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AoM PDW on Service-sector Internationalization from Emerging Markets

  • 1.  AoM PDW on Service-sector Internationalization from Emerging Markets

    Posted 07-05-2014 02:04
    Please join us for a PDW session that will focus on the internationalization of service-sector firms from emerging markets, with a particular focus on firms from India!

    Although increasingly critical to global business, the internationalization of the service sector remains under-researched, with academic work in the field of international management lagging behind practice. This lag is especially pronounced in the case of service-sector internationalization by firms from emerging markets. Given that emerging market multinationals (EMNEs) are undertaking rapid international expansion in various service-sector businesses – financial, health care, information technology, telecommunications, transportation, etc. – we need to understand more about how and why these firms are so successful. What role does their emerging-economy home base play in their international development? Does their experience operating in an emerging- economy institutional environment enhance or impede their ability to internationalize in the service sector? Do service-sector EMNEs have specific competitive advantages and liabilities with respect to operating internationally? 

    This PDW will address these issues in the context of service-sector EMNEs from India. The session will be highly interactive, and will emphasize the exchange of ideas among members of the panel and the audience. The goal is to establish research conversations and linkages, in order to facilitate the development of our understanding of this interesting and timely phenomenon.

    The session, entitled 'Service-sector Internationalization from Emerging Markets', will include panel members Sumit Kundu (Florida International University), Shameen Prashantham (University of Nottingham China), S Raghunath (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore), Usha Raghunath (Wipro Ltd), and Anju Seth (Virginia Tech). Sponsored by the IMD and the INDAM, the session will take place on Saturday, 2nd August, 12.30-14.00, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 109 A.

    We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia!

    With best regards,
    Beth