PROGRAM
Location Decisions of Multinational Enterprises: Market, Cities or Clusters?
Fæstningens Materialgård (the Fortifications Depot), Copenhagen
May 11-12, 2015
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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?”
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 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
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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)
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