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This volume is dedicated to Lorraine Eden for her lifetime contributions to IB scholarship. Her research, spanning several decades, has addressed many interdisciplinary and societal themes at the heart of the IB field. The story of her intellectual journey -- strongly influenced by the coming of age of the fourth industrial revolution -- is shared in the opening chapter of this volume. This thirteenth volume in the PIBR series covers an increasingly important area of research for International Business (IB) scholars: the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the digital and information age. A limited number of MNEs now dominate the landscape of the digital age, but almost all internationally operating firms are being affected by prevailing trends. How to take stock of these trends? How to develop resilient international business models? How to regulate? The digital age presents new opportunities but also major challenges for established and emerging MNEs alike. This volume brings together papers from leading IB scholars and from academics in adjacent disciplines such as economic geography, international relations and political science, strategic management, and technology studies. Four dimensions of the information and digital age are analyzed using an IB angle: Trends and theories in the information age Entrepreneurial strategies in the information age Functional strategies in the information age Industry 4.0 The information and digital age is shaped by a small number of multinational enterprises from a limited number of countries. This volume covers the latest insight from the International Business discipline on prevailing trends in business model evolution. It also discusses critical issues of regulation in the new information and digital space.
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International Business in the Information and Digital Age
PROGRESS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RESEARCH Series Editors: The European International Business Academy (EIBA) Recent Volumes: Volume 1:
Progress in International Business Research – Edited by Gabriel R. G. Benito and Henrich R. Greve
Volume 2:
Foreign Direct Investment, Location and Competitiveness – Edited by John H. Dunning and Philippe Gugler
Volume 3:
New Perspectives in International Business Research – Edited by Maryann P. Feldman and Grazia D. Santangelo
Volume 4:
Research on Knowledge, Innovation and Internationalization – Edited by Jorma Larimo and Tia Vissak
Volume 5:
Reshaping the Boundaries of the Firm in an Era of Global Interdependence – Edited by José Pla-Barber and Joaquín Alegre
Volume 6:
Entrepreneurship in the Global Firm – Edited by Alain Verbeke, Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann and Rob van Tulder
Volume 7:
New Policy Challenges for European MNEs – Edited by Rob van Tulder, Alain Verbeke and Liviu Voinea
Volume 8:
International Business and Sustainable Development – Edited by Rob van Tulder, Alain Verbeke and Roger Strange
Volume 9:
Multinational Enterprises, Markets and Institutional Diversity – Edited by Alain Verbeke, Rob van Tulder and Sarianna Lundan
Voume 10: The Future of Global Organizing – Edited by Rob van Tulder, Alain Verbeke and Rian Drogendijk Volume 11: The Challenge of BRIC Multinationals – Edited by Rob van Tulder, Alain Verbeke, Jorge Carneiro and Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez Volume 12: Distance in International Business: Concept, Cost and Value – Edited by Alain Verbeke, Jonas Puck and Rob van Tulder
Progress in International Business Research Volume 13
International Business in the Information and Digital Age EDITED BY
Rob van Tulder
Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Alain Verbeke
University of Reading, United Kingdom; Vrije Universiteit Brussel,