From Markets to Partnerships and
Hierarchies to Coalitions

Saturday, March 29

8:00 - 8:50 AM
Speakman Lounge

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:50 - 9:00 AM

Opening Remarks and Welcome
M. Moshe Porat, Dean
Fox School of Business, Temple University

Dr. Mike Kotabe
The Washburn Chair of International Business and Marketing
Fox School of Business, Temple University

9:00 - 10:45 AM
Speakman Hall 114

SESSION 1: INSTITUTIONAL STICKINESS

• Ivo Zander, Institute of International Business, Sweden
  The Micro-Foundations of Cluster Stickiness: Entering the Mind of the Entrepreneur

• Dirk Matten and Mike Geppert, Nottingham University
  Work Systems in Heavy Engineering: The Role of National Culture and National Institutions in multinational Corporations

• Lilach Nachum, Baruch College
  Liability of Foreignness and the Superior Advantages of MNEs: Financial Service MNEs in the City of London

10:45 - 11:00 AM
Speakman Lounge

Coffee Break

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Speakman Hall
Room 114

SESSION 2: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND THE MNE

• Rajneesh Narula, Copenhagen Business School
  Globalization and Trends in International R&D Alliances

• Tailan Chi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Paul C. Nystron, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  Philipp Kircher, Universitat Karlsruhe
  Knowledge Intensity, Product and Geographic Diversity, and Organizational Structure of Multinational Enterprises

• M. Yamin, Manchester School of Management
  Julliet Otto, Manchester School of Management
  Patterns of Knowledge Flows and MNE Innovative Performance

12:30 - 1:30 PM
Speakman Lounge

Lunch

1:30 - 3:15 PM
Speakman Hall
Room 114

SESSION 3: TECHNOLOGY INTERFACEES

• Brent Allred, College of William & Mary
  K. Scott Swan, College of William & Mary
  Contextual Influences on International Subsidiaries’ Product Technology Strategy

• Dan Li, Texas A&M University
  Manuel Portugal Ferreira, University of Utah and
  Escola Superior de Technologia e Gestao, Leiria, Portugal
  Technology Transfer within MNEs: An Investigation of Inter-Subsidiary Competition and Cooperation

• Michael J. Mol, Nijmegen University
  Paul Matthyssens, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
  Lieven Quintens, Erasus University, Rotterdam
  A Technological Contingency Perspective on the Depth and Scope of International Outsourcing
  

3:15 - 3:30 PM
Speakman Lounge

Coffee Break

3:30 - 5:00 PM
Speakman Hall
Room 114

SESSION 4: INSTITUTIONS: MNE OPERATIONS:
APPROACHES FROM FINANCIAL THEORY

• Jeffrey J. Reuer, The Ohio State University
  Oded Shenkar, The Ohio State University   Roberto Ragozzino, The Ohio State University
  Mitigating Risk in International Mergers and Acquisitions
• Jeffery J. Reuer, The Ohio State University
  Tony W. Tong, The Ohio State Univeristy
  Switching Options and Coordination Costs in Multinational Firms

6:00 pm

Private Dinner