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*Extension of deadline, 1 September, Emerging Market Multinationals
conference*

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** Now with publication outlets and keynotes **

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*The 3rd Copenhagen Conference on: *

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*‘Emerging Multinationals’:
Outward Investment from Emerging Economies*

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www.cbs.dk/ofdi





Date: 25-26 October 2012

Venue: Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark



*Paper submission so far has been encouraging but to achieve the best
possible balance of papers the submission deadline is extended to 1
September. Those who have already submitted will still receive response on
acceptance by 30 July as earlier announced.*

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Publication*

Arrangement has been made for the best papers to be published in a special
issue of International Journal of Technology Management.



Submitted papers will also be considered for the publication ‘Emerging
Market Multinational Enterprises and Sustainable Development’ by Vale
Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (VCC), see the
CfP<http://www.vcc.columbia.edu/files/vale/content/Call_for_Papers_May10_Final_for_circulation.pdf>.


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Confirmed keynotes*

Andrea Goldstein, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (ESCAP)
Glauco Arbix, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Igor Filatotchev, City University of London, UK
Klaus Meyer, University of Bath, UK
Max von Zedtwitz, Peking University, China
Ravi Ramamurti, Northeastern University, US
Ari Kokko, Department of International Economics and Management, Denmark
(tbc)
Rajneesh Narula, University of Reading, UK (tbc)
Xiaobo Wu, Zhejiang University, China (tbc)

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Overview*

This year’s conference welcomes all papers related to the broad conference
theme, but particularly those related to *innovation and global knowledge
flows*.



Multinational companies from emerging economies (EMNCs) are becoming major
players in the globalized world economy and wield growing influence on
economic dynamics in developed, emerging, and developing countries alike.
Firms and governments in developed countries increasingly need to engage
with the array of challenges and opportunities presented by
emerging-economy multinationals seeking access to their markets and assets.
Important impacts of outward direct investment from emerging economies
(OFDI) will also be felt in developing host countries, where investments
from emerging economies are becoming more and more significant. No less
important will be the effects in the home countries of the outward
investing firms themselves. The rise of outward investment from emerging
and developing countries requires further scrutiny, both theoretically,
empirically and methodologically.



While all papers related to the conference theme are welcome, this year’s
conference particularly solicits papers with a focus on *innovation-related
aspects* of outward investment from emerging economies, whether at micro,
meso or macro level. Which roles are OFDI coming to play in the innovation
processes of EMNCs, at strategic and operational levels? What are the
implications for incumbents in developed countries, e.g. in terms of
competitive and collaborative dynamics? What are the macroeconomic
implications of asset-seeking investments, for both host and home economies?

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Topics*

The emergence of MNCs from emerging economies raises a wide range of
challenges for theorists, business strategists, and policymakers alike.
This year’s conference promotes ‘innovation’ as a special theme.

   - Which strategies do EMNCs pursue to access and leverage technology and
   knowledge from developed countries? How are their entry strategies and how
   do they transfer strategic assets within the EMNC?
   - What are the home country antecedents and effects of EMNC’s
   asset-seeking investments?
   - Which responses and policies are appropriate for host country
   governments?
   - How are EMNCs and OFDI affected by the global financial crisis –
   globally and regionally and at the level of countries, sectors and firms?
   - What are the dynamics of motives with which EMNCs invest abroad, which
   strategies do they pursue and which challenges do they face?
   - Are internationalization patterns and strategies of EMNCs
   qualitatively different from what we know from extant theories?
   - How do EMNCs impact on different types of host economies? How are
   costs and benefits distributed? How are benefits captured? Which new policy
   challenges do they introduce?
   - How are home economies affected by the internationalization of
   domestic firms? Should home countries pursue particular policies to
   accelerate or otherwise influence their OFDI?
   - Do EMNCs differ from developed-country MNCs in terms of corporate
   governance and corporate social responsibility?
   - How are companies from China and India in particular coming to
   internationalize their operations?
   - Which are the roles of state-owned EMNCs?
   - Which are the roles of sovereign wealth funds?
   - How does EMNC behavior vary between different industries and why?
   - How does the rise of EMNCs influence global competition in different
   industries?

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Important dates*

Submission of paper:                                            1 September

Paper acceptance/rejection:                             7 September

Registration & submission of final paper:   17 September

Conference:                                                           25-26
October


*Submission*

Please email your paper as an MS Word document to Bersant Hobdari (
[log in to unmask]).

Accepted papers will be uploaded to an ‘electronic proceedings’ on the
conference website.

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Conference fee*

The conference fee is EUR200. The fee covers meals, refreshments and
conference materials. The concluding dinner is an optional extra.

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Further information*

For further information contact:



Peter Gammeltoft

Department of International Economics and Management

Email: [log in to unmask]



Visit also the conference website: www.cbs.dk/ofdi

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Organizing committee*

Peter Gammeltoft, Department of International Economics and Management

Bersant Hobdari, Department of International Economics and Management

Ming Hua Li, Department of International Economics and Management

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Scientific committee*

Ari Kokko, Department of International Economics and Management, Denmark

Igor Filatotchev, City University of London, UK

Rajneesh Narula, University of Reading, UK

Klaus Meyer, University of Bath, UK

Andrea Goldstein, Global Relations, Investment Division, OECD

Jaya Prakash Pradhan, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic & Social Research,
India

Niels Mygind, Department of International Economics and Management, Denmark

Kjeld-Erik Brødsgaard, Asia Research Centre, CBS, Denmark

Ravi Ramamurti, Northeastern University, US

Xiaobo Wu, Zhejiang University, China

Max von Zedtwitz, Peking University, China

Glauco Arbix, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Henry Yeung, National University of Singapore, Singapore



*The first and second conference*

The first and second conferences produced special issues of Journal of
International Management, European Management Journal, International
Journal of Emerging Markets, and International Journal of Technological
Learning, Innovation and Development. For further information see the
conference website <http://www.cbs.dk/ofdi>.

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*Sponsors*

Department of International Economics and Management, CBS

The EAC Foundation

Asia Research Centre, CBS

The Danish Society for the Advancement of Business Education and Research
(FUHU)

Bersant Hobdari

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