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Strategy and International Business

Within the field of research on Strategy and International Business, CSC looks into questions regarding Competition and Strategy, Strategy and Innovation, Strategy and the Multinational Firm, and Entry Strategies.

PUBLICATIONS

Bengtsson, M., and Ö. Sölvell (2004) "Climate of competition, clusters and innovative performance" in Scandinavian Journal of Management, Vol. 20, pp. 225-244.

Sölvell, Ö. (2003) "The Multi-Home Based Multinational: Combining Global Competitiveness and Local Innovativeness" in J. Birkinshaw, S. Ghoshal, C. Markides, J. Stopford, G. Yip (eds) The Future of the Multinational Company, Hoboken: J. Wiley and Sons.

Holm, U., A. Malmberg, and Ö. Sölvell (2003) "Subsidiary Impact on Host-Country Economies – The Case of
Foreign Owned Subsidiaries Attracting Investment into Sweden" in Journal of Economic Geography, Vol. 3, No. 4.

Chandler, A.D. Jr., P. Hagström, and Ö. Sölvell (1994) The Dynamic Firm: The Role of Regions, Technology, Strategy & Organization. Prince Bertil Symposium 1994.


CASES

(2006) Arjeplog – Winter Car Testing (B). SSE MBA Case. C-2006-05.

(2006) Arjeplog – Winter Car Testing (A). SSE MBA Case. C-2006-04.

(2004) Russia – is Putin on the Right Track? SSE MBA Case. C-2004-03.

(2004) Global Wine and the Australian Challenge. SSE MBA Case. C-2004-02.

(2004) Stora Enso: Entry into North America. SSE MBA Case. C-2004-01 (with Hans Sjögren and Ciara Sutton).

(2003) The Australian Wine Cluster: Supplementary Information. Harvard Business School (with Michael Porter).
HBS 9-703-492.

(2002) Estonia in Transition. Harvard Business School (with Michael Porter).  HBS 9-702-436. Also translated into Spanish (available at HBS Press).

(2002) Finland and Nokia. Harvard Business School (with Michael Porter). HBS 9-702-427. Also translated into Spanish (available at HBS Press).

(2002) Volvo Trucks (A): Penetrating the U.S. Market. Harvard Business School. HBS 9-702-418. Also translated into Spanish (available at HBS Press).

(2002) Volvo Trucks (B): Acquisition of RVI. Harvard Business School. HBS 9-702-419. Also translated into Spanish (available at HBS Press).

(2002) Volvo Trucks (C): Closing Down Volvo Global Trucks. Harvard Business School. (with Michael Porter). HBS 9-702-444. Also translated into Spanish (available at HBS Press).

(1994) Eurostar versus American Eagle (with Ivo Zander, Mikael Daun). IIB.

(1994) Astra Hässle - Development of the gastrointestinal drug Losec (with Jan-Erik Vahlne). IIB.

(1993) Kopieringspappersbranschen (with Erik Skog). IIB.

(1993) The Major Home Appliance Industry (a): Structural Evolution in the Europe and Emerging Global Competition. IIB.

(1993) The Major Home Appliance Industry (c): Electrolux. IIB.

(1993) The Major Home Appliance Industry (d): Matsushita. IIB.

(1989) Global Competition in the Microwave Oven Market. IIB.

(1988) Case studies of internationally competitive Swedish industries: heavy trucks, newsprint, rock drills and rock drilling equipment (with Ivo Zander). IIB.

(1988) Den svenska finpappersmarknaden (with Ingela Sölvell) Marknadstekniskt Centrum, MTC, Stockholm.