Call for Papers Focused Issue of Management International Review LEVERAGING INDIA: STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS Farok Contractor, Charles Dhanaraj, and Vikas Kumar Guest Editors About MIR - Management International Review Management International Review publishes research-based articles that reflect significant advances in the key areas of International Management. Its target audience includes scholars in International Business Administration. MIR is a double-blind refereed journal that aims at the advancement and dissemination of applied research in the fields of International Management. The scope of the journal comprises International Business, Cross-cultural Management, and Comparative Management. The journal publishes research that builds or extends International Management Theory so that it can contribute to International Management Practice. About the Focused Issue India's rise in the global economy has not only generated business interest among corporate executives worldwide but has also created significant interest among management, international business and strategy scholars. A recent publication, titled 'The India Way' (Capelli et al. 2010) by the Harvard Business Press showcases how India's top business leaders are revolutionizing management practice. There is great merit in learning from some of these rather unique management practices for Western multinationals that intend to do business in India or with India. Understanding the subtleties of Indian businesses becomes imperative for global players as they continue to expand their global footprint in the future. This special issue aims to advance our understanding of innovation, internationalization and entrepreneurship in India and how outsiders, particularly Western firms, can leverage India's potential for their own global competitiveness. We welcome papers from a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives that advance our understanding of the following three main themes: 1. Leveraging India's Innovation Potential: India in the recent past has transformed itself from being a location for conducting relatively low skilled company activities to one that is an attractive place to establish high end R&D facilities. IBM and Microsoft are among the many MNEs recognizing India's potential in serving as an innovation hub and leveraging their Indian operations for global competitiveness (Contractor et al. 2010). The following illustrative questions will be addressed: * What are the strategies of Western firms to benefit from growing innovation in India? * How is multinational R&D in India enabling them to re-engineer their global strategy? * What is the role of domestic Indian firms vis-à-vis Western multinationals in enhancing the innovation potential of India? 2. Learning from the Internationalization of Indian Firms: Indian firms have been active players in global business for a long time (Lall 1983), have gained global dominance in certain key industries (Khanna & Palepu 2006) and more importantly are unique in certain characteristics even when compared to multinational enterprises from other emerging economies. These differences demonstrate the heterogeneity that exists even within emerging economy firms (Ramamurti 2009), and point to the potential for theoretical and empirical extensions of International Business theories with studies focused on India. This theme will address the potential learning for firms based in developed markets as well as in other emerging markets from the unique internationalization path of Indian multinationals. The following illustrative questions will be addressed: * What are the sources of uniqueness of the international strategies adopted by Indian firms? * What can Western firms learn from the internationalization strategies of Indian firms? * What types of Western firms have internationalization strategies similar to that of Indian firms? 3. Learning and Leveraging Entrepreneurship in India: India is arguably the most vibrant democracy in the emerging world today, which breeds a unique sense of entrepreneurship among its people and institutions. Unravelling the special characteristics of the Indian entrepreneur and as well as of entrepreneurship in India in general will have significant potential to enrich the field of entrepreneurship. The following illustrative questions that we seek to address through this special issue are: * How can Western firms leverage Indian entrepreneurs to enhance their global competitiveness? * What are the unique internationalization models of the new ventures in India that can be generalized? * To what extent can learning from Indian entrepreneurs be replicated in home country markets by Western firms? Submission Information * All papers will be subject to MIR's blind review process * Authors should follow MIR guidelines, http://www.mir-online.de/Guideline-for-Authors.html. * Contributions should be submitted in English language, in a Microsoft word or compatible format via e-mail attachment to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> * Questions can be addressed to any of the co-editors on: Farok Contractor (email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>), Charles Dhanaraj (email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or Vikas Kumar (email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) * Submission deadline: January 31, 2013 About the Guest Editors Dr. Farok Contractor is Professor in the Management and Global Business department at Rutgers Business School. His research has focused on foreign direct investment, in particular the negotiated, inter-firm aspects of International Business such as alliances including joint ventures, licensing and negotiations between investors and governments. Dr. Charles Dhanaraj is an Associate Professor of Management and Schmenner Faculty Fellow in International Business at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. He also serves as a senior research fellow at the Center for Leadership, Innovation, and Change at Indian School of Business, India. His research revolves around three inter-related themes: Globalization, Innovation, and Collaboration. Dr. Vikas Kumar is an Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy in the Discipline of International Business at the University of Sydney Business School. His research interests are in the areas of Internationalization, Emerging Market Firms, Emerging Markets, Business Groups, and Outsourcing/ Offshoring. References Capelli, P., Singh, H., Singh, J., & Useem, M. (2010). The India Way. Boston: Harvard Business Press. Contractor, F. J., Kumar, V., Kundu, S. K., & Pedersen, T. (2010). Reconceptualizing the firm in a world of outsourcing and offshoring: The organizational and geographical relocation of high-value company functions. Journal of Management Studies, 47(8), 1417-1433. Khanna, T., & Palepu, K. (2006). Emerging giants: Building world-class companies in developing countries. Harvard Business Review, 84(10), 60. Lall, S. (1983). The new multinationals: The spread of third world enterprises. New York: Wiley. Ramamurti, R. (2009). What have we learned about emerging market MNEs? In R. Ramamurti & J. Singh (Eds.), Emerging multinationals from emerging markets. Cambridge: University Press. ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. 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