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Torben Pedersen

Professor , Ph.D. in Business Administration, CBS
Torben Pedersen

Center for Strategi & Globalisering

Porcelænshaven 24
2000 Frederiksberg

Room 1.85

Tlf.: +45 3815 2521
Fax:+45 3815 3035
E-mail: tp.smg@cbs.dk

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My research interests are quite diverse, however, with a focus on the following areas:

• The Transfer of Knowledge in MNCs - the factors that facilitate and hinders knowledge sharing in MNCs
• The Process of Internationalization - particular the learning process that takes when conducting international activities
• Foreign Operation Modes and Foreign Direct Investment - with a focus on dynamic aspects and switching costs
• Organization of Multinational Companies - mainly organizational mechanism like autonomy and integration
• The role of subsidiaries and subsidiary strategies - focus on strategically important subsidiaries like Centres of Excellence
• International Corporate Governance- comparing different national models of corporate governance

Primære forskningsområder

• The Transfer of Knowledge in MNCs - the factors that facilitate and hinders knowledge sharing in MNCs
• The Process of Internationalization
• The role of subsidiaries and subsidiary strategies
• Foreign Operation Modes and switching costs
• Organization of Multinational Companies
• International Corporate Governance
• Globalization
• Theory of the firm
• Knowledge Management
• Global and outsourcing

Udvalgte publikationer

Journal Articles

• Export Channel Dynamics: An Empirical Investigation (with Gabriel Benito and Bent Petersen). Managerial and Decision Economics (forthcoming).
• The Impact of Knowledge Management on MNC Subsidiary Performance: The Role of Absorptive Capacity (with Volker Mahnke and Markus Venzin). Management International Review (forthcoming).
• Organizing knowledge processes in the multinational corporation: an introduction (with Nicolai J. Foss). Journal of International Business Studies, 35(5): pp. 340-350, 2004.
• Learning about Foreign Markets – Are Entrant Firms Exposed to a ‘Shock Effect’? (with Bent Petersen). Journal of International Marketing, 12 (1), pp. 103-123, 2004.
• MNC Knowledge Transfer, Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity and HRM (with Ingmar Björkman, Carl F. Fey, Dana Minbaeva and Hyeon Jeong Park). Journal of International Business, vol 34 (6), pp. 586-599, 2003.
• Introduction - Governing Knowledge-Processes (with Volker Mahnke). Management International Review, Special Issue (3), pp. 3-6, 2003.
• Knowledge Transfer Performance of Multinational Companies (with Bent Petersen and Deo Sharma). Management International Review, Special Issue (3), pp. 69-90, 2003.
• Ownership structure and value of the largest European firms: the importance of owner identity (with Steen Thomsen). Journal of Management and Governance, vol. 7, pp. 27-55, 2003.
• Multinational Enterprises from Small Economies (with Gabriel Benito, Jorma Larimo and Rajneesh Narula). International Studies of Management and Organization, vol. 32 (1), pp. 57-78, 2002/03.
• Coping with Liability of foreignness: different learning engagements of entrant firms (with Bent Petersen). Journal of International Management, vol 8, pp. 339-351, 2002
• Change of foreign operation method: impetus and switching costs (with Gabriel Benito and Bent Petersen). International Business Review, vol 11, pp. 325-45, 2002
• Transferring knowledge in MNCs: The role of sources of subsidiary knowledge and organizational context (with Nicolai J. Foss). Journal of International Management, vol 8, pp 1-19, 2002
• Subsidiary Performance in MNCs: The Importance of Technology Embeddedness (with Ulf Andersson and Mats Forsgren). International Business Review, vol 10, pp. 3-23, 2001
• Foreign Bank Penetration of Newly Opened Markets in the Nordic Countries (with Lars Engwall, Rolf Marquardt and Adrian Tschoegl). Journal of International Financial Markets, vol 11, pp 53-63, 2001
• The Internationalization Process of Danish Firms - gradual learning or discrete rational choices? Journal of Transnational Management Development, vol 5, no. 2, pp. 75-89, 2000
• Ownership Structure and Economic Performance in the Largest European companies (with Steen Thomsen). Strategic Management Journal, vol 21, pp. 689-705, 200
• Replacing the foreign intermediary: motivators and deterrents (with Gabriel Benito and Bent Petersen) . International Studies of Management and Organization, vol 30, no. 1, pp. 45-62, 2000
• Business Systems and Corporate Governance (with Steen Thomsen). International Studies of Management and Organization, vol 29 (summer), no. 2, 1999
• Fast and Slow Ressource Commitment to Foreign Markets - What Causes the Difference? (with Bent Petersen). Journal of International Management, vol 5, no. 2, 1999.
• Economic and Systemic Explanations of Ownership Concentration among Europe’s Largest Companies (with Steen Thomsen). International Journal of the Economics of Business, vol 6, no. 3, 1999.
• Foreign Operation Methods and Switching costs: Conceptual Issues and Possible Effects (with Gabriel Benito and Bent Petersen). Scandinavian Journal of Management, vol 15, pp. 213-229, 1999.
• Accounting for the Strenghts of MNC Subsidiaries: the Case of Foreign-Owned Firms in Denmark (with Mats Forsgren and Nicolai J. Foss). International Business Review, vol 8, pp. 181-96, 1999.
• Industry and Ownership Structure (with Steen Thomsen). International Review of Law and Economics, vol 18, pp. 385-402, 1998.
• Explaining Gradually Increasing Resource Commitment to a Foreign Market (with Bent Petersen). International Business Review, vol 7, pp. 483-501, 1998.
• European Patterns of Corporate Ownership: A Twelve Country Study (with Steen Thomsen). Journal of International Business Studies, no. 4, 1997.
• Nationality and Ownership: The 100 Largest Companies in six European Nations (with Steen Thomsen). Management International Review, 2/1996, pp. 149-66.
• Virksomhedens Viden og Virksomhedens Grænser: Illustreret ved en Case (with Nicolai J. Foss). Ledelse og Erhvervsøkonomi, 1/1996, pp. 53-64.
• Effekten af udenlandske opkøb på udviklingen af danske virksomheder (with Finn Valentin). Ø konomi og Politik, 2/1995, pp. 43-53
• Danske virksomheders internationaliseringsproces - en test af Internationaliseringsmodellen. Ledelse og Erhvervsøkonomi, 1/1995, pp. 13-26.

Books

• Knowledge flows, governance and the multinational enterprise (with Volker Mahnke (eds.)). Basinstoke: Palgrave. 294 pages. 2003.
• Danske virksomheders etableringer i udlandet – Etableringsundersøgelsen 2003 (with Søren Bjerregaard, Camilla Jensen, Bent Petersen and Mette Rose Skaksen). Kbh.: Dansk Industri. 64 pages. 2003.
• E-business i Industrien - En Undersøgelse af Virksomhedernes Internationale Afsætningsprofil (with Anders Holbech Jespersen and Bent Petersen). Kbh: Dansk Industri. 40 pages. 2002.
• Ejerskab og indflydelse i dansk erhvervsliv (with Steen Thomsen and Jesper Strandskov). Kbh.: Magtudredningen. 129 pages. 2002.
• Managing Centres of Excellence (with Ulf Holm (eds.)). Basingstoke: MacMillan. 271 pages. 2000.
• Danske Virksomheders Etableringer i Udlandet (with Stine Fangel, Thierry Levert Hoppe and Anders Holbech Jespersen). Kbh: Dansk Industri. 59 pages. 1998.
• Strategiske virksomhedsrelationer. Bilag 5 for Velfærdskommissionen (with Poul Andersen, Bent Dalum, Finn Valentin and Gert Villumsen). Kbh. 282 pages. 1995.
• Ejerforhold og konkurrenceevne i dansk erhvervsliv (with Jesper Strandskov and Steen Thomsen). Kbh: Erhvervsfremme Styrelsen. 117 pages. 1994.
• Danske virksomheders direkte investeringer i udlandet og udenlandske virksomheders direkte investeringer i Danmark. Ph.D.-afhandling. 303 pages. 1994. Guldmedalje for besvarelsen af Tietgenprisopgave.
• Udenlandsk ejet industri i Danmark - Virksomhedsprofiler og udviklingsmønstre (with Finn Valentin) . Kbh: Industri- og Handelsstyrelsen. 47 pages1993.
• Danske virksomheders etableringer i udlandet – Hovedresultater fra en empirisk undersrgelse (with Poul Schultz and Harald Vestergaard). Kbh: Handelshøjskolens Forlag. 77 pages. 1993.

Chapters in Books

• The Role of Knowledge in Firms' Internationalisation Process: Wherefrom and Whereto?(with Bent Petersen and Deo Sharma). In: Anders Majgaard and Deo Sharma (eds): Learning in the internationalisation process of firms. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, 2003.
• E-business i industrien (with Anders Holbech Jespersen and Bent Petersen). In: Internethåndbogen, Børsens Ledelseshåndbøger, Børsens Forlag, 2003.
• Sources of Subsidiary Knowledge and Knowledge Transfer in MNCs (with Nicolai J. Foss. In: Sarianna M. Lundan (ed.), Network Knowledge in International Business, Edward Elgar, 2002.
• Centres of Excellence in Multinational Companies: The Case of Denmark (with Mats Forsgren). In: J. Birkinshaw & N. Hood (eds), Multinational Corporate Evolution and Subsidiary Development, London: Macmillan, 1998.
• Danske virksomheders operationsformer i udlandet: Myter, realiteter og trends (with Bent Petersen). In: N. J. Foss & L. Hedaa (eds), Strategi og organisation: Teori for praksis, pp. 123-39. Kbh: Handelshøjskolens Forlag, 1997.
• Twenty years after - Support and critique of the Uppsala Internationalization Model (with Bent Petersen). In: M. Forsgren & I Bjørkman (eds): A Nordic Perspective on International Business Research, pp. 117-34. Kbh: Handelshøjskolens Forlag, 1997.
• The Impact of Foreign Acquisition on the Evolution of Danish Firms: A Competence-based Perspective (with Finn Valentin). In: N. J. Foss & C. Knudsen (eds): Towards a Competence Theory of the Firm, pp. 150-74. London: Routledge, 1996.