Globalisation, Competitiveness and Sustainability
This research theme extends across multi-disciplinary perspectives on globalisation and its impact on economies, societies, organisations and the processes within. It also encompasses research on internationalisation as a multi-faceted competitive response to global change that brings both opportunities and challenges to local and international communities. Widely expressed in research in this theme are concerns about sustainability which beg innovative and creative thinking in research and new combinations and applications of knowledge to current and future problems. The scope of this theme is immense and extends beyond topics that immediately address issues relating to international comparisons or the cross-border transfer of capabilities, competencies, resources and competitiveness. The scope is such that those interested are likely to also belong to other themes including those on health and well-being, governance, learning and justice as well as to those in the sciences, medicine and life sciences, and the arts.
Initial meetings in this theme suggested a wide range of expertise on topics and research and dissemination methods applicable across subject domains including:
- Globalisation, internationalisation, innovation and other processes of change and their impact including competitiveness and sustainability
- Cross-national comparative studies including health, economics, policy, culture, regulatory and legal frameworks, and management.
- Ethics, accountability, social and corporate responsibility, and the development of regulations, guidelines and codes.
- Competitiveness and performance including knowledge, knowledge transfer and spill-over effects.
- Temporal and spatial challenges of globalisation including location, local and international e-communities, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship and development.
- Methods of understanding, methods of research and forecasting including variance and process approaches, evaluation and effects and outcomes.
Theme Coordinators: Marian V Jones, and Luis Angeles
To champion an activity or event, or to join the thematic group, please contact one of the coordinators. Events to present, discuss and develop multidisciplinary collaborative projects are particularly welcome.
CIER Research Workshop
A Community for Internationalisation and Entrepreneurship Research (CIER) workshop will take place on 14 March 2013 (Thursday) 13:00-16:00 (656E - Hewden Stewart, Level 6, Main Building).
These workshops are linked to the "Globalisation, Competitiveness and Sustainability" theme of the College of Social Sciences.
This will be an informal research gathering to discuss and provide feedback on three presentations/papers presented by colleagues (bios below). These works are at different stages of development. The presenters are:
Tanja Kontinen: INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING AMONG FAMILY SMEs
Haina Zhang: CONTEXTUALIZING CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP IN CHINESE ORGANIZATIONS
Alfredo D' Angelo: THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN COMPETITION ON SMEs INTERNATIONALISATION
This is a paper developmental session, so we will be having one-hour slots for each: 20-25 min for the presentation of the paper; and 35-40 min for Q&As. All of you are invited to attend and provide feedback - that would be highly appreciated.
Short bios:
Dr Tanja Kontinen is Senior Lecturer in Strategy and International Business in the Business School, University of Edinburgh. Before arriving at the University of Edinburgh she was an Assistant Professor at Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Finland. She earned all her degrees: M.A. in linguistics, M.Sc. in economics, and PhD. in economics from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Tanja's research, teaching and consultancy interests include the process of internationalisation in small- and medium-sized firms and research methodology. She is interested in how the process of internationalization is launched, how the international networks develop over time, and how different ownership structures influence all of this. She has published in a range of scholarly journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (in press), Journal of Small Business Management, International Business Review, International Marketing Review, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, and Journal of Business Strategy.
Dr Haina Zhang is Lecturer in Management, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow. Her research interests focus on international business and management, organizational behaviour, leadership, philosophical and sociological perspective to study management, and Chinese management. She has published in such journals as Human Resource Management, the Journal of Business Ethics, the Journal of Vocational Behaviour, Asia Pacific Business Review, Frontiers of Business Research in China, and the Journal of International Management Studies.
Dr Alfredo D'Angelo is Lecturer at the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. His research interests are small firm internationalisation, international entrepreneurship, innovation. His research has been published in the International Marketing Review, Industry and Innovation, Journal of Business Economics and Management, Journal of Management and Governance and Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development.
