Ivo Zander
Professor at Department of Business Studies; Professors, teachers, researchers
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 13 55
- E-mail:
- Ivo.Zander@fek.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10, ingång C
751 20 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
Researcher at Uppsala University Conflicting Objectives Research Nexus (UUniCORN)
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 Uppsala
- Academic merits:
- PhD
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Keywords
- entrepreneurshipresearchgroup
Biography
Ivo Zander is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University. He received his PhD from the Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics, and has been a visiting scholar at the Harvard Business School, SCANCOR at Stanford University, and Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
Before moving into the field of entrepreneurship, professor Zander conducted research on regional agglomerations and the internationalization of research and development in multinational corporations. His work has appeared in journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Journal of Management Studies, Industrial and Corporate Change, Research Policy, Long Range Planning, and Scandinavian Journal of Management. Current research interests include the entrepreneurial dynamics of accelerated internationalization, the evolution of advanced foreign subsidiaries of the multinational corporation, and corporate entrepreneurship.
Professor Zander was co-founder of Latvian Limousine Services and has served on the board of directors at Kumlins Holding AB, a nation-wide and rapidly expanding firm in painting services. He has served as an expert evaluator for the Swedish Research Council, the Knowledge Foundation, the European Science Foundation, and Lars Erik Lundbergs Stiftelse för forskning och utbildning. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Journal of Business Research, 2025
- DOI for Exploring innovative work behavior: A gender perspective on corporate competitive culture, role models and intrapreneurs
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Part of Small Business Economics, p. 1341-1354, 2024
- DOI for The psychology of entrepreneurial performance—theoretical and applied: Robert A. Baron and Michael Frese, co-recipients of the 2024 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research
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Part of Technovation, 2024
- DOI for How organizational conditions affect employees' intentions to engage in intrapreneurial new venturing
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Weathering storms: Technological exploration of MNCs in times of financial crisis
Part of Journal of World Business, 2023
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Per Davidsson: recipient of the 2023 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research
Part of Small Business Economics, p. 1381-1390, 2023
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Journal of Business Research, 2025
- DOI for Exploring innovative work behavior: A gender perspective on corporate competitive culture, role models and intrapreneurs
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Part of Small Business Economics, p. 1341-1354, 2024
- DOI for The psychology of entrepreneurial performance—theoretical and applied: Robert A. Baron and Michael Frese, co-recipients of the 2024 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research
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Part of Technovation, 2024
- DOI for How organizational conditions affect employees' intentions to engage in intrapreneurial new venturing
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Weathering storms: Technological exploration of MNCs in times of financial crisis
Part of Journal of World Business, 2023
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Per Davidsson: recipient of the 2023 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research
Part of Small Business Economics, p. 1381-1390, 2023
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Saras Sarasvathy: recipient of the 2022 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research
Part of Small Business Economics, p. 1-10, 2023
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The tech cold war, the multipolarization of the world economy, and IB research
Part of International Business Review, 2023
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John Haltiwanger: recipient of the 2020 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research
Part of Small Business Economics, p. 15-25, 2022
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Developments in Strategic Entrepreneurship
Part of FOUNDATIONS AND TRENDS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, p. 444-513, 2020
Blessing or blight? New venture units and the survival of internal new ventures
Part of Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2019
Part of Strategy Science, p. 217-233, 2019
Who is in and who is out?: Integration of technological knowledge in the multinational corporation
Part of Industrial and Corporate Change, p. 437-457, 2019
The evolution of vertical boundaries in new high technology ventures
Part of Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, p. 287-315, 2018
Part of Journal of World Business, p. 1-16, 2017
On the emergence and diffusion of technological capabilities and the theory of the MNC
Part of Management International, p. 95-111, 2015
On the emergence and diffusion of technological capabilities and the theory of the MNC
Part of Management International, p. 95-111, 2015
Born globals and international business: Evolution of a field of research
Part of Journal of International Business Studies, p. 27-35, 2015
Part of Research Policy, 2014
Part of Long range planning, p. 16-31, 2014
- DOI for Win, Place, or Show?: How Foreign Investment Strategies Contribute to the Technological Growth of the Multinational Corporation
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Part of International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, p. 216-236, 2014
Part of Research Policy, p. 669-682, 2014
- DOI for Superstar inventors - Towards a people-centric perspective on the geography of technological renewal in the multinational corporation
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Entrepreneurship as an art of subversion
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Management, p. 124-133, 2014
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Part of Revista Economistas, p. 14-24, 2013
Part of Journal of International Business Studies, p. 1525-1549, 2010
- DOI for Quo Vadis?: The entry into new technologies in advanced foreign subsidiaries of the multinational enterprise
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The international entrepreneurial dynamics of accelerated internationalization
Part of Journal of International Business Studies, p. 387-403, 2007
Part of Journal of Management Studies, p. 1519-1548, 2005
- DOI for The inside track: On the important (but neglected) role of customers in the resource-based view of strategy and firm growth
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Part of Cuadernos de Economía y Dirección de la Empresa, p. 9-34, 2004
The Micro-Foundations of Cluster Stickiness –: Walking In the Shoes of the Entrepreneur
Part of Journal of International Management, p. 151-175, 2004
Part of Industrial and Corporate Change, p. 327-353, 2002
Cross-Border Innovation in the Multinational Corporation: A Research Agenda
Part of Journal of International Studies of Management & Organization, p. 44-67, 2000
Part of Management International Review, p. 95-126, 2000
Whereto the Multinational?: The Evolution of Technological Capabilities in the Multinational Network
Part of International Business Review, p. 261-291, 1999
Part of Research Policy, p. 195-213, 1999
Part of Research Policy, p. 17-35, 1998
Part of Research Policy, p. 209-227, 1997
Spatial Clustering, Local Accumulation of Knowledge and Firm Competitiveness
Part of Geografiska Annaler, p. 85-97, 1996
Spatial clustering, local accumulation of knowledge and firm competitiveness
Part of Geografiska Annaler Series B, p. 85-97, 1996
Part of CEMS Business Review, p. 175-186, 1996
Organization of the Dynamic Multinational Enterprise: The Home Based and the Heterarchical MNE
Part of Journal of International Studies of Management & Organization, p. 17-38, 1995
Articles, review/survey
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 5-15, 2021
The international entrepreneurial dynamics of accelerated internationalisation
Part of Journal of International Business Studies, p. 387-403, 2007
Do you see what I mean?: An entrepreneurship perspective on the nature and boundaries of the firm
Part of Journal of Management Studies, p. 1141-1164, 2007
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Books
Norstedts, Stockholm, 1991
Sverige - Drivhus för internationell konkurrenskraft?
SIND, 1988
Chapters in book
Strategic knowledge creation in multinational enterprises
Part of The Oxford Handbook of International Business Strategy, p. 109-132, Oxford University Press, 2020
A note on how sociology can contribute to the development of entrepreneurship research
Part of Jane Addams' sociology and the spirit of social entrepreneurship, p. 121-129, Uppsala universitet, 2018
Part of Knowledge, Networks and Power, p. 421-459, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
Internationalization: Patterns in business firms
Part of International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (2nd edition, Vol 12), Elsevier, 2015
The dynamics of resistance: Lessons from the SCI ARS project
Part of The highways and byways to radical innovation , Design School Kolding & University of Southern Denmark, 2014
The Dynamics of Resistance: Lessons from the SCI ARS project
Part of The Highways and Byways of Radical Change, TBA, 2014
Superstar Subsidiaries of the Multinational Corporation: In Search of Origins and Drivers
Part of Innovation and Growth, Oxford University Press, 2012
Emerging themes and new research openings
Part of Art Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar, 2011
Emerging themes and new research openings
Part of Art Entrepreneurship, p. 169-186, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011
Art Entrepreneurship: An Introduction
Part of Art Entrepreneurship, p. 1-9, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011
The framing of new business concepts in established corporations: An exploratory investigation
Part of Entrepreneurship and the creation of small firms, Edward Elgar, 2010
Beyond heterarchy: Emerging futures of the hypermodern MNC
Part of Managing the Contemporary Multinational, p. 33-59, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2010
The internationalization processes of the firm: a new research agenda
Part of Research on Knowledge, Innovation and Internationalization, p. 3-20, Emerald, 2009
The international processes of the firm: a new research agenda
Part of Research and knowledge, Innovation and internationalization, p. 3-20, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009
On the nature of novelty: Its role and future in the field of business studies
Part of Exploring the worlds of Mercury and Minerva, Uppsala universitet, 2009
Spatial Clustering, Local Accumulation of Knowledge and Firm Competitiveness
Part of Globalization and the Location of firms., Cheltenham, UK & Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004
Cross-Border Innovation in the Modern Multinational: Three Dilemmas
Part of Internationalization of Research and Development and the Emergence of Global R&D Networks, Elsevier, 2004
Part of Critical Perspectives on Internationalisation, Pergamon, 2002
International Diffusion of Knowledge: Isolating Mechanisms and the Role of the MNE
Part of The Dynamic Firm, Oxford University Press, 1998
Successful Competition from the Periphery: The Case of Swedish Multinational Enterprises
Part of Competing from the Periphery, The Dryden Press, 1997
The Oscillating Multinational Firm: Alfa Laval in the Period 1890-1990
Part of The Nature of the International Firm, Copenhagen Business School Press, 1996
Sweden: A Latecomer to Industrialization
Part of Foreign Direct Investment and Governments, Routledge, 1995
Part of Corporate and Industry Strategies for Europe, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1991
Horizontal Joint Ventures in International Markets: The Case of Gas Control Equipment and Bulten AB
Part of The Challenge of Cooperative Ventures, Gotab, Stockholm, 1987
Collections (editor)
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011
Forum for Innovation Management, 2008
The Dynamic Multinational Firm
Journal of International Studies of Management & Organization, 1995
Conference papers
Imagination and firm internationalization
2022
Weathering storms: Technological pathfinding of MNCs in times of financial crisis
2019
The survival of internal ventures –: focused and dispersed modes of internal corporate venturing
2019
The apple falls close to the tree: Technological imprinting in the multinational corproation
2017
2016
Animal farm: On the diffusion of technological capabilities and the theory of the MNC
2015
2015
2013
2013
2012
2012
Superstar inventors in foreign subsidiaries of the MNC
2012
Superstar subsidiaries of the multinational corporation - in search of origins and drivers
Part of 37th EIBA Annual Conference | Bucharest 8th - 10th December 2011, 2011
2011
Superstar subsidiaries of the MNC: in search of origins and underlying drivers
2010
Exploring the drivers of "superstar" foreign subsidiaries of the MNC
2009
The intraorganizational ecology of corporate entrepreneurship
Part of 2009 Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2009
The internationalization processes of the firm: A new research agenda
2008
The Roots of the Domain of Entrepreneurship Research
2008
The Roots of the Domain of Entrepreneurship Research
2008
The Internationalization Processes of the Firm: A New Research Agenda
2008
Animal Farm: The Emergence and Diffusion of Technological Capabilities in the MNC
Part of http://aib.msu.edu/events/2008/AIB2008_Proceedings.pdf, 2008
Part of Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, 2008
2008
Revisiting the Sherwood forest
Part of Symposium on the contemporary MNC, Uppsala University, Sweden, 2007
Quo vadis?: The entry into new technologies by foreign subsidiaries of the multinational corporation
2007
The framing of new business concepts in established corporations
2007
The Roots of the Domain of Entrepreneurship Research
Part of DIME Workshop on Technological Opportunities & Entrepreneurship., 2006
Do you see what I mean?: An entrepreneurship perspective on the nature and boundaries of the firm
2005
International Entrepreneurial Dynamics: Delineating a New Field of Scholarship
2004
Beyond Heterarchy: Emerging Futures of the ‘Hypermodern’ MNC
2004
The Micro-Foundations of Cluster Stickiness: Entering the Mind of the Entrepreneur
2002
2001
The Inside Track: On the Neglected Role of Customers in Strategy and Firm Growth
2000
Internationally Integrated Innovation: An Unexplored Aspect of the Multinational Corporation
1997
How Do You Mean ‘Global’?: A Taxonomy of Innovation Networks in the Multinational Corporation
1997
The Evolution of International Innovation Networks: ASEA/ABB in the Period 1890-1990
1996
Local and Global Perspectives on the Innovation Process: Knowledge Exchange in International Firms
1996
1995
Determinants of Local Technological Activity: Implications for Innovation in the Multinational Firm
1995
Technological Diversification in the Multinational Firm: Historical Evolution and Future Prospects
1995
Innovation and Imitation in the Multinational Company: Preliminary Remarks on the Role of Tacitness
1993
1992
Creation of Competitive Firms and Industries in Sweden: The Role of domestic Rivalry
1990
International Competitiveness in a Dynamic Perspective: The Swedish Heavy Truck Industry
1987
1985