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Bent Petersen

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Professor , PhD in International Business
Bent Petersen

Department of Strategic Management and Globalization

Kilevej 14, 2. floor
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Room 2.59
Tel.: +45 3815 2510
Fax:+45 3815 3035
E-mail: bp.smg@cbs.dk



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Affiliated with Centre for Business and Development Studies

  • International Marketing
  • Foreign Operation Modes
  • Internationalization Process of Firms
  • Incentive Structures
 
Bent Petersen is visiting professor at University of Southern Denmark from January to June 2012.



Selected publications

Publication 1999-2009
 
International Business publications in English:
Articles in refereed journals (in reverse, chronological order):
Beugelsvijk, S. T. Pedersen and B. Petersen. 2009. Is there a trend towards global value chain specialisation? An examination of cross border sales of US foreign affiliates, Journal of International Management (Special Issue).
Hansen, M.W., T. Pedersen and B. Petersen. 2009. MNC Strategies and Local Linkage effects in Developing Countries. Journal of World Business (Special Issue), 44(2).
Petersen, B., T. Pedersen and M. Lyles. 2008. Closing Knowledge Gaps in Foreign Markets. Journal of International Business Studies. 39(7), pp. 1097-1113.
Asmussen, C.G., T. Pedersen and B. Petersen. 2007. How do we capture ‘global specialization’ when measuring firms’ degree of globalization? Management International Review, 47(6), pp. 1-23.
Maskell, P., T. Pedersen, B. Petersen and Jens Dick-Nielsen. 2007. LearningPaths to Offshore Outsourcing – From Cost Reduction to Knowledge Seeking. Industry and Innovation, 14(3), July, pp. 239-257.
Petersen, B., T. Pedersen and G.R.G. Benito. 2006. The termination dilemma of foreign intermediaries: performance, anti-shirking measures and hold-up safeguards. Advances in International Marketing, Volume 16, pp. 317-339.
Benito, G.R.G., T. Pedersen and B. Petersen. 2005. Export Channel Dynamics: An Empirical Analysis. Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 26 (Spring), pp. 159-173.
Patibandla, M. and B. Petersen. 2004. Role of Transnational Corporations in the Evolution of a High-Tech Industry: The Case of India’s Software Industry – A Reply. World Development, Vol. 32, No. 3 (March), pp. 561-566.
Pedersen, T. and B. Petersen. 2004. Learning about Foreign Markets – Are Entrant Firms Exposed to a ‘Shock Effect’? Journal of International Marketing, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 103-124.
Pedersen, T., B. Petersen and Deo D. Sharma. 2003. Knowledge Transfer Performance of Multinational Companies. Management International Review, Vol. 43, Special Issue No. 3 (September/October), pp. 69-90.
Petersen, B. and L. S. Welch. 2003. International Business Development and the Internet – Post-hype. Management International Review, Vol. 43, Special Issue No. 1 (April/May), pp. 7-29.
Liesch, P., L.S. Welch, D.E. Welch, S.L. McGaughey, B. Petersen and P. Lamb. 2002. Evolving Strands of Research on Firm Internationalization: An Australian-Nordic Perspective. International Studies in Management and Organization, Vol.32, no. 1, pp. 16-35.
Petersen, B. and T. Pedersen. 2002. Coping with Liability of Foreignness: Different Learning Engagements of Entrant Firms. Journal of International Management. Vol. 8 (October): 339-350.
Patibandla, M. and B. Petersen. 2002. Role of Transnational Corporations in the Evolution of a High-Tech Industry: The Case of India’s Software Industry. World Development, Vol. 30, No. 9 (September), pp. 1561-1577.
Pedersen, T., B. Petersen and G. R.G. Benito. 2002. Foreign Operation Mode Change: Impetus and Switching Costs. International Business Review, Vol. 11, No. 2 (June): 325-345.
Petersen, B., L.S. Welch, and P. Liesch. 2002. The Internet and Foreign Market Expansion by Firms: Theoretical Questions and Three predictions. Management International Review, Vol. 42, Issue 2 (April/May), pp. 207-221.
Petersen, B. and L.S. Welch. 2002. Foreign Operation Mode Combinations and Internationalisation. Journal of Business Research, Vol. 55, Issue 2 (February), pp. 157-162.
Petersen, B., D.E. Welch and L.S. Welch. 2000. Creating Meaningful Switching Options in International Operations. Long Range Planning. Vol. 33, No. 5 (December), pp. 690-707.
Petersen, B. and L.S. Welch. 2000. International Retailing Operations: Downstream Entry and Expansion Via Franchising. International Business Review, Vol. 9, No. 4 (August): 479-496.
Petersen, B., T. Pedersen and G. R.G. Benito. 2000. Replacing the Foreign Intermediary: Motivators and Deterrents. International Studies of Management and Organization, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring): 47-64.
Petersen, B. and T. Pedersen 1999. Fast and Slow Resource Commitment to Foreign Markets – What Causes the Difference? Journal of International Management, Vol. 5, No. 2: 73-91.
Benito, G.R.G., T. Pedersen and B. Petersen. 1999. Foreign Operation Methods and Switching Costs: Conceptual Issues and Possible Effects. Scandinavian Journal of Management, Vol. 15: 213
-229.
Pedersen, T. and B. Petersen. 1998. Explaining Gradually Increasing Resource Commitment to a Foreign Market. International Business Review, Vol. 7 No. 3: 483-501.
Books:
Welch, L.S., Benito, G.R.G., and B. Petersen. 2007. Foreign Operation Methods: Analysis, Strategy, and Dynamics, London: Edward Elgar.
Hansen, M.W., T. Pedersen and B. Petersen. 2006. Danish Investments in Developing Countries, Copenhagen Business School Press.
Book chapters:
Pham, H.T.V., B. Petersen, and Schaumburg-Müller, H. 2009. Trade Internationalization Paths of Emergent Market Firms - Evidence from Vietnam. In Schaumburg-Müller, H. (Ed.), Internationalization of Firms in Developing Countries, Copenhagen Business Press in collaboration with National Economics University Publishing House.
Petersen, B., G.R.G. Benito, C.G. Asmussen and L.S. Welch. 2008. Mode Configuration Diversity: A New Perspective on Foreign Entry Mode. Chapter 3, p. 57-78 in: Lewin, A.Y., S.T. Cavusgil, G.T.M. Hult and D.A. Griffith (eds.): Thought Leadership in Advancing International Business Research, New York. NY: Palgrave/Macmillan.
Petersen, B., T. Pedersen, and D. Sharma. 2003. The Role of Knowledge in Firms’ Internationalisation Process: Wherefrom and Whereto? in Blomstermo, Anders and Deo D. Sharma (eds.): Learning in the Internationalisation Process of Firms, Edward Elgar Publishing Company, p. 36-55.
Petersen, B., L.S. Welch, and K.V. Nielsen. 2001. Resource Commitment to Foreign Markets: The Establishment Patterns of Danish Firms in South East Asian Markets, in S.J. Gray, S.L. McGaughey and W.R. Purcell (eds.): Asia-Pacific Issues in International Business, Edward Elgar Publishing Company, p. 7-27.
Petersen, B. and T. Pedersen. 1997. Twenty years after – Support and Critique of the Uppsala Internationalization Model, in Forsgren, Mats and Ingmar Björkman (eds.): The Nature of the International Firm. København: Handelshøjskolens Forlag.
Petersen, B. and T. Pedersen.1993. Choice of International Investment Mode – The Transformation from Positive to Normative Business Theory," in L. Stetting, K.E. Svendsen and E. Yndgaard (eds.): Global Change and Transformation. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press: 249-262.
Articles in non-refereed journals/magazines/books:
Patibandla, M., Deepak Kapur, and B. Petersen. 2000. Import Substitution with Free Trade – The Case of India’s Software Industry. Economic and Political Weekly, April 8, 2000.
Dissertation:
Petersen, B. 1996. Explaining Cost-effective Export Market Penetration via Foreign Intermediaries – with Special Emphasis on the Hold-up Problem. Copenhagen Business School, Samfundslitteratur, Ph.D. series 4-96.
Papers in journal or book review:
Asmussen, C.G., G.R.G. Benito and B. Petersen: “Organizing Foreign Market Activities: From Entry Mode Choice to Configuration Decisions”. In second review with International Business Review.
Hashai, N., Asmussen, C.G., G.R.G. Benito and B. Petersen: “Predicting Diversity of Foreign Entry Modes”. In second review with Management International Review.
Petersen, B., G.R.G. Benito and L.S. Welch: “Managing the Internalisation Process – A Theoretical Perspective”. In second review with Management International Review.
Welch L. S., G.R.G. Benito and B. Petersen: ”Towards more Realistic Conceptualisations of Foreign Operation Modes: Challenges to Existing Treatments”. In second review with Journal of International Business Studies.
Hansen, M.W. , P. Wad and B. Petersen: “Change of subsidiary mandates in emerging markets - The case of Danish MNCs in South India”. In first review with Journal of Management Studies.
Conference papers (not yet submitted to journals)
Pham, H.T.V., Petersen, B. and Asmussen, C.G. 2008. Independent versus captive exporters from emerging markets - Which of them are performing best? Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, USA, August 2008.


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