International Business in the Information and Digital Age by Van Tulder, Rob; Verbeke, Alain; Piscitello, Lucia;

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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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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

This volume compiles 16 chapters on the interaction between multinational enterprises and the information and digital age and new opportunities and challenges that the information and digital age have created for multinational enterprises. Researchers from Brazil, Europe, the US, and China address trends, conceptualizations, and theoretical developments related to international production, information and communication technologies, and the effects of global connectivity on knowledge complexity; entrepreneurial strategies like blockchain ventures, e-commerce usage, internationalization strategies of Chinese digital platform firms, and business-to-business social media; aspects related to employees, services, and value chains, including smart services and additive manufacturing; and the regulatory context and its impact on the internationalization strategies of companies, clusters, and networks, such as Amazon and Alibaba, Italian companies, and science parks.

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Preface. A Tribute to Lorraine Eden

Chapter 1. The Fourth Industrial Revolution? Seven Lessons from the Past; Lorraine Eden

Introduction. International Business in the Information and Digital Age: An Overview of Themes, Trends and the Contributions in this Volume; Rob van Tulder, Lucia Piscitello and Alain Verbeke

PART I. TRENDS AND THEORY IN THE INFORMATION AGE

Chapter 2. International Production and the Digital Economy; Richard Bolwijn, Bruno Casella and James Zhan

Chapter 3. IB and Strategy Research on 'New' Information and Communication Technologies: Guidance for Future Research; Christopher Hazelhurst and Keith Brouthers;

Chapter 4. The Changing Face of International Business in the Information Age; Jakob Müllner and Igor Filatotchev

Chapter 5. The Effects of Global Connectivity on Knowledge Complexity in the Information Age; John Cantwell and Jessica Salmon ;

PART II. ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGIES IN THE INFORMATION AGE

Chapter 6. Blockchain Ventures and International Business; Andre Laplume

Chapter 7. Internationalization through Digitalization: The Impact of E-commerce Usage on Internationalization in Small and Medium-sized Firms; Jonas Eduardsen

Chapter 8. Global Competitors? Mapping the Internationalization Strategies of Chinese Digital Platform Firms; Kai Jia, Martin Kenney and John Zysman

Chapter 9. New Digital Layers of Business Relationships: Experiences from Business-to-Business Social Media; Susana Costa e Silva, Maria Elo

PART III. FUNCTIONAL STRATEGIES IN THE INFORMATION AGE

Chapter 10. The Changing Structure of Talent for Innovation: On Demand Online Marketplaces; Keren Caspin-Wagner, Silvia Massini and Arie Y. Lewin

Chapter 11. Expanding International Business via Smart Services: Insights from 'Hidden Champions' in the Machine Tool Industry; Bart Kamp

Chapter 12. Additive Manufacturing and Global Value Chains: An Empirical Investigation at the Country Level; Felippo Buonafede, Giulia Felice, Fabio Lamperti and Lucia Piscitello

PART IV. INDUSTRY 4.0

Chapter 13. Amazon and Alibaba: Internet Governance, Business Models, and Internationalization Strategies; Xinyi Wu and Gary Gereffi

Chapter 14. Industry 4.0 Technologies and Internationalization: Insights from Italian Companies; Maria Chiarvesio and Rubina Romanello 

Chapter 15. On the Role of Clusters in Fostering the Industry 4.0; Marta Gotz and Barbara Jankowska

Chapter 16. Internationalization of Science Parks: Experiences of Brazilian Innovation Environments; Jurema Tomelin, Mohamed Amal, Aurora Caneiro Zen and Pierfrancesco Arrabito

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