Mats Forsgren
Professor emeritus at Företagsekonomiska institutionen
- E-mail:
- Mats.Forsgren@fek.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10, ingång C
751 20 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
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- Academic merits:
- PhD
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Biography
Born 1940-10-21.
M.Sc in Political Science, Fil.lic, Docent, Honorary doctor at Swedish School of Economics (2004) and Mälardalen University (2017)
Current position: Professor emeritus in International Business at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University Former positions: Professor in International Business at Copenhagen School of Economics 1994-1998. Visiting professor at Stockholm School of Economics 1999-2000. Professor in International Business, Uppsala University, 2000-2007. Research Fellow at Swedish School of Economics, Helsinki 1999- 2005. Guest professor at LUISS Business School, Rome 2004-2014.
Research Focus
International business, foreign direct investment theory, theories of internationalization, managing the multinational firm and business network theory.
Expert Areas
Subsidiary-headquarter relationships and creation and transfer of innovations in the multinational firm. The internationalization process of firms. Theories of the multinational firm. Social innovations and the multinational firm. The role of the multinational firm in the society.
Research Projects
- Transfer of Innovations in Multinationals (TIME).
- Entrepreneurship in Multinationals
- Social Innovations and Multinational Firms
- Multinationals and Democracy
Reviewer Positions
Member of the Editiorial Review Board of Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). Senior editor of Critical Perspectives on International Business (CPoIB)
Publications
Recent publications
- The source of MNE superiority from within or from outside? (2023)
- The MNE as the "crown of creation"? (2023)
- Controlling without owning – owning without controlling (2022)
- Subsidiaries as sources for learning in multinational enterprises (2021)
- Complementing the Uppsala model? (2021)
All publications
Articles
- The source of MNE superiority from within or from outside? (2023)
- The MNE as the "crown of creation"? (2023)
- Controlling without owning – owning without controlling (2022)
- Complementing the Uppsala model? (2021)
- Social value creation in international business (2020)
- The development of international business (2018)
- MNC involvement in social innovations (2018)
- Value Creation at the Subsidiary Level (2017)
- A Note on the revisited Uppsala Internationalization Process Model (2016)
- A note on the revisited Uppsala internationalization process model (2016)
- Headquarters involvement and efficiency of innovation development and transfer in multinationals (2012)
- Rationality versus Ignorance: The role of MNE headquarters in subsidiaries’ innovation processes. (2011)
- Rationality vs ignorance (2011)
- Rationality versus Ignorance: The role of MNE headquarters in subsidiaries' innovation processes (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)
- A Commentary on Adam Smith (2010)
- Balancing subsidiary influence in the federative MNC (2007)
- Ignorant and impatient internationalization? (2007)
- Hymer´s analysis of the multinational organization (2006)
- Managing subsidiary knowledge creation: The effect of control mechanisms on subsidiary local embeddedness (2005)
- The strategic impact of external networks: subsidiary performance and competence development in the multinational corporation (2002)
- The Concept of Learning in the Uppsala Internationalization Process Model: A Critical Review (2002)
- Subsidiary Embeddedness and Competence Development in MNCs - A Multi-level Analysis (2001)
- Subsidiary performance in multinational corporations: the importance of technology embeddedness (2001)
- Ignorant Internationalization? Internationalization Patterns for Internet-Related Firms (2001)
- In Search of Centre of Excellence - Network Embeddedness and Subsidiary Roles in MNCs (2000)
- Nordic International Business Research. A Review of Its Development (2000)
- Accounting for Strength of MNC Subsidiaries: The Case of Foreign-Owned Firms in Denmark (1999)
- A revisited classic : position of attribitive adjective (1997)
- Subsidiary Embeddedness and Control in the Multinational Corporation (1996)
- 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)
- Book Review of Bartlett, C.A., Doz, Y.& Hedlund, G.(eds.), Managing the Global Firm (1992)
- Subsidiary Influence and Autonomy in International Firms (1992)
- Managing the International Multi-Centre Firm (1990)
Books
- Knowledge, Networks and Power (2015)
- Theories of the multinational firm (2013)
- Theories of the Multinational Firm (2013)
- Theories of the Multinational firm (2013)
- Theories of the Multinational Firm (2008)
- A Multifarious Creature (2007)
- Managing the embedded multinational. (2005)
- Critical Perspectives on Internationalization (2002)
- The Nature of the International Firm - Nordic Contributions to International Business Research (1997)
- Kulturell friktion (1995)
- Firms in networks (1995)
- Firms in Network: A New Perspective on Competitive Power (1995)
- Managing Networks in International Business (1992)
- Managing the Internationalization Process (1989)
- Managing the Internationalization Process (1989)
- Företag i nätverk. Ny syn på konkurrenskraft (1982)
- Internationell Företagsekonomi (1975)
- Företagets anpassning till förändringar i omgivande system. En studie av massa- och pappersindustrin (1970)
Chapters
- Subsidiaries as sources for learning in multinational enterprises (2021)
- The 'Parenting Advantage' and Innovation Processes in the Multinational Firm (2015)
- Knowledge, Networks and Power (2015)
- A dialogue about the Uppsala model of internationalization (2010)
- Are Multinationals Superior or just Powerful? A Critical Review of the Evolutionary Theory of the Firm (2008)
- Ignorant internationalization? (2008)
- Subsidiary Entrepreneurship Orientation: The ThermoSafe Case (2007)
- Creation and Diffusion of Competencies in MNCs - Structures, Ties and Resources at the Subsidiary Level (2006)
- Development and Transfer of Innovations in MNCs (2006)
- Ignorant Internationalization? (2006)
- Ignorant Internationalization? (2005)
- The Use of Network Theory in MNC Research (2004)
- Integration in the Multinational Corporation (2002)
- Are Multinational Firms Good or Bad? (2002)
- Integration in Global MNCs: The Swedish Case (2000)
- Development of MNC Centres of Excellence (2000)
- Competence Creation and Recognition - A Case-Study (2000)
- Subsidiary Influence and Corporate Learning - Centres of Excellence in Danish Foreign-Owned Firms (2000)
- The Subsidiary Role for MNC Competence Development: Information Bridgehead or Competence Distributor (1999)
- Centres of excellence in Multinational Companies: The Case of Denmark (1998)
- The Advantage Paradox of the Multinational Corporation (1997)
- Network Infusion in the Multinational Corporation (1997)
- Using networks to determine multinational parental control of subsidiaries (1995)
- Le Reti Internazionali Di Imprese (1995)
- The Local embeddedness of the Transnational Corporation (1994)
- The Local Embeddedness of the Transnational Corporations (1994)
- Internationalization of Management: Dominance and Distance (1993)
- Internationalization of the Second Degree (1992)
- Internationalization of the Second Degree (1992)
- Internationalization of Management (1992)
- Managing Internationalization in Business Networks (1992)
- Managing in International Multi-centre Firms (1992)
- Power Balancing in an International Business Network (1992)
- Internationalisering av andra graden (1991)
- Internationalisering av andra graden (1991)
- Foreign Acquisitions: Internalization or Network Interdependency? (1990)
Conferences
- A note on the revisited Uppsala internationalization process model (2014)
- Are headquarters good parents? Headquarters' influence on subsidiary level innovation processes (2012)
- 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)
- Subsidiary Entrepreneurship Orientation (2006)
- Are Multinational Superior or just Powerful? (2006)
- Managing Subsidiary Knowledge Creation (2004)
- The Struggle for Influence in the Federative MNC (2004)
- Explaining Subsidiary Network Embeddedness (2003)
- The Learning MNC (2003)
- Creation and Diffusion of Competence in MNCs (2002)
- The Learning MNC (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)
- Integration in global MNCs (1999)
- Absorptive Capacity and Technical Embeddedness (1999)
- Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity and MNC Competence Development (1999)
- The MNC as a Differentiated Network (1999)
- The Subsidiary Role for Competence Development (1999)
- In Search of Centre of Excellence (1998)
- Subsidiary Embeddedness, Integration and Subsidiary Roles in the MNC (1998)
- Subsidiary Embeddedness and Integration in the Multinational Corporation (1997)
- Subsidiary Embeddedness and its Implications for Integration in the MNC (1995)
- Degree of Integration in some Swedish MNCs (1994)
- External and Corporate Embeddedness in the MNC (1993)
- Multi-centre Structure and Location of Divisonal Management in Swedish International Firms (1991)
- Managing International Networks (1991)
- Global Firms in Internationalized Networks (1990)
Reports
- The Concept of Learning in the Uppsala Internationalization Process Model: A Critical Review. (2001)
- Some Critical Notes on Learning in The Uppsala Internationalization Process Model (2000)
- Degree of Integration in some Swedish MNCs (1994)
- Managing International Networks: Presentation of a Research Project (1992)
- Global firms in internationalized networks (1990)
- Internationalization of Division Management in Swedish International Firms (1990)
- Nordisk handelsbojkott mot Sydafrika (1987)
- Effekter i Sverige av en Sydafrikabojkott (1987)
- A Contingency Approach to Evaluating Management Accounting Systems in Government Agencies. (1979)
- Riksrevisionsverkets verksamhetsplanering i nyare perspektiv. (1978)
