Ulf Holm
Professor at Department of Business Studies; Professors, teachers, researchers
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 16 12
- E-mail:
- Ulf.Holm@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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Biography
Ulf Holm is the Chair Professor of International Business at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University. His research is published in several top journals in International Business as well as in general journals within management, strategy and organization. His research spans across management of the multinational corporation and the internationalization process of the firm, with a focus on innovation, knowledge development and transfer, subsidiary power and foreign market entry. His current research deals with the strategy and management of state-owned multinationals and internationalization into and from emerging markets. In another project he investigates the importance of managerial experience as an asset to international expansion. He also participates in a project that studies the network effects of interlocking directorates on the international growth of small and medium-sized firms, and in a project that investigates the relationship between internationalization and democracy.
On-going Research Projects
- Network effects of interlocking directorates: A longitudinal study of SMEs’ international growth.
- Business experience: An asset or a liability to the entry on new mid-end markets?
- Headquarters knowledge and the generation of value in multinational companies.
- SMNC Management: Reverse Knowledge Transfer in State-Owned Multinationals. A Study of Political Embeddedness.
- Internationalization and Democracy.
Publications
Recent publications
- Liability of political embeddedness in Chinese multinationals (2024)
- Moving beyond the transfer dyad (2023)
- A relational view on the performance effects of international diversification strategies (2023)
- Directionality matters (2023)
- Controlling without owning – owning without controlling (2022)
All publications
Articles
- Liability of political embeddedness in Chinese multinationals (2024)
- Moving beyond the transfer dyad (2023)
- A relational view on the performance effects of international diversification strategies (2023)
- Directionality matters (2023)
- Controlling without owning – owning without controlling (2022)
- How do the source and context of experiential knowledge affect firms' degree of internationalization? (2022)
- Complementing the Uppsala model? (2021)
- Demand and willingness for knowledge transfer in springboard subsidiaries of Chinese multinationals (2020)
- Do I stay or do I go? Sub-national drivers for post-entry subsidiary development (2015)
- Dual embeddedness, influence and performance of innovating subsidiaries in the multinational corporation (2014)
- The Role of Headquarters in the Contemporary MNC (2012)
- Cultural distance or cultural positions? (2012)
- Embeddedness of innovation receivers in the multinational corporation (2011)
- The Performance Effects of Headquarters' Involvement in Lateral Innovation Transfers in Multinational Corporations (2011)
- MNC headquarters’ role in subsidiaries’ value-creating activities (2010)
- MNC headquarters' role in subsidiaries' value-creating activities (2010)
- Hedquarters' role in subsidiaires' value-creating activities (2010)
- The headquarters' role in subsidiaries' value-creating activities (2010)
- Balancing subsidiary influence in the federative MNC (2007)
- Why do some multinational corporations relocate their corporate headquarters overseas? (2006)
- Why do some Multinational Corporations Relocate their Headquarters Overseas? (2006)
- Subsidiary marketing knowledge and strategic development of the multinational corporation (2006)
- Competence Development through Business Relationships or Competitive Environment? (2005)
- Subsidiary impact on host-country economies (2003)
- The strategic impact of external networks: subsidiary performance and competence development in the multinational corporation (2002)
- Subsidiary Embeddedness and Competence Development in MNCs - A Multi-level Analysis (2001)
- Consequences of Perception Gaps in the Headquarters - Subsidiary Relationship (2000)
- Division Headquarters Go Abroad - A Step in the Internationalization of the Multinational-corporation (1995)
- Division Headquarters go Abroad - A Step in the Internationalization of the Multinational Corporation (1995)
- Headquarters Knowledge of Subsidiary Network Contexts in the Multinational Corporation (1995)
Books
- Knowledge, Networks and Power (2015)
- Managing the Contemporary Multinational (2010)
- Managing the embedded multinational. (2005)
- The Emergence and Impact of MNC Centres of Excellence (2000)
- I huvudet på ett företag - Om huvudkontorets roll och lokalisering (1999)
- Internationalisering av andra graden - En studie av svenska företags internationella centrumstruktur (1991)
Chapters
- Subsidiaries as sources for learning in multinational enterprises (2021)
- Knowledge, Networks and Power (2015)
- Introduction and overview (2010)
- The role of national culture in the headquarters-subsidiary relationship in the multinational corporation: the effect of power distance (2010)
- The internationalization processes of the firm: a new research agenda (2009)
- The international processes of the firm: a new research agenda (2009)
- Transfer of Subsidiary Knowledge within the MNC (2006)
- The Dilemmas of MNC Subsidiary Transfer of Knowledge (2004)
- Managing Integration of Subsidiary Knowledge in the Multinational Corporation - A Note on the Role of Headquarters (2002)
- The Centres of Excellence Project - Methods and some Empirical Findings (2000)
- Introduction and overview (2000)
- The Impact of Centres of Excellence on MNC Performance (2000)
- Relationship Configuration and Competence Development in MNC Subsidiaries (1999)
- The Subsidiary Role for MNC Competence Development: Information Bridgehead or Competence Distributor (1999)
- Centres of Excellence in the International Firm (1998)
- Network Infusion in the Multinational Corporation (1997)
- Internationalization of Management: Dominance and Distance (1993)
- Internationalization of the Second Degree (1992)
- Internationalization of the Second Degree (1992)
- Internationalization of Management (1992)
- Internationalisering av andra graden (1991)
- Internationalisering av andra graden (1991)
- Centrala steg i utvecklingen av nätverkssynsättet inom Uppsalaskolan (1990)
Conferences
- The Effects of Political Ties and Organizational Distance in Chinese MNCs on Knowledge Acquisition (2018)
- 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)
- Subsidiary Ambidexterity and the Innovation Development and Transfer Relationship (2009)
- 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)
- National culture meets the headquarters-subsidiary relationship in the multinational corporation: the effect of power distance (2008)
- The Internationalization Processes of the Firm (2008)
- The internationalization processes of the firm (2008)
- Subsidiary involvement in MNC competence development - the role of shared values and business networks (2008)
- The importance of shared values for knowledge diffusion in multinationals - myth or reality (2007)
- Innovation receivers in the multinational corporation - effects on business performance (2007)
- Innovation receivers in the multinational corporation (2006)
- Centres of Excellence: Network Research on European MNCs (2005)
- The Struggle for Influence in the Federative MNC (2004)
- The Learning MNC (2003)
- The Learning MNC (2002)
- Why do some Multinational Corporations Relocate their Headquarters Overseas? (2002)
- The Strategic Impact of External Network Embeddedness on Competence Development and Subsidiary Performance in the Multinational Corporation (2001)
- Competence Development and Subsidiary Performance in the MNC (2000)
- Managing Integration of Subsidiary Knowledge in the Multinational Corporation (2000)
- MNC Subsidiary Impact on Local Industry Clusters (2000)
- Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity and MNC Competence Development (1999)
- The Subsidiary Role for Competence Development (1999)
- The Impact of HQ-subsidiary Perception Gaps on Control, Cooperation and Performance in the MNC (1998)
- Bringing Headquarters Back Out (1998)
- Bringing headquarters back out (1998)
- Centres of Excellence and MNC Capability Development (1997)
- Centres of Excellence in the International Company (1996)
- Centres of Excellence in the International Company (1996)
- The Emergence and Effects of Contextual Difference in International Business Networks (1992)
- Multi-centre Structure and Location of Divisonal Management in Swedish International Firms (1991)
Reports
