Francesco Ciabuschi
Professor Professor in Business Studies with a specialisation in International Business 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
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.
Keywords
- internationalbusinessresearchgroup
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
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Value chain disruptions: policy responses to antibiotic shortages in global value chains
Part of Journal of International Business Policy, p. 224-250, 2025
- DOI for Value chain disruptions: policy responses to antibiotic shortages in global value chains
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The roles of key suppliers in network formation when reshoring
Part of Journal of business & industrial marketing, p. 841-857, 2025
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Transferable exclusivity voucher: a flawed incentive to stimulate antibiotic innovation
Part of The Lancet, 2024
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Reshoring: A review and research agenda
Part of Journal of Business Research, 2023
- DOI for Reshoring: A review and research agenda
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Part of International Business Review, 2023
- DOI for Headquarters parenting advantage in Chinese MNEs: The moderating role of top managers' political and International experience
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Value chain disruptions: policy responses to antibiotic shortages in global value chains
Part of Journal of International Business Policy, p. 224-250, 2025
- DOI for Value chain disruptions: policy responses to antibiotic shortages in global value chains
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The roles of key suppliers in network formation when reshoring
Part of Journal of business & industrial marketing, p. 841-857, 2025
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Transferable exclusivity voucher: a flawed incentive to stimulate antibiotic innovation
Part of The Lancet, 2024
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Part of International Business Review, 2023
- DOI for Headquarters parenting advantage in Chinese MNEs: The moderating role of top managers' political and International experience
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Part of International Business Review, 2023
- DOI for Facilitator or inhibitor?: The effect of host-country intellectual property rights protection on China's technology-driven acquisitions
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Challenges and shortcomings of antibacterial discovery projects
Part of Clinical Microbiology and Infection, p. 610-615, 2023
- DOI for Challenges and shortcomings of antibacterial discovery projects
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Part of Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, p. 618-640, 2022
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Managing interorganizational interactions for social impact: A study of two antibiotics R&D networks
Part of Journal of Business Research, p. 264-278, 2022
- DOI for Managing interorganizational interactions for social impact: A study of two antibiotics R&D networks
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Innovativeness and the relevance of political ties in Chinese MNEs
Part of Journal of Business Research, p. 494-508, 2022
- DOI for Innovativeness and the relevance of political ties in Chinese MNEs
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Reverse innovation transfer in Chinese MNCs: The role of political ties and headquarters
Part of Journal of International Management, 2021
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A metamodel for competence assessment Co.SMO competences software management for organizations
Part of European Journal of Training and Development, p. 603-616, 2021
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Part of Academy of Management Perspectives, p. 458-479, 2020
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Part of Journal of Business Research, p. 271-280, 2020
- DOI for Supporting innovation against the threat of antibiotic resistance: Exploring the impact of public incentives on firm performance and entrepreneurial orientation
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Social, cultural and economic aspects of antimicrobial resistance
Part of Bulletin of the World Health Organization, p. 823-824, 2020
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Demand and willingness for knowledge transfer in springboard subsidiaries of Chinese multinationals
Part of Journal of Business Research, p. 297-309, 2020
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Assets of origin?: Chinese multinational enterprises amidst the Belt and Road Initiative
Part of Thunderbird International Business Review, p. 233-238, 2020
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The role of supplier relationships in the development of new business ventures
Part of Industrial Marketing Management, p. 149-159, 2019
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Part of European Business Review, p. 139-159, 2019
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What do we know about manufacturing reshoring?
Part of Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, p. 79-122, 2018
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Part of Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2018
- DOI for Insights into early stage of antibiotic development in small- and medium-sized enterprises: a survey of targets, costs, and durations
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Part of Journal of Business Research, p. 216-229, 2018
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Part of The IMP Journal, p. 427-443, 2018
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Simulating Market Entry Rewards for Antibiotics Development
Part of Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, p. 32-42, 2018
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Part of Industrial Marketing Management, p. 156-166, 2018
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Part of Industrial and Corporate Change, p. 311-332, 2017
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Value Creation at the Subsidiary Level: Testing the MNC Headquarters Parenting Advantage Logic
Part of Long range planning, p. 48-62, 2017
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Part of International Business Review, p. 324-336, 2017
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Part of American Journal of Law & Medicine, p. 451-486, 2016
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Part of International Business Review, p. 897-909, 2014
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The good, the bad, and the ugly: technology transfer competence, rent-seeking, and bargaining power
Part of Journal of World Business, p. 664-674, 2012
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Assembling resources when forming a new business
Part of Journal of Business Research, p. 220-229, 2012
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Knowledge ambiguity, innovation and subsidiary performance
Part of Baltic Journal of Management, p. 143-166, 2012
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Part of International Business Review, p. 130-144, 2012
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The Role of Headquarters in the Contemporary MNC
Part of Journal of International Management, p. 213-223, 2012
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Rationality versus Ignorance: The role of MNE headquarters in subsidiaries’ innovation processes.
Part of Journal of International Business Studies, 2011
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Part of Journal of Management Studies, p. 1612-1639, 2011
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Rationality vs ignorance: The role of MNE headquarters in subsidiaries' innovation processes
Part of Journal of International Business Studies, p. 958-970, 2011
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Rationality versus Ignorance: The role of MNE headquarters in subsidiaries' innovation processes
Part of International journal of business, 2011
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Part of Journal of Management Studies, 2011
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Part of Management International Review, p. 129-155, 2011
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The relevance of the organisational and geographical dimensions in business networks
Part of International Journal of Business Environment, p. 254-267, 2011
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Headquarters' Influence on Knowledge Transfer Performance
Part of Management International Review, p. 471-491, 2010
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IT Systems’ Contribution to Knowledge Sharing in MNCs.: A Lesson from Siemens AG.
Part of Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 2005
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Siemens ShareNet: Knowledge management in practice
Part of Business Strategy Review, p. 33-40, 2003
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Innovativeness and Problem Solving in the MNC: The Impact of Internal and External Relationships
Part of Strategic Management Journal
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IT Systems’ Contribution to Knowledge Sharing in MNC: A Lesson from Siemens AG
Part of Knowledge Management Research & Practice
Articles, review/survey
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Reshoring: A review and research agenda
Part of Journal of Business Research, 2023
- DOI for Reshoring: A review and research agenda
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Books
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Leveraging innovations in multinationals: Research Notes
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010
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Leveraging innovations in multinationals
LAP, 2010
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On the Innovative MNC. Leveraging Innovations and the Role of IT Systems.
Uppsala University Press, 2004
Chapters in book
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Value Generation in the Multinational Corporation
Part of The Future of Global Organizing, p. 39-56, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015
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Effects of Subsidiary Autonomy on Innovation Development and Transfer Intensities
Part of Progress in International Business Research, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2011
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Determinants of Headquarters’ involvement in Innovation Transfer
Part of Headquarters’ impact in the MNC, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010
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Determinants of Headquarters’ involvement in Innovation Transfer
Part of Managing the Contemporary Multinational: The role of Headquarters, p. 182-210, Edward Eldgar, 2010
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Part of Progress in International Business Research, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009
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Subsidiary Entrepreneurship Orientation: The ThermoSafe Case
Part of Anxieties and Management Responses in International Business., PalgraveMacMillan, 2007
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IT and innovations in multinationals: experiences from product development at SCA and IKEA
Part of Managing customer relationships on the Internet, p. 267-286, Elsevier, 2006
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Knowledge-Sharing Between Units and Across Markets: Seizing Opportunities from IT Systems in MNEs
Part of Business Networks and International Marketing, Doo Yang Publishing Co., Seoul, South Korea, 2006
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Development and Transfer of Innovations in MNCs: The “Local for Local” Imperative
Part of Space and Development, Gidlunds förlag, 2006
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Internationalization Process from a Resource Network Perspective
Part of Studies in Business Networks, p. 73-94, Mälardalens Högskola, Ekonomihögskolan, Västerås, 2005
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
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The Effects of Political Ties and Organizational Distance in Chinese MNCs on Knowledge Acquisition
Part of Academy of Management, 2018
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2017
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Simulating Market-Oriented Policy Interventions for Stimulating Antibiotics Development
Part of ANSS '17 Proceedings of the 50th Annual Simulation Symposium, 2017
- DOI for Simulating Market-Oriented Policy Interventions for Stimulating Antibiotics Development
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2016
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Post-conference report: New economic models addressing antibiotic resistance
Part of A world without antibiotics. Conclusions from Uppsala Health Summit 2-3 June 2015, p. 12-16, 2015
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New economic models addressing antibiotic resistance
Part of Uppsala Health Summit, 2015
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2014
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Headquarters deployment of capabilities in the MNC: The problem of activity and conceptual fit.
2013
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Political Embeddedness of State MNCs Considerations from Emerging Markets.
2013
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Are headquarters good parents? Headquarters' influence on subsidiary level innovation processes
2012
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The role of dual embeddedness in subsidiary competence creation: A business network view.
2012
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2011
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2011
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Part of Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2011, p. 1-6, 2011
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Innovation project embeddedness as a driver of innovation novelty and business performance
2011
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2010
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Innovation’s Causal Ambiguity, Competitive Advantage and Transfer Worthiness.
2010
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Subsidiary Transfer Competence and Rent-Seeking Behavior
Part of Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, "International Business in Tough Times", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 25-29, 2010, 2010
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Effects of Subsidiary Autonomy on Innovation Development and Transfer Intensities
2010
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Subsidiary Ambidexterity and the Innovation Development and Transfer Relationship
2009
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The Paradox of HQ Involvement in Innovation Development and Transfer
2009
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Effects of HQs involvement on innovation process at unit level.
2008
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2008
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Corporate Drivers of Innovation Importance.
2008
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Part of AIB 2008 Annual Meeting, June 30- July 3, Milan, Italy, 2008
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Corporate drivers of innovation importance
2008
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Part of IMP Conference Proceedings, Uppsala, Sweden., 2008
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Autonomy or Isolation? A Subsidiary Perspective
Part of 34th EIBA Conference Proceeding, Catania, Italy., 2007
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Innovation Development and the Transfer at Unit level – Exploring HQs’ Involvement Effects
Part of Symposium on “HQ Role in the Contemporary MNC”, Uppsala, Sweden., 2007
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Part of 33rd EIBA Conference Proceeding, Fribourg, Switzerland., 2006
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Part of 22nd IMP Conference Proceedings, Milan, Italy., 2006
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Subsidiary Entrepreneurship Orientation: The ThermoSafe Case.
Part of 33rd AIB UK Chapter Conference Proceedings, Manchester, UK, 2006
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Exploring Transnational Acquisitions from and Innovation Network Perspective
2005
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Exploring Transnational Acquisitions from and Innovation Network Perspective
Part of 15th Nordic Workshop on Inter-Organisational Research (Proceedings), Uppsala, Sweden., 2005
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2004
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Leveraging innovations: Exploring interaction effects in MNC innovation transfer processes
2004
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Development and Transfer of Innovations in MNEs: The “Local for Local” Imperative.
2004
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IT systems´contribution to knowledge sharing in MNCs. A lesson from Siemens AG
2003
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Transfer of innovation in multinational enterprises: Managing innovation transfer mechanisms
Part of 45th AIB Conference Proceedings, Monterrey (CA), US., 2003
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Internationalization process from a resource network perspective
Part of EIBA Conference, Competitive Paper, 2002
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Transfer of innovations in multinational enterprises
Part of AOM Conference proceedings, 2001
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Part of EIBA Conference proceedings, 2001
Reports
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2019
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2018