mjegb
Department of International Economics, Government and Business

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.
- Cross-cultural studies
- Organisational studies
- International business studies
- Philosophy of science
- Business anthropology
DVIP coordinator at EGB, editor of Copenhagen Discussion Papers.
I teach International Business in Asian Markets at the BAc program, International Business in Asia.
I supervise students at all levels, especially in International business, strategy and in the internationalization of firms.
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.
I: Critical Perspectives on International Business, 11.1.2023
Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing 2022, 161 s. (Emerald Studies in Global Strategic Responsiveness)
I: Adapting to Environmental Challenges: New Research in Strategy and International Business. . red. /Torben Juul Andersen; Simon Sunn Torp. Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing 2020, s. 189-213 (Emerald Studies in Global Strategic Responsiveness)
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Community, CBS 2018, 37 s. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, Nr. 65)
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Community, CBS 2018, 31 s. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, Nr. 67)
I: Asia Pacific Management Review, Vol. 23, Nr. 4, 12.2018, s. 251-257
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Community, CBS 2018, 37 s. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, Nr. 66)
Paper presented at 10th Asia Academy of Management and 10th Taiwan Academy of Management Joint Conference, 2017
I: The Responsive Global Organization: New Insights from Global Strategy and International Business. . red. /Torben Juul Andersen. Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing 2017, s. 125-148 (Emerald Studies in Global Strategic Responsiveness, Vol. 1)
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Centre. Copenhagen Business School 2016, 29 s. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, Nr. 62)
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Centre. Copenhagen Business School 2015, 46 s. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, Nr. 53)
Poster session presented at The 41st EIBA Annual Conference 2015. European International Business Academy, 2015, 1 s.
Abingdon : Routledge 2015, 148 s. (Chinese Worlds)
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Centre. Copenhagen Business School 2015, 36 s. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, Nr. 48)
Paper presented at The 41st EIBA Annual Conference 2015. European International Business Academy, 2015
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Centre. Copenhagen Business School 2014, 27 s. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, Nr. 45)
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 32, Nr. 2, 2014, s. 136-138
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 32, Nr. 1, 2014, s. 111-113
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School Press 2012, 134 s. (Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Nr. 1, Vol. 30)
I: International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Vol. 12, Nr. 2, 2012, s. 229-245
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 30, Nr. 1, 2012, s. 5-10
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 30, Nr. 1, 2012, s. 127-130
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 29, Nr. 2, 2011, s. 11-32
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 29, Nr. 2, 2011, s. 5-10
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 29, Nr. 2, 2011, s. 154-156
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Centre. Copenhagen Business School 2010, 34 s. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, Nr. 35)
I: China Economic Journal, Vol. 2, Nr. 3, 2010, s. 297-311
Paper presented at The 7th International Malaysian Studies Conference, 2010
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Centre. Copenhagen Business School 2009, 40 s. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, Nr. 30)
I: Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 18, Nr. 58, 2009, s. 69-91
I: IWIC '09. Proceedings of the 2009 International Workshop on Intercultural Collaboration . red. /Susan Fussel; Pamela Hinds; Toru Ishida. New Yok : Association for Computing Machinery 2009
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Centre. Copenhagen Business School 2009, 32 s. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, Nr. 29)
I: China: Business Opportunities in a Globalizing Economy. . red. /Verner Worm. Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School Press 2008, s. 155-170
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 26, 2008, s. 95-97
I: China Journal, Nr. 57, 2007, s. 207-209
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 25, 2007, s. 5-8
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 25, 2007, s. 28-49
I: Penang Economic Monthly, Vol. 9, Nr. 8, 2007, s. 12-22
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Centre. Copenhagen Business School 2007, 44 s. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, Nr. 16)
I: East Asia, Vol. 24, Nr. 2, 2007, s. 213-227
Frederiksberg : Asia Research Centre. Copenhagen Business School 2006, 23 s. (Copenhagen Discussion Papers, Nr. 14)
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 24, 2006, s. 72-104
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Nr. 24, 2006, s. 142-145
I: Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 36, Nr. 3, 2006, s. 364-384
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Globalisering: De fattige venter på dine varer
Islamisering i Malaysia
Indiske migrantarbejdere og racepolitik i Malaysia
Kinesiske forretningsmetoder i Sydøstasien
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- 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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