Swedish name: Strategic Business Development D
This syllabus is valid: 2016-08-29 valid to 2017-08-20 (newer version of the syllabus exists)
Syllabus for courses starting before 2013-08-25
Syllabus for courses starting between 2013-08-26 and 2014-08-24
Syllabus for courses starting between 2014-08-25 and 2015-08-23
Syllabus for courses starting between 2015-08-24 and 2016-08-28
Syllabus for courses starting between 2016-08-29 and 2017-08-20
Syllabus for courses starting between 2017-08-21 and 2018-08-19
Syllabus for courses starting between 2018-08-20 and 2019-08-18
Syllabus for courses starting between 2019-08-19 and 2020-08-16
Syllabus for courses starting between 2020-08-17 and 2020-12-20
Course code: 2FE178
Credit points: 30
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level:
Business Administration: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: VG Pass with distinction, G Pass, U Fail
Responsible department: Business Administration
Revised by: Rector of Umeå School of Business and Economics, 2016-06-30
Exploring strategy
Johnson Gerry, Whittington Richard, Scholes Kevan, Angwin Duncan, Regner Patrick
Tenth edition. : Harlow : Pearson : cop. 2014 : 558 pages :
ISBN: 9781292002552 (pbk.) :
Mandatory
Search Album, the University Library catalogue
Barney, J.B. & Ketchen, D.J. & Wright, M. (2011). The Future of Resource-Based theory: Revitalization or Decline? Journal of Management, 37 (5), 1299-1315. Carland, J.W., Hoy, F., Boulton, W.R. & Carland, J.A.C. (1984). Differentiating Entrepreneurs from Small Business Owners: A Conceptualization. Academy of Management Review, 9 (2), 354-359
Cheah, H-B. (1990). Schumpeterian and Austrian entrepreneurship: Unity within duality. Journal of Business Venturing, 5 (6), 341-347. Lumpkin, G. T. & Dess, G-G. (1996). Clarifying the Entrepreneurial Orientation Construct and Linking it to Performance. Academy of Management Review, 21 (1), 135-172. Zahra, S.A. (1993). A conceptual model over entrepreneurship as firm behavior: A critique and extension. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 17, 5-22.
There will be in total 20 scientific articles (approx 180 - 200 pages) to read for the module, which will be available from Umeå University library.
Autio, E., Sapienza, H.J. & Almeida, J.G., 2000. Effects of age at entry , knowledge intensity , and imitability on international growth. Academy of Management Journal, 43(5), pp.909-924. Bell, J., McNaughton, R. & Young, S., 2001. Born-Again Global Firms": An Extension to the Born Global Phenomenon. Journal of International Management, 7(3), pp.173-189.
Bengtsson, M., & Johansson, M. (2012). Managing coopetition to create opportunities for small firms. International Small Business Journal.0(0), 1-27 Casson, M. & Della Giusta, M. (2007) Entrepreneurship and Social Capital: Analyzing the impact of social networks on entrepreneurial activity from a rational action perspective, International Small Business Journal, 25(3) 220-244.
Coviello, N.E., 2006. The network dynamics of international new ventures. Journal of International Business Studies, 37(5), pp.713-731. Dunning, J.H. (2009) Location and the Multinational Enterprise: A Neglected Factor?, Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), Vol. 40, No. 1, 5-19.
Gabrielsson, M. et al., 2008. Born globals: Propositions to help advance the theory. International Business Review, 17, pp.385-401 Johanson, J. & Vahlne, J.-E., 1977. The internationalization process of the firm-a model of knowledge development and increasing foreign market commitments. Journal of International Business Studies, 8(1), pp.23-32.
Kale, P., & Singh, H. (2009). Managing Strategic Alliances: What Do We Know Now, and Where Do We GoFrom Here?", Academy of Management Perspectives, 23(3), 45-62. Klyver, K. Hindle, K. and Meyer, D. (2008) Influence of social network structure on entrepreneurship participation: a study of 20 national cultures. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 4(3), 331-347.
Knudsen, T. and Madsen, T.K. (2002) Export strategy: a dynamic capabilities perspective, Scandinavian Journal of Management, 18: 475-502. Kogut and Zander, U. (1993) Knowledge of the firm and the evolutionary theory of the multinational corporation, JIBS 24(4), 625-645
Oviatt, B.M. & McDougall, P.P. (1994). Toward a Theory of International New Ventures. Journal of International Business Studies, 25 (1): 45-64. Presutti, M. Boan, C. and Fratocchi, L. (2007) Knowledge acquisition and the foreign development of high-tech start-ups: a social capital approach, International Business Review, 16(1), 23-46.
Raza-Ullah, T., Bengtsson, M., & Kock, S. (2014). The coopetition paradox and tension in coopetition at multiple levels. Industrial Marketing Management, 43(2), 189-198. Zhang, H., Shu, C., Jiang, X., & Malter, A.J. (2010) Managing Knowledge for Innovation: The Role of Cooperation, Competition, and Alliance Nationality. Journal of International Marketing, 18(4): 74-94.
Module reference literature Das T. K. and Teng B. (2000). Instabilities of Strategic Alliances : An Internal Tensions Perspective. Organization Science, 11(1), 77-101. Oviatt, B.M. & McDougall, P.P., (2005). Defining international entrepreneurship and modeling the speed of internationalization. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 29, pp.537-553
Exploring strategy
Johnson Gerry, Whittington Richard, Scholes Kevan, Angwin Duncan, Regner Patrick
Tenth edition. : Harlow : Pearson : cop. 2014 : 558 pages :
ISBN: 9781292002552 (pbk.) :
Mandatory
Search Album, the University Library catalogue
Business ethics : managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization
Crane Andrew, Matten Dirk
3. ed. : Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2010 : xxv, 614 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-19-956433-0 (pbk.)
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Umeå School of Business and Economics (latest edition)
Thesis writing in Business Administration. Thesis manual.
Företagsekonomi :
Walkenbach John
Excel 2013 bible [Elektronisk resurs]
Indianapolis : Wiley : 2013 : 1 online resource (xxxvii, 1012 p.) :
ISBN: 9781118491720 (e-book)
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