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9855
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1820
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28

Overview

Ulf Andersson is affiliated with Mälardalen University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a total of 63 publications. Their research primarily focuses on Strategy and Management, accounting for 43 of these publications, as well as Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Accounting.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including International Business and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Innovation and Knowledge Management, Family Business Performance and Succession, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Global Trade, Sustainability, and Social Impact, Business Strategy and Innovation, and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Ulf Andersson has published in various academic journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Global Strategy Journal
  • International Business Review
  • Journal of World Business
  • Multinational Business Review
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

They have collaborated multiple times with several coauthors. Regular collaborators include:

  • Paul Ryan
  • Edward Gillmore
  • Randi Lunnan
  • H. Emre Yildiz
  • Marty Reilly

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Ulf Andersson are:

  • "The rising tensions between efficiency and resilience in global value chains in the post-COVID-19 world" (2020) published in Transnational Corporations
  • "Subsidiary upgrading and global value chain governance in the multinational enterprise" (2020) published in Global Strategy Journal
  • "Dynamic capability development in multinational enterprises: Reconciling routine reconfiguration between the headquarters and subsidiaries" (2020) published in Global Strategy Journal
  • "Global Value Chain Governance in the MNE: A Dynamic Hierarchy Perspective" (2022) published in California Management Review
  • "Exploring reverse knowledge transfer and asset augmentation strategy by developed country MNEs: Case study evidence from the Indian pharmaceutical industry" (2021) published in International Business Review

Best Publications

  • The strategic impact of external networks: Subsidiary performance and competence development in the multinational corporation

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren;Ulf Holm

  • Balancing subsidiary influence in the federative MNC: a business network view

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren;Ulf Holm

  • In Search of Centre of Excellence: Network Embeddedness and Subsidiary Roles in Multinational Corporations

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren

  • Subsidiary embeddedness and control in the multinational corporation

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren

  • What are the consequences of initiative-taking in multinational subsidiaries?

    Tina C Ambos;Ulf Andersson;Julian Birkinshaw

  • Subsidiary Embeddedness and Competence Development in MNCs A Multi-Level Analysis

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren;Ulf Holm

  • Managing subsidiary knowledge creation: The effect of control mechanisms on subsidiary local embeddedness

    Ulf Andersson;Ingmar Björkman;Mats Forsgren

  • Subsidiary performance in multinational corporations: the importance of technology embeddedness

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren;Torben Pedersen

  • Explaining Interaction Effects within and across Levels of Analysis

    Ulf Andersson;Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra;Bo Bernhard Nielsen

  • Subsidiary importance in the MNC: What role does internal embeddedness play?

    Mo Yamin;Ulf Andersson

  • Technology, innovation and knowledge: The importance of ideas and international connectivity

    Ulf Andersson;Angels Dasi;Ramb Mudambi;Torben Pedersen

  • From the Editors: Can I Trust Your Findings? Ruling Out Alternative Explanations in International Business Research

    Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra;Ulf Andersson;Ulf Andersson;Mary Yoko Brannen;Bo Bernhard Nielsen;Bo Bernhard Nielsen

  • How subsidiaries gain power in multinational corporations

    Ram Mudambi;Torben Pedersen;Ulf Andersson;Ulf Andersson

  • Interpersonal similarity and knowledge sharing within multinational organizations

    Kristiina Mäkelä;Ulf Andersson;Tomi Seppälä

  • Organic Acquisitions in the Internationalization Process of the Business Firm

    Ulf Andersson;Jan Johanson;Jan-Erik Vahlne

  • The Interplay of Networking Activities and Internal Knowledge Actions for Subsidiary Influence within MNCs

    Zhaleh Najafi-Tavani;Axèle Giroud;Ulf Andersson;Ulf Andersson

  • The Strategic Impact of External Networks: Subsidiary Performance and Competence Development in the Multinational Corporation

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren;Ulf Holm

  • Moving or doing? Knowledge flow, problem solving, and change in industrial networks

    Ulf Andersson;Desirée Blankenburg Holm;Martin Johanson;Martin Johanson

  • UNPACKING INTERUNIT KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES

    Ulf Andersson;Ulf Andersson;Ajai Gaur;Ram Mudambi;Magnus Persson

  • Subsidiary influence on strategic behaviour in MNCs: an empirical study

    Ulf Andersson;Cecilia Pahlberg

  • KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT OF EMERGING ECONOMY MULTINATIONALS

    Shasha Zhao;Xiaohui Liu;Ulf Andersson;Oded Shenkar

Frequent Co-Authors

Mats Forsgren
Mats Forsgren Uppsala University
Gabriel R. G. Benito
Gabriel R. G. Benito BI Norwegian Business School
Torben Pedersen
Torben Pedersen Copenhagen Business School
Bo Bernhard Nielsen
Bo Bernhard Nielsen University of Sydney
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra Northeastern University
Jan Johanson
Jan Johanson Uppsala University
Ingmar Björkman
Ingmar Björkman Hanken School of Economics
Peter J. Buckley
Peter J. Buckley University of Manchester
Ram Mudambi
Ram Mudambi Temple University
Geoffrey Wood
Geoffrey Wood University of Western Ontario

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