Mats Forsgren
Professor emeritus at Department of Business Studies; Guests and others
- E-mail:
- Mats.Forsgren@fek.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10, ingång C
751 20 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
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Biography
Born 1940-10-21.
M.Sc in Political Science, Fil.lic, Docent, Honorary doctor at Swedish School of Economics (2004) and Mälardalen University (2017)
Current position: Professor emeritus in 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. Guest professor at LUISS Business School, Rome 2004-2014.
Research Focus
International business, foreign direct investment theory, theories of internationalization, managing the multinational firm and business network theory.
Expert Areas
Subsidiary-headquarter relationships and creation and transfer of innovations in the multinational firm. The internationalization process of firms. Theories of the multinational firm. Social innovations and the multinational firm. The role of the multinational firm in the society.
Research Projects
- Transfer of Innovations in Multinationals (TIME).
- Entrepreneurship in Multinationals
- Social Innovations and Multinational Firms
- Multinationals and Democracy
Reviewer Positions
Member of the Editiorial Review Board of Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). Senior editor of Critical Perspectives on International Business (CPoIB)

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of Encyclopedia of International Strategic Management, p. 24-31, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024
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Part of Critical Perspectives on International Business, p. 523-525, 2023
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Part of Critical Perspectives on International Business, p. 489-510, 2023
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Part of Journal of International Business Studies, p. 1734-1746, 2022
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Part of The Oxford Handbook of International Business Strategy, p. 294-311, Oxford University Press, 2021
All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Critical Perspectives on International Business, p. 523-525, 2023
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Part of Critical Perspectives on International Business, p. 489-510, 2023
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Part of Journal of International Business Studies, p. 1734-1746, 2022
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Part of Journal of International Business Studies, p. 1407-1416, 2021
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Social value creation in international business: introduction to the special issue
Part of Critical Perspectives on International Business, p. 1-6, 2020
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MNC involvement in social innovations: the issue of knowledge, networks and power
Part of Critical Perspectives on International Business, p. 79-99, 2018
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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 Journal of International Business Studies, 2016
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Part of Journal of International Business Studies, p. 1135-1144, 2016
- DOI for A Note on the revisited Uppsala Internationalization Process Model: the Implications of Business Networks and Entrepreneurship
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Part of International Business Review, p. 130-144, 2012
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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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Rationality versus Ignorance: The role of MNE headquarters in subsidiaries’ innovation processes.
Part of Journal of International Business Studies, 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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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2010
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Management, p. 421-430, 2010
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2010
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Part of Multinational Business Review, p. 95-111, 2010
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Part of critical perspectives on international business, p. 291-305, 2007
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Balancing subsidiary influence in the federative MNC: a business network view
Part of Journal of International Business Studies, p. 802-818, 2007
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Part of International Busines Review, p. 166-179, 2006
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Part of International Business Review, p. 521-538, 2005
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Part of Strategic Management Journal, p. 979-996, 2002
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The Concept of Learning in the Uppsala Internationalization Process Model: A Critical Review
Part of International Business Review, p. 257-277, 2002
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Subsidiary Embeddedness and Competence Development in MNCs - A Multi-level Analysis
Part of Organization Studies, p. 1013-1034, 2001
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Subsidiary performance in multinational corporations: the importance of technology embeddedness
Part of International Business Review, p. 3-23, 2001
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Ignorant Internationalization? Internationalization Patterns for Internet-Related Firms
Part of Communication & Strategies, 2001
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In Search of Centre of Excellence - Network Embeddedness and Subsidiary Roles in MNCs
Part of Management International Review, p. 329-350, 2000
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Nordic International Business Research. A Review of Its Development
Part of International Studies of Management and Organization, p. 6-25, 2000
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Accounting for Strength of MNC Subsidiaries: The Case of Foreign-Owned Firms in Denmark
Part of International Business Review, p. 181-196, 1999
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A revisited classic : position of attribitive adjective
Part of Les formes du sens. Etudes de linguistique française, médiévale et générale offertes à Robert Martin, p. 115-126, 1997
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Subsidiary Embeddedness and Control in the Multinational Corporation
Part of International Business Review, Vol. 5, No. 5, Kidlington UK: Elsevier Science Ltd, pp. 487-508, 1996
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Part of Journal of Management Studies, p. 475-491, 1995
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Part of Journal of Management Studies, 1995
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Subsidiary Influence and Autonomy in International Firms
Part of Scandinavian International Business Review, p. 41-51, 1992
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Managing the International Multi-Centre Firm: Case Studies from Sweden
Part of European Management Journal, 1990
Articles, review/survey
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2010
Books
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Knowledge, Networks and Power: The Uppsala School of International Business
Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
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Theories of the Multinational firm: A Multidimensional Creature in the Global Economy
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013
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Theories of the Multinational Firm: A Multidimensional Creature in the Global Economy
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013
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Theories of the multinational firm: A multidimensional creature in the global economy
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013
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Theories of the Multinational Firm: A Multidimensional Creature in the Global Economy
Edward Elgar, London, 2008
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A Multifarious Creature: Six tales of the multinational firm
Department of Business Studies, Uppsala, 2007
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Managing the embedded multinational.: A business network view
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2005
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The Nature of the International Firm - Nordic Contributions to International Business Research
Copenhagen Business School Press, 1997
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Firms in networks: a new perspective on competitive power
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 1995
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Firms in Network: A New Perspective on Competitive Power
Almqvist & Wiksell International, Stockholm, 1995
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SNS: Stockholm, 1995
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Managing Networks in International Business
Gordon & Breach, 1992
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Managing the Internationalization Process
Routledge, 1989
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Managing the Internationalization Process: The Swedish case
Routledge, London, 1989
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Företag i nätverk. Ny syn på konkurrenskraft
Stockholm: SNS, 1982
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Internationell Företagsekonomi
Stockholm: Norstedts, 1975
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Företagets anpassning till förändringar i omgivande system. En studie av massa- och pappersindustrin
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Uppsala, 1970
Chapters in book
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Part of Encyclopedia of International Strategic Management, p. 24-31, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024
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Part of The Oxford Handbook of International Business Strategy, p. 294-311, Oxford University Press, 2021
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Knowledge, Networks and Power: The Uppsala School of International Business
Part of Knowledge, Networks and Power - the Uppsala School of International Business, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
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Part of Transnational Corporations and Transnational Governance, p. 97-111, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
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A dialogue about the Uppsala model of internationalization
Part of Managing the Contemporary Multinational, p. 283-304, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2010
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Part of Foreign Direct Investment, Location and Competitiveness, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008
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Part of Multinational Enterprises and Emerging Challenges of the 21st Century, p. 135-152, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.: Cheltenhem and Massachusetts, 2008
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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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Development and Transfer of Innovations in MNCs: The “Local for Local” Imperative
Part of Space and Development, Gidlunds förlag, 2006
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Part of Managing Customer Relationships on the Internet, p. 287-303, Elsevier, 2006
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Part of Business Networks and International Marketing, Doo YangSa, Seoul, 2006
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Part of Managing Customer Relationships on the Internet, Amsterdam:Elsevier, 2005
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The Use of Network Theory in MNC Research
Part of Knowledge Flows, Governance and the Multinational Enterprise, 2004
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Integration in the Multinational Corporation: The problem of Subsidiary Embeddedness
Part of Global Competition and Global Networks, 2002
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Are Multinational Firms Good or Bad?
Part of Critical Perspectives on Internationalisation, p. 263-283, 2002
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Development of MNC Centres of Excellence
Part of The Emergence and Impact of MNC Centres of Excellence, 2000
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Subsidiary Influence and Corporate Learning - Centres of Excellence in Danish Foreign-Owned Firms
Part of The Emergence of Centres of Excellence, Macmillan press Ltd, 2000
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Competence Creation and Recognition - A Case-Study
Part of The Emergence of MNC Centres of Excellence, Macmillan Press Ltd, 2000
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Integration in Global MNCs: The Swedish Case
Part of Recent Studies in Interorganizational and International Business Research, 2000
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The Subsidiary Role for MNC Competence Development: Information Bridgehead or Competence Distributor
Part of International Business and the Global Service Economy, EIBA, Manchester, 1999
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Centres of excellence in Multinational Companies: The Case of Denmark
Part of Multinational Corporate Evolution and Subsidiary Development, MacMillan Press, 1998
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Network Infusion in the Multinational Corporation
Part of The Nature of the International Firm, p. 475-494, Handelshøjskolens Forlag, 1997
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The Advantage Paradox of the Multinational Corporation
Part of The Nature of the International Firm, Copenhagen business School Press, Copenhagen, 1997
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Le Reti Internazionali Di Imprese
Part of Materiale Di Studio Dell Organizzatione Aziendale, Aracne Edi trice, Roma, 1995
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Using networks to determine multinational parental control of subsidiaries
Part of , International Marketing Reader, p. 72-87, 1995
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The Local embeddedness of the Transnational Corporation
Part of Globalization, Institutions and Regional Development in Europe, p. 23-45, Oxford University Press, 1994
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The Local Embeddedness of the Transnational Corporations
Part of Gloabalizations, Institutions and Regional Develeopment in Europe., 1994
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Internationalization of Management: Dominance and Distance
Part of Internationalization of the Firm, Academic Press Ltd, 1993
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Internationalization of Management: Dominance and Distance
1992
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Internationalization of the Second Degree: The Emergence of European Based Centres in Swedish Firms
1992
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Part of Europe and the Multinationals, Edward Elgar, 1992
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Managing in International Multi-centre Firms
Part of Managing Networks in International Business, Gordon & Breach, 1992
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Managing Internationalization in Business Networks
Part of Managing Networks in International Business, Gordon & Breach, 1992
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Power Balancing in an International Business Network
Part of Managing Networks in International Business, Gordon & Breach, 1992
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Internationalisering av andra graden
1991
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Internationalisering av andra graden
Part of Internationalisering, företagen och samhället, SNS, 1991
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Foreign Acquisitions: Internalization or Network Interdependency?
Part of Networks of Relationships in International Industrial Marketing, JAI Press Inc, 1990
Collections (editor)
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Critical Perspectives on Internationalization
Elsevier, 2002
Conference papers
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Part of EIBA Proceedings 2014, 2014
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Are headquarters good parents? Headquarters' influence on subsidiary level innovation processes
2012
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Part of Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Milan, Italy, June 30-July 3, 2008, 2008
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The importance of shared values for knowledge diffusion in multinationals - myth or reality
Part of European International Business Academy, Catania, Italy, 2007
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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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Are Multinational Superior or just Powerful?: A Critical Review of the Evolutionary Theory of MNCs
Part of European International Business Academy, 2006
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Part of AoM conference, New Orleans, 2004
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The Struggle for Influence in the Federative MNC
Part of AIB conference, Stockholm, 2004
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The Learning MNC: a case of knowledge transfer and/or problem solving
Part of EIBA conference proceedings, Copenhagen, 2003
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Explaining Subsidiary Network Embeddedness: The Impact of Headquarters Control Mechanisms
Part of AIB conference, Monterey, CA, 2003
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The Learning MNC: A case of knowledge transfer or problem solving
Part of LINK, Copenhagen, 2002
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Creation and Diffusion of Competence in MNCs: Structures, Ties and Resources at the Subsidiary Level
Part of EIBA conference proceedings, Athens, 2002
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Part of EURAM conference, Barcelona, 2001
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Part of AIB conference, Phoenix, 2000
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The Subsidiary Role for Competence Development: Information Bridgehead or Competence Distributor
1999
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Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity and MNC Competence Development
Part of EIBA conference proceedings, Manchester, 1999
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Part of IB workshop, Vasa, 1999
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The MNC as a Differentiated Network: Subsidiary Technology Embeddedness and Performance
Part of CIBER conference, Duke Uni., 1999
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Absorptive Capacity and Technical Embeddedness
Part of Nordic WS, Fontainbleau, 1999
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In Search of Centre of Excellence: Network Embeddedness and Subsidiary Roles
Part of AIB conference proceedings, Vienna, 1998
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Subsidiary Embeddedness, Integration and Subsidiary Roles in the MNC
Part of Nordic WS, Oslo, 1998
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Subsidiary Embeddedness and Integration in the Multinational Corporation
Part of EIBA conference proceedings Stuttgart, 1997
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Subsidiary Embeddedness and its Implications for Integration in the MNC
1995
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Degree of Integration in some Swedish MNCs
Part of CIBER conference, Uni. of Illinois, 1994
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External and Corporate Embeddedness in the MNC
Part of EIBA conference proceedings, 1993
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Managing International Networks: A presentation of a research project
Part of The 7th IMP Conference, 1991
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Multi-centre Structure and Location of Divisonal Management in Swedish International Firms
1991
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Global Firms in Internationalized Networks
1990
Reports
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The Concept of Learning in the Uppsala Internationalization Process Model: A Critical Review.
2001
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Some Critical Notes on Learning in The Uppsala Internationalization Process Model
2000
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Degree of Integration in some Swedish MNCs
1994
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Managing International Networks: Presentation of a Research Project
1992
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Global firms in internationalized networks
1990
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Internationalization of Division Management in Swedish International Firms
1990
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Nordisk handelsbojkott mot Sydafrika
1987
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Effekter i Sverige av en Sydafrikabojkott: Rapport från en interdepartmental arbetsgrupp
1987
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A Contingency Approach to Evaluating Management Accounting Systems in Government Agencies.
1979
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Riksrevisionsverkets verksamhetsplanering i nyare perspektiv.
1978
Other
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The development of international business: A narrative of theory and practice
Part of Journal of International Business Studies, p. 774-777, 2018
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Book Review of Bartlett, C.A., Doz, Y.& Hedlund, G.(eds.), Managing the Global Firm
Part of Organization Studies, 13, Issue 3, pp.477-480., p. 477-480, 1992