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Alain Verbeke
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Latest papers
Regional and global strategies of MNEs: Revisiting Rugman & Verbeke (2004).
Journal of international business studies · 2020 · senior author
International HRM insights for navigating the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for future research and practice.
Journal of international business studies · 2020
Latest funding
- $41,550
New avenues for international business research on the 'regional dimension' in multinational enterprise functioning
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $99,300
Three Extensions of International Business Research using the Internalization Theory Lens
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $115,560
New internalization theory and multinational enterprise corporate strategies
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
2 publications.
Regional and global strategies of MNEs: Revisiting Rugman & Verbeke (2004).
Rosa B, Gugler P, Verbeke A
International HRM insights for navigating the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for future research and practice.
Caligiuri P, De Cieri H, Minbaeva D, Verbeke A, Zimmermann A
New avenues for international business research on the 'regional dimension' in multinational enterprise functioning
Principal investigators: Verbeke, Alain C.M.
Keywords: regional strategy; firm-specific advantage; internalization theory; multinational enterprise
Three Extensions of International Business Research using the Internalization Theory Lens
Principal investigators: Verbeke, Alain C.M.
Keywords: multinational enterprise; internalization theory; regional strategy; international business
New internalization theory and multinational enterprise corporate strategies
Principal investigators: Verbeke, Alain C.M.
Keywords: multinational enterprise; international strategy;internalization theory; regional strategy; firm specific advantages; subsidiary strategy
Home country location of multinational enterprises the role of institutional quality
Principal investigators: Verbeke, Alain C.M.
Keywords: international corporate strategy; multinational enterprise; institutional quality; internationalisation; internalisation theory; corporate head office
The added cultural distance ACD concept in the international expansion trajectory of multinational enterprises
Principal investigators: Verbeke, Alain C.M.
Keywords: international corporate strategy; multinational enterprise; subsidiary specific advantage; regional strategy; distance; internalisation theory; resource based view of the firm
Mobilizing knowledge in business sustainability
Keywords: business sustainability; corporate social responsibility; management; business; research synthesis; research translation; knowledge
The research network for business sustainability
Principal investigators: Bansal, Pratima
Keywords: business sustainability; sustainable development; corporate social responsibility; business ethics; management; business
The changing climate of the energy industry
Keywords: climate change; natural resources; energy; environment; public seminars; wiki; networking; co-creation; dissemination
The relationship between business and sustainable development
Principal investigators: Bansal, Pratima
The role of information and communications technology (ICT) diffusion in multinational enterprises: internalaization and evolutionary perspectives
Principal investigators: Verbeke, Alain C.M.
Keywords: multinational enterprise; international business; subsidiary; internalisation theory; technology transfer; information and communications technology
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