AIB 2009 San Diego Conference Program - Academy of ...

Sunday
Session 1.3.3 - Competitive Time: 11:45-13:00
Track: 2 - Econ, Finance, Accounting, Taxation Room: Nautilus 3
Institutions and Cultural Drivers of Trade and
Investment
Chair: Peter Ping Li, California State University,
Stanislaus
Do Institutions Matter for Foreign Threshold Firms? The
Effects of "Home" and "Host" Country Institutions on
Performance of Foreign IPOs.
Curt B. Moore, Texas Christian University
R. Greg Bell, University of Dallas
Igor Filatotchev, City University
A Cultural Explanation of the Foreign Bias in International
Asset Allocation
Sjoerd Martin Beugelsdijk, University of Groningen
Bart Frijns, Auckland University of Technology
Is Gravity a Cultural Artefact? Culture and Distance in Foreign
Portfolio Investment
Raj Aggarwal, University of Akron
Colm Kearney, Trinity College Dublin
Brian Lucey, Trinity College Dublin
Structural Economic Change and Foreign Acquisition
Hein Bogaard, George Washington University
Session 1.3.4 - Competitive Time: 11:45-13:00
Track: 7 - FDI, Clusters, and Spillovers Room: Nautilus 4
Knowledge and Location
Chair: Klaus E. Meyer, University of Bath
Location of Greenfield Foreign Investments in the Enlarged
Europe: Evidence from Negative Binomial Additive Models
Roberto Basile, ISAE and University of Macerata
Luigi Benfratello, University of Turin and Ceris-Cnr
Davide Castellani, University of Perugia and CentroStudi
Luca d'Agliano
International and Domestic Technology Transfers and
Productivity Growth: Empirical Evidence for Flanders
René Belderbos, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Vincent Van Roy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Florence Duvivier, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
FDI Motives and Host Country Productivity Effects of US
MNEs
John Cantwell, Rutgers University
Roger Smeets, Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy
Analysis
Session 1.3.5 - Panel Time: 11:45-13:00
Track: 7 - FDI, Clusters, and Spillovers Room: Marina 6
Knowledge Diffusion and the Global
Automotive Industry: Perspectives from
Argentina, China, India, and the United States
Chair: Wilbur Chung, University of Maryland
Network Composition, Collaborative Ties, and Upgrading in
Emerging Market Firms: Lessons from the Argentine
Autoparts Sector
Gerald Andrew McDermott, University of South Carolina
Deregulation and the Indian Auto Components Industry
Ram Mudambi, Temple University
An Evolutionary Analysis of Multinational Companies from
Emerging Economies: Evidence from Chinese Automobile
Industry
Crystal Xiangwen Jiang, Bryant University
Knowledge Flows in the North American Auto Industry - the
Arrival of Japanese Carmakers
Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Session 1.3.6 - Competitive Time: 11:45-13:00
Track: 6 - Learning, Knowledge and Innovation Room: Marina 1
Knowledge Search and Innovation Strategies
Chair: Udo Zander, Stockholm School of Economics
The Paradox of HQ Involvement in Innovation Development
and Transfer
Francesco Ciabuschi, Uppsala University
Oscar Martín Martín, Public University of Navarre
Managing Search Strategies for Open Innovation: Evidence
Across Europe
Christoph Grimpe, ZEW Centre for European Economic
Research
Wolfgang Sofka, ZEW Centre for European Economic
Research
The Role of International Diversification and Global
Reservoirs of Scientific Knowledge in Explaining Performance
Outcomes
Mario I. Kafouros, Leeds University
Peter J. Buckley, University of Leeds
L, Jeremy Clegg, University of Leeds
Global Management of Learning Processes Across Space
and Time: The Emergence of Transnational Knowledge
Brokers
Stefano Denicolai, University of Pavia
Antonella Zucchella, University of Pavia
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