> > Dear Colleagues, > This is the third and final call for papers for the APJM SI with updated dates for the SI Conference (see below). Kind regards. > *Asia Pacific Journal of Management* > > > > Special Issue and Conference on > > > > > > *“From Emerging to Emerged: A Decade of Development of Dragon > Multinationals”* > > > > *Submission Deadline: **April 15, 2015* > > *Conference Place and Date: 11-12 December, **2015 * > > *Venue**: Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia* > > *Estimated Date of Publication**: November 2016* > > > > > > *Special Issue Guest Editors:* > > Jane Lu (University of Melbourne and National University of Singapore) > > Xufei Ma (Chinese University of Hong Kong) > > Lucy Taksa (Macquarie University) > > Yue Wang (Macquarie University) > > > > > > *Special Issue Consulting Editors: * > > Mike Peng (University of Texas at Dallas) > > Ravi Ramamurti (Northeastern University) > > > > > > *Conference Sponsor:* > > Department of Marketing and Management, Macquarie University, Sydney, > Australia. > > > > > > In 2006, the *Asia Pacific Journal of Management* (APJM) published an > influential article “Dragon multinationals: New players in 21st century > globalization” (Mathews, 2006a, 23:5-27). In this conceptual article, John > Mathews (Macquarie University, Australia) defines firms from the > periphery—especially those from the Asia Pacific region—as ‘dragon > multinationals’. The author develops a new model to illustrate the three > pillars common in these firms’ pattern of accelerated internationalization > and summarizes them into his linkage, leverage, and learning (LLL) model. > > According to Mathews (2006a), for dragon multinationals, the best and the > quickest way to capture global opportunities and to tap into global > resources is first to link up with firms around the global, second to > leverage such links to overcome resource barriers (including foreign direct > investment (FDI) through acquisitions), and third to learn to build up > their own capabilities in a cumulative fashion. These three pillars of > linkage, leverage and learning are what make dragon multinationals’ > international expansion distinctive from the internationalization pattern > of Western incumbents. > > To the extent that firms that lack initial resources may take advantage of > the increasingly interconnected global economy in a pattern consistent with > the LLL model, the LLL model may become one of the dominant paradigms in > international business (IB) research in the 21st century, just like how the > OLI model was viewed by the IB and management community in the 20th > century. We do not know whether this significant paradigm development will > happen, but the fact that John Mathews’ article won the second *APJM* > Best Paper Award in 2009 and became the second most cited APJM paper ever > (with over 600 Google Scholar citations) in just a few years after its > appearance in 2006 is a strong signal that the IB and management community > may just be ready to embrace such a paradigm development. However, whether > such a paradigm development will materialize (Dunning, 2006; Narula, 2006) > is at least dependent on two critical issues, which will be addressed in > this Special Issue. First, do we have accumulated sufficient evidence to > suggest that there is indeed a need for a new paradigm such as the LLL > model to account for a very different internationalization process? Second, > nearly ten years since Mathews (2006a), do we have sufficient knowledge > about ways that those already emerged dragon multinationals (such as Acer, > Li & Fung, and Lenovo that appeared in Mathews’ original article) manage > their global operations? > > To further enrich our understanding of the merits and limits of the LLL > model, we also call for papers that provide new theoretical or empirical > insights to help us better understand the internationalization patterns and > strategies adopted by firms from the rapidly developing Asia Pacific region > including those are still emerging and those already emerged in the global > stage. To the extent that management problems remain the same over time > while their solutions differ from part of the world to part of the world > (Hostede, 2007), we also welcome manuscripts that look at the impact of the > emerging or emerged dragon multinationals on the strategies and behaviours > of Western MNEs in different parts of the world. > > Overall, this Special Issue provides an opportunity to (1) reflect on John > Mathews’ influential article on the then emerging dragon multinationals, > and (2) bring together research on recent development of those dragon > multinationals that are already emerged in the global market as well as > research on the interactions between these (relatively) new players and > incumbent western players in an increasingly interconnected global business > environment. To serve these purposes, manuscripts are not restricted to, > but could deal with the following topics: > > - > > Empirical studies to test the validity of the LLL model in a broader > range of firms (including but not limited to emerging and emerged dragon > multinationals). > - > > How the strategies, structures, and management practices (e.g. how to > manage the challenge of diverse workforce) adopted by those emerged dragon > multinationals differ from MNEs from the West and Japan. > - > > How the LLL model and OLI model complement or substitute each other. > - > > How the expansion of dragon multinationals to regions such as Africa > and Australia affects the strategies of Western MNEs in these regions. > - > > How the pattern of expansion of dragon multinationals is affected by > varying institutional conditions in their home countries. > - > > What the performance implications are as a result of the expansion of > dragon multinationals. > > Papers for the Special Issue should be submitted electronically to the > APJM Online Submission System at https://www.editorialmanager.com/apjm/, > and identified as submissions to the “From emerging to emerged: a decade of > development of dragon multinationals” Special Issue. The deadline for > receipt of papers for this special issue is April 15, 2015. The format of > submissions must comply with submission guidelines posted at the APJM > website. Please indicate that your submission is to be reviewed for the > Special Issue on “From Emerging to Emerged: A Decade of Development of > Dragon Multinationals” (choose that in the “article type” item during the > submission process). > > Papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed. We will make initial editorial > decisions by July 1, 2015. Authors invited to revise and resubmit their > work will be invited to present the papers at a Special Issue development > conference hosted by the Department of Marketing and Management at > Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. > > The papers accepted and presented at the special issue conference will be > considered for publication in the Special Issue of the APJM. Presentation > at the conference does not necessarily guarantee publication in the special > issue. The combination of a development conference and a Special Issue > nevertheless follows a highly successful APJM initiative to bring out the > full potential of authors and papers. > > > > For questions about the special issue, please contact any of the Special > Issue Editors: > > Jane Lu > > Professor, Department of Management and Marketing, University of > Melbourne; and National University of Singapore > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > Xufei Ma > > Associate Professor, Department of Management, Chinese University of Hong > Kong > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > Lucy Taksa > > Professor, Department of Marketing and Management, Macquarie University > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > Yue Wang > > Associate Professor, Department of Marketing and Management, Macquarie > University > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > *References:* > > Hofstede, G. (2007). Asian management in the 21st century. Asia Pacific > Journal of Management, 24: 411-420. > > Dunning, J. H. (2006). Comment on Dragon multinationals: New players in > 21st century globalization. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 23: 139-141. > > Narula, R. (2006). Globalization, new ecologies, new zoologies, and the > purported death of the eclectic paradigm. Asia Pacific Journal of > Management, 23: 143-151. > > Mathews, J. A. (2006a). Dragon multinationals: New players in 21st century > globalization. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 23: 5-27. > > Mathews, J. A. (2006b). Responses to Professors Dunning and Narula. 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