a New Business by Managing Resources and Interfaces. From Dealer to Auto Maker - The Case of DR MOTOR (2008)
- Autonomy or Isolation? A Subsidiary Perspective (2007)
- Innovation Development and the Transfer at Unit level – Exploring HQs’ Involvement Effects (2007)
- Organizational and Spatial Boundaries of Subsidiary Network Implications for Subsidiary Role and MNC Corporate Strategy (2006)
- What Network and Which Actors? The relevance of organizational and spatial dimensions of relationships – An IB perspective on the Network Approach. (2006)
- Subsidiary Entrepreneurship Orientation (2006)
- Exploring Transnational Acquisitions from and Innovation Network Perspective (2005)
- Exploring Transnational Acquisitions from and Innovation Network Perspective (2005)
- Development and Transfer of Innovations in MNEs: The “Local for Local” Imperative. (2004)
- Leveraging Innovations in MNCs: The effect of Transfer Mechanisms and Organizational structure on Innovation Transfer Performance (2004)
- Leveraging innovations: Exploring interaction effects in MNC innovation transfer processes (2004)
- Transfer of innovation in multinational enterprises: Managing innovation transfer mechanisms (2003)
- IT systems´contribution to knowledge sharing in MNCs. A lesson from Siemens AG (2003)
- Internationalization process from a resource network perspective (2002)
- Transfer of innovations within multinational enterprises. Gateways for knowledge diffusion and their impact on knowledge transfer (2001)
- Transfer of innovations in multinational enterprises (2001)