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Volker Mahnke

Volker Mahnke
Professor , PhD, Dr.
Volker Mahnke

Institut for International Økonomi og Virksomhedsledelse

Porcelænshaven 24A, 3.85
2000 Frederiksberg
Tel.: +45 3815 3374
Fax:+45 3815 2500
E-mail: vm.int@cbs.dk



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The overall goal of my research is to better understand how organizational processes affect the success or failure of competitive and corporate strategy. I have focused on MNC organization and strategy, and in particular processes of innovation, cooperation, offshore outsourcing, knowledge management, and IT enabled business development.

Primary research areas

  • IT-enabled innovation and business modelling
  • Global software venturing and -development
  • Strategy process design in dynamic technology markets


Selected publications

Mahnke, V (2009, forthcoming) Software Venturing and Entrepreneurship. Stanford University Press (with J. Hock)
Mahnke V. (2009, forthcoming) Value-added of MNC headquarters. Palgrave-McMillan
Mahnke, V. (2008) Coping with failure sources in international R&D consortia: The case of mobile service development. International Journal of Technology Management (With M. Overby)
Mahnke, V (2008) Offshore-middlemen: Offshore intermediation in offshore system development. Journal of Information Technology (with J. Wareham, N.B. Andersen)
Mahnke, V. (2007) Governing entrepreneurial opportunity recognition in MNE’s: Aligning Interest and Cognition. Journal of Management Studies 44:7: 1278-1298. (with Venzin, M, and S. Zahra)
Mahnke, V. (2007) “Communication Metaphors-in-Use: Technical Communication and Offshore Systems Development,” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 50(2), pp 93-108. (with Wareham, J., S. Peters, N. Andersen)
Mahnke V. (2006) The strategy process (with M. Venzin and C. Rasner), Frankfurt/NewYork. Cyan Press Campus Publisher
Mahnke, V. (2006) Outsourcing innovative capabilities for IT-enabled services. Industry and Innovation: 189-207. (with Overby, M.; S. Oscan)
Mahnke, V. (2006) Outsourcing innovation and relational governance. Industry and Innovation: 121-125. (with S. Oscan)
Mahnke, V. (2005) Adoption of e-procurement in the Danish Public sector: Economic and Political Rationality. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems: 5-26. (with Helle Zimmer)
Mahnke, V. (2005) The impact of knowledge management on MNC subsidiary performance - the role of absorptive capacity. Management International Review: 101-119. (with T. Pedersen and M. Venzin)
Mahnke, V. (2005) Strategic outsourcing of IT services: Theoretical stocktaking and empirical challenges? Industry & Innovation, 12 (2): 1-49. (with M. Overby; J Vang)
Mahnke V. (2004) Knowledge flows, governance and the MNC (with Pedersen, T.), Palgrave-McMillan.
Mahnke V. (2004) Strategic IT Outsourcing (with M. Overby and J. Vang), Thompson Publishing
Mahnke, V. (2003): Value Creation through IT-supported Knowledge Management? The Utilisation of a Knowledge Management System in a Global Consulting Company. Informing Science 6: 75-88. (with K. Kautz)
Mahnke, V. (2003): Governing knowledge teams in the MNC. Management International Review: 47-69. (with M. Venzin)
Mahnke, V. (2003): The internationalization of digital information good providers. Management International Review: 115-142. (with M. Venzin)
Mahnke, V. (2003): Governing knowledge processes. Management International Review: 3-6. (with T. Pedersen)
Mahnke, V. (2001): The essence of managing knowledge: A managerial prescription. (with K. Husted). Thompson Publishing
Mahnke, V. (2001): The process of vertical dis-integration: An evolutionary perspective on outsourcing. Journal of Management and Governance 3: 31-55.
Mahnke, V. (2001): Knowledge strategies, innovative capacity and complementarities in human resource practices. Journal of Management and Governance 1: 1-27. (with K. Laursen)
Mahnke V. (2000) Governance, competence, and entrepreneurship (with Nicolai Foss), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mahnke, V. (1999) The economic organization of intellectual production, CBS - Press


Last updated by Tina Forsingdal 21/02/2011