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                   Call for paper on: Learning and Knowledge Management
  In and Out of Emerging Markets

*JOURNAL OF WORLD BUSINESS*
Call for papers for a special issue
Submission Deadline: *September 1, 2014
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_*Learning and Knowledge Management In and Out of Emerging Markets*_

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Guest Editors: Preet S. Aulakh, Sumit K. Kundu, and Somnath Lahiri
Supervising Editor: Mike Peng

Significant attention has been devoted in recent years to understand how 
MNCs from developed nations enter and compete in various emerging 
markets. A growing body of research has also focused on how MNCs from 
emerging markets internationalize to compete in the global arena. There 
is unanimity amongst scholars that competing within emerging markets and 
internationalizing out of these markets require strategic choices that 
are markedly different from those prescribed in traditional models of 
MNC behavior (Aulakh & Kotabe, 2008; Contractor et al., 2007; Hoskisson 
et al., 2013; Luo & Tung, 2009; Meyer et al., 2009). But how MNCs learn 
and manage knowledge as they compete in and out of emerging markets has 
gained little scrutiny in the contemporary international business 
research (Lahiri, 2011; Peng et al., 2010). The aim of this JWB special 
issue is to foster scholarship that develops new theory and promotes 
novel empirical and practitioner insights on MNC learning and knowledge 
management (LKM) strategies in the context of emerging markets.

The importance, processes, and outcomes of LKM have been well documented 
in the literature. Organizational learning theory considers firms as 
cognitive enterprises. Although some overlaps exist between learning and 
knowledge management, the former can be considered a precursor of the 
latter. Through learning, organizations are able to create, acquire, and 
transfer knowledge and accordingly modify their behavior to reflect new 
knowledge and insights. Knowledge acquired as a result of learning 
allows firms to either reinforce or change organizational routines. 
Scholars have forwarded the notion of /learning organizations/, wherein 
individual-level learning is transferred to the organization level 
resulting in shared mental models. These mental models allow 
organizations to update their beliefs about various cause-effect 
relationships relating to themselves, their markets, and competitors, 
and devise strategies to adjust and respond to internal and external 
environments. Learning and consequent knowledge development is 
facilitated by firms’ experience, both positive and negative (Chang et 
al., 2012). Scholars agree that properly implemented LKM processes can 
be a source of competitive advantage. However, they also caution that 
firms can make erroneous strategic decisions if learning is based on 
biased representation of past reality.

To compete in foreign markets MNCs need to learn and gather knowledge 
about the local business environment including roles played by various 
stakeholders, business partners and competitors. Dealing with various 
components of learning (information acquisition, information 
dissemination, shared interpretation, and development of organizational 
memory) and knowledge management can be tricky as host nations may 
present institutional environments that may be ambiguous and uncertain 
to foreign MNCs. Therefore, MNCs may need to frame different LKM 
strategies that fit local contexts and allow them to compete over local 
rivals by grafting new knowledge or engaging in learning and knowledge 
gathering from others. Given that business environments in emerging 
markets are markedly different from those in developed nations, question 
arises as to how MNCs engage in LKM as they compete in and out of 
emerging markets and whether LKM processes differ owing to differences 
in MNCs’ home market attributes.

This special issue solicits scholarly contributions that advance our 
understanding of LKM strategies that (a) MNCs from developed nations 
deploy to enter and compete within emerging markets, and (b) MNCs from 
emerging markets utilize in their own internationalization processes. 
The following is an illustrative list of questions:

  * How do developed nation MNCs (DMNCs) learn and build knowledge from
    their prior entries into emerging markets? What strategies and
    structures do they employ to use existing knowledge to compete in
    emerging markets?
  * How do emerging market MNCs (EMNCs) learn and build knowledge from
    their prior internationalization moves out of their home markets?
    What strategies and structures do they employ to use existing
    knowledge to compete in developed markets or other emerging markets
    (Peng, 2012)?
  * How and why LKM strategies of DMNCs and EMNCs differ? In addition,
    how do these strategies differ across manufacturing and service
    sectors (Kundu & Merchant, 2008)?
  * Does affiliation with specific networks or business groups influence
    the KLM strategies of firms?
  * What role does /distance/ (institutional, organizational,
    geographical) (Berry et al., 2010) play in the LKM strategies of
    DMNCs and EMNCs?
  * How do DMNCs and EMNCs organize resources and capabilities (Lahiri
    et al., 2012) to efficiently formulate and implement LKM strategies?
  * How do DMNCs and EMNCs institute policies, structures, and processes
    to facilitate LKM (Sun et al., 2012)?
  * How do LKM strategies affect global competitiveness and performance
    of DMNCs and EMNCs?

*Submission process*

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Authors should email their manuscripts in Word (no PDF please) to all 
three Guest Editors (and copy Supervising Editor) with the subject 
labeled “Submission to JWB SI: Learning and knowledge management” by 
September 1, 2014. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the 
/Guide for Authors/ available at 
http://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-world-business/1090-9516/guide-for-authors. 
The anticipated publication date is 2016. All submitted manuscripts will 
be subjected to JWB’s blind review process.

Submitted manuscripts may be conceptual or empirical (quantitative or 
qualitative). Questions about the special issue may be directed at any 
of the following guest editors:

  * Preet S. Aulakh, Guest Editor, York University, Canada (email:
    [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
  * Sumit K. Kundu, Guest Editor, Florida International University, USA
    (email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
  * Somnath Lahiri, Guest Editor, Illinois State University, USA (email:
    [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>)

*References*

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Aulakh, P.S., & Kotabe, M. (2008). Institutional changes and 
organizational transformation in developing economies. /Journal of 
International Management/, 14(3): 209-216.

Berry, H., Guillén, M.F., & Zhou, N. (2010). An institutional approach 
to cross-national distance. /Journal of International Business Studies/, 
17: 1-26.

Chang, Y., Gong, Y., & Peng, M.W. (2012). Expatriate knowledge transfer, 
subsidiary absorptive capacity, and subsidiary performance. /Academy of 
Management Journal/, 55(4): 927-948.

Contractor, F.J., Kumar, V., & Kundu, S.K. (2007). Nature of the 
relationship between international expansion and performance: The case 
of emerging market firms. /Journal of World Business/, 42(4): 401-417.

Hoskisson, R.E., Wright, M., Filatotchev, I., & Peng, M.W. (2013). 
Emerging multinationals from mid-range economies: The influence of 
institutions and factor markets. /Journal of Management Studies/ (In Press).

Kundu, S.K., & Merchant, H. (2008). Service multinationals: Their past, 
present, and future. /Management International Review/, 48: 371-377.

Lahiri, S. (2011). India-focused publications in leading international 
business journals. /Asia Pacific Journal of Management/, 28(2): 427-447.

Lahiri, S., Kedia, B.L., & Mukherjee, D. (2012). The impact of 
management capability on the firm resourceperformance relationship: 
Evidence from Indian offshore outsourcing service providers. /Journal of 
World Business/, 47(1): 145-155.

Luo, Y., & Tung, R.L. (2007). International expansion of emerging market 
enterprises: A springboard perspective. /Journal of International 
Business Studies/, 38(4): 481-498.

Meyer, K.E., Estrin, S., Bhaumik, S.K., & Peng, M.W. (2009). 
Institutions, resources, and entry strategies in emerging economies. 
/Strategic Management Journal/, 30(1): 61-80.

Peng, M.W. (2012). The global strategy of emerging multinationals from 
China. /Global Strategy Journal/, 2(2): 97-107.

Peng, M.W., Bhagat, R.S., & Chang, S-J. (2010).Asia and global business. 
/Journal of International Business Studies/, 41(3): 373-376.

Sun, S.L., Peng, M.W., Ren, B., & Yan, D. (2012). A comparative 
ownership advantage framework for crossborder M&As: The rise of Chinese 
and Indian MNEs. /Journal of World Business/, 47(1): 4-16.



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