Sesjon 1+7: International Management

Ansvarlig: Joyce Falkenberg, Universitetet i Agder

Norway is a small nation with an open economy that is uniquely dependent on foreign markets for its survival. As such, Norway has a long tradition of trade and international activities; this has focused attention on competence within expertise in international management in many sectors. In addition to international trade and shipping, Norway is active in international economic development, promotion of human rights and international political co-operation.

In focusing on international management, we focus attention to organizations and their interactions with foreign governments, customers, competitors, suppliers and employees, addressing not only the question of why firms cross borders but also how they do it. Thus, international management decisions encompass consideration of value creation and positioning relative to both global and local environmental threats and opportunities, as well as the organization of people and activities across borders allowing for two-directional learning. International management issues arise in private and public, profit and non-profit organizations, at home as well as across nations.

In the sessions focusing on international management, we invite papers that draw primarily on the academic disciplines of organization and management, human resource management, strategy and marketing.

Issues of concern:

• how organizations interact in foreign countries, including issues of culture and ethics
• how organizations interact with customers, including how they enter developed and emerging markets
• how organizations interact with supplies and competitors, including how the Internet has changed the conditions
• how organizations interact with employees, including issues of human resource management
• how organizations learn internally within the company and externally, from their partners, including transferring and leveraging knowledge
• how researchers can investigate international issues, including methodological challenges

We invite to both theoretical and empirical contributions.

Abstract/paper can be sent to joyce.falkenberg@uia.no

Samleside for program og paper til alle sesjonene

NEON International Management Session 1 (Thursday 1015-1300)

1015 Andreas Falkenberg, “Cultural and ethical issues of ‘Integrity’, ‘dignity’ and
        ‘integration’
1045 Birgitte Grogaard, “A Missing International Strategy Archetype?”
1115 Break
1130 Hege Eggen Børve, “Ledelseskultur i internasjonal norskeid kunnskapsorganisasjon”
1200 Bjørn-Tore Flåten, “Internet-enabled collaboration: Knowledge creation and knowledge
        diffusion”
1230 Discussion

NEON International Management Session 7 (Thursday 1530-1830)
1530 Rotem Schneor, “Serving International Markets Online – Understanding why firms
        launch country-specific websites?”
1600 Karl Joachim Breunig and Ragnhild Kvålshaugen, “Automation or Autonomy?
        Exploring the Balance Between Organizational Routines and Individual Expertise in
        International Professional Service Firms”
1630 Break
1645 Tatiana Maximova-Mentzoni, “Managing Russian Universities: Models and
        Challenges in a Historical Perspective”
1715 Mursali A. Milanzi, “Managerial Perceptions of Export Barriers: Does Social
        Networking Matter?”
1745 Joyce Falkenberg, “Applying our theories to emerging markets: Does culture affect
        change?”