PROGRAM Location Decisions of Multinational Enterprises: Market, Cities or Clusters? Fæstningens Materialgård (the Fortifications Depot), Copenhagen May 11-12, 2015 Monday, May 11 10:00-12:30 Registration 12:30-13:15 Introduction by Professors Bo Nielsen and Christian Asmussen 13:15-14:15 Keynote speech: Saskia Sassen 14:15-14:30 Coffee Break 14:30-16:00 Paper session 1: “Institutional determinants of MNE Location Choices”. Dorozynski & Swierkocki: “Location Decisions of MNEs: The Case of the Lodz Province” Larsen & Manning: “Does Institutional Distance still matter? Industry standards and global sourcing location choices” Crescenzi, Pietrobelli, & Rabellotti: “The Location Strategies of Multinationals from Emerging Countries in the EU Regions” Discussant: Anthony Goerzen 16:00-16:15 Coffee break 16:15-17:30 Paper session 2: “Agglomeration effects and MNE Location Choices”. Robles & Kamiya: “Agglomeration and Institutional Determinants on the Geographic Dispersion of Franchised Fast Food Networks in Latin America” Hobdari: “What Matters in Location Strategies for Latin American Multinationals: Countries, Regions or Cities?” 1 Giorgioni & O'Brien: “FDI in rural Unitary Authorities: the case of the North-West of England” 17:30-19:00 Walk to harbour and canal boat tour ending at dinner venue 19:00 Dinner at Bib Gourmand restaurant “Søren K” Tuesday, May 12 08:30-09:00 Registration and morning coffee 09:00-10:00 Keynote speech: Tony Venables 10:00-10:15 Coffee Break 10:15-11:45 Paper session 3: “Global cities and MNE Location Choices”. Belderbos, Du, & Goerzen: “Global Cities and the Establishment of Regional Headquarters” McDonald, Buckley, Cross, & Voss: “Foreign direct investment into peripheral cities: context and actors in China” Gammelgaard: “Cities and the autonomy and network relationships of foreign subsidiaries: the case of Greater Copenhagen” Discussant: Mark Lorenzen 11:45-12:00 Coffee Break 12:00-13:00 Keynote speech: Sjoerd Beugelsdijk 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:15 Panel discussion: “Theory and practice: Attracting multinational firm to specific locations”. 15:15-15:30 Coffee Break 2 15:30-17:00 Paper session 4: “Cognitive determinants of MNE Location Choices”. Monaghan & Gunnigle: “Moving Beyond Financials: The influence of subnational actors on location choice” Andersen & Lorenzen: “MNE knowledge search and global connectedness: A literature review and synthesis” Mendiratta: “Top management team faultline strength and novelty of location choice: exploring the role of CEO characteristics” Peiker & Suwala: “Internationalisation of European law firms: broadening the view on reasons for (relational) market selection”. 17:00- Farewell reception (wine and chips) 3
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