Department of International Economics, Government and Business

mjegb

Department of International Economics, Government and Business

Michael
Jakobsen
Associate professor
,
ph.d,


Room: POR/24.A-3.72
Tel:
+4538153396
E-mail: mj.egb@cbs.dk
Presentation

Taking a point of departure in phenomenology my main research areas are cross-cultural issues in organisations as well as in international business studies focusing in particular on Asia. Combining anthropology and organisational studies in an international business context allows me to produce holistic studies of the relationship between economy and society with a focus on human agency. To me such a focus provide me with the possibility of analysing how humans organise and make sense of their internal as well as their external surroundings.
 

Primary research areas
  • Cross-cultural studies
  • Organisational studies
  • International business studies
  • Philosophy of science
  • Business anthropology.
Administrative tasks

DVIP coordinator at EGB, editor of Copenhagen Discussion Papers.

Curriculum Vitae
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Courses

I teach International Business in Asian Markets at the BAc program, International Business in Asia.

Supervision

I supervise students at all levels, especially in International business, strategy and in the internationalization of firms.

Selected publications

Worm, V. , Jakobsen, M. (2018), ‘Revisiting Single Case Studies in International Business Research. The Case of Maersk Line.’ Copenhagen Discussion Papers. No. 66. June.

Jakobsen, M., Worm, V. (2018), ‘Revisiting Single Case Studies in International Business Research. The Case of Maersk Line.’ Copenhagen Discussion Papers. No. 65. January.

Jakobsen, M., Worm, V., Li, X. (2017), ‘Making Sense of Context in International Business: Some Methodological Reflections. Published in Asia-Pacific Management Review.

Jakobsen, M., Worm, V, Xin, L. (2017), ‘Navigating a Global Corporate Culture: On the Notion of Organizational Culture in a Multinational Corporation’. Published in The Responsive Global Organisation edited by Torben Juul Andersen. Emerald Publications.

Jakobsen, M. (2015), ‘Ethnic Chinese Entrepreneurship in Malaysia. On Contextualisation in International Business Studies’. Published by Routledge (Chinese Worlds): London and New York.

Blasco, M., Egholm Feldt, L., Jakobsen, M. (2012) ‘If only cultural chameleons could fly too: A critical discussion of the concept of cultural intelligence’, in International Journal of Cross Cultural Management. Vol. 12, Issue 2, August.

Brødsgaard, K.E., Jakobsen, M. (eds.) (2012), ‘Political and Economic Decoupling and Risk Assessment in Contemporary Asia’.  Special issue in the Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 29, Issue 2

Brødsgaard, K.E., Xin Li, Jakobsen, M. (2010), ‘Redefining Beijing Consensus: Ten General Principles’. China Economic Journal, 2(3)

Jakobsen, M. (2009), ‘Navigating between Disaggregating Nation States and Entrenching Processes of Globalisation: Reconceptualising the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia’, in Journal of Contemporary China. Vol. 18, No. 58. January.

Jakobsen, M., Ng Beoy Kui, (2007), ‘In the Shadow of Mainland China: Changing Ethnic Chinese Business Practices in Southeast Asia’. Special issue of the Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies No. 25.

 

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2023
Michael Jakobsen; Verner Worm; Sven Horak / Compassion in the International Business Studies : Prospects for Future Research.
In: Critical Perspectives on International Business, Vol. 19, No. 5, 2023, p. 594-613
Journal article > peer review
2022
Michael Jakobsen; Verner D. Worm / Navigating Corporate Cultures from Within : Making Sense of Corporate Values Seen from an Employee Perspective.
Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing 2022, 161 p. (Emerald Studies in Global Strategic Responsiveness)
Book > peer review
2020
Michael Jakobsen; Verner Worm / The Need for a Phenomenological Perspective in International Business Studies : Different Philosophies of Science and Their Consequences.
In: Adapting to Environmental Challenges: New Research in Strategy and International Business. . ed. /Torben Juul Andersen; Simon Sunn Torp. Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing 2020, p. 189-213 (Emerald Studies in Global Strategic Responsiveness)
Book chapter > peer review
2018
Michael Jakobsen; Verner Worm / Discourses on Philosophies of Science in International Business Studies : Perspectives and Consequences.
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Community, CBS 2018, 37 p. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, No. 65)
Working paper
Verner Worm; Michael Jakobsen / Empathy in Global Business
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Community, CBS 2018, 31 p. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, No. 67)
Working paper
Michael Jakobsen; Verner Worm; Xin Li / Making Sense of Context in International Business : Some Methodological Reflections.
In: Asia Pacific Management Review, Vol. 23, No. 4, 12.2018, p. 251-257
Journal article > peer review
Verner Worm; Michael Jakobsen / Revisiting Single Case Studies in International Business Research : The Case of Maersk Line.
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Community, CBS 2018, 37 p. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, No. 66)
Working paper
2017
Michael Jakobsen; Verner Worm; Xin Li / Making Sense of Context in International Business : Some Theoretical and Methodological Reflections.
Paper presented at 10th Asia Academy of Management and 10th Taiwan Academy of Management Joint Conference, 2017
Paper > peer review
Michael Jakobsen; Verner Worm; Xin Li / Navigating a Global Corporate Culture : On the Notion of Organizational Culture in a Multinational Corporation.
In: The Responsive Global Organization: New Insights from Global Strategy and International Business. . ed. /Torben Juul Andersen. Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing 2017, p. 125-148 (Emerald Studies in Global Strategic Responsiveness, Vol. 1)
Book chapter > peer review
2016
Michael Jakobsen; Verner Worm; Xin Li / Making Sense of Culture in International Business : Some Theoretical and Methodological Reflection.
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Centre. Copenhagen Business School 2016, 29 p. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, No. 62)
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Academic Interests
  • Internationalisation theories of the firm
  • Cross-cultural issues and sense making
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Southeast Asian studies
  • Ethnic Chinese entrepreneurship in Malaysia
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