International Business in Times of Crisis

Rob van Tulder is a professor of International Business-Society Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM).Alain Verbeke is a Professor at the University of Calgary and affiliated with the University of Reading and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels.Lucia Piscitello is Professor of International Business at Politecnico di Milano, School of Management.Jonas Puck is Full Professor at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business and was the founding Head of WU's Institute for International Business.

• Chapter 1. IB in Times of Crisis: What Perspective to Take?; Rob van Tulder, Alain Verbeke, Lucia Piscitello, and Jonas PuckPart I. The Longitudinal Perspective – The Importance of Historical IB StudiesChapter 2. Crises and International Business; Geoffrey JonesChapter 3. Crises in International Business: A New Perspective; Mark CassonChapter 4. History Matters; Mira WilkinsChapter 5. Crises, Emerging Market Firms, and Global Value Chain Resilience; Pavida PananondChapter 6. Business Groups, Panics, Runs, Organ Banks and Zombie Firms; Asli M. Colpan and Randall K. MorckChapter 7. Take a Look at Yourself: International Business and the De-globalization Crisis; Michael A. WittChapter 8. Extraordinary Risk Management in International Business Strategy; Teresa da Silva LopesPart II. The Micro-Perspective – Self-Inflicted CrisesChapter 9. How Companies Respond to Self-inflicted Crises. A Comparison Between Countries, Types of Crises, and Response Strategies; Marcus Conrad and Marc OberhauserChapter 10. Learning Processes During Re-internationalization: A Case Study of Chinese SMEs; Honglan Yu, Margaret Fletcher, and Trevor BuckChapter 11. Switching Governance Modes to Improve the Resilience of Global Value Chains Against External Disruptions; Wenyan Yin and Hwy-Chang MoonPart III. Meso-Level Perspective – Sectoral CrisesChapter 12. How to Be Smart: Leveraging Digital FDI to Address Risk Through Capacity and Competitiveness; Matthew Stephenson, Lorraine Eden, Michael Kende, Fukunari Kimura, Karl Sauvant, Niraja Srinivasan, Lucia Taioli, and James ZhanChapter 13. COVID-19 Crisis, Digitalization and Location Decisions; Rubina Romanello, and Valerio VeglioChapter 14. Serial Nonlinear Internationalization Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study Evidence From Estonia; Tia VissakChapter 15. Evolution of Consumption and Retail Transformation – The Emergence of a New Institutional Order for the Future of Retailing; Anna Karhu, Elina Pelto, and Lauri-Matti PalmunenChapter 16. Consumer Vulnerability During COVID-19: The Impact of Fear and Age on Consumer Behaviour and Business Strategy; Helena Sá Domingues, Marcelo Augusto Linardi, Susana Costa e Silva, and Paulo DuarteChapter 17. Reassessing the Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis on Global Foreign Direct Investment: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Implications; Guoyong LiangChapter 18. Nexus of Debt Financing, Investment and Policy Intervention: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemics on CAREC Member Countries; Muhammad Ayub MeharPart IV. Macro-Level Perspective – Systems Crises and Country RisksChapter 19. Globalization in a COVID-19 Afflicted World; P. Trapczynski, M. G. Gorynia, J. Nowak, and R. WolniakChapter 20. Host Country Risk Dynamics and Foreign Direct Investments; Very Kunczer, Thomas Lindner, and Jonas PuckChapter 21. Strategies to Face BREXIT: The Case of Polish Companies; Barbara Jankowska, Aleksandra Kania, and Katarzyna Mroczek-DabrowskaChapter 22. Polish Companies and the Uncertainty Over BREXIT’s Regulatory Void: Adaptive Strategies Towards the Unknown; Katarzyna Mroczek-Dabrowska and Anna Matysek-JędrychChapter 23. The Paradox of Distance: New Zealand Businesses During COVID-19; Benjamin Fath, Antje Fiedler, Noemi Sinkovics, and Rudolf R. SinkovicsPart V. Exogenous Crises – Natural Distasters and EmergenciesChapter 24. Managers’ Identification of Natural Disaster Risks: Findings From a Survey of 18 Countries; Chang Hoon Oh and Jennifer OetzelChapter 25. A Taxonomy of Corporate Emergency Responsibility to Ensure Social Sustainability Post-Shock; Francisco Javier Forcadell and Elisa AracilChapter 26. An Enterprise Risk Model for COVID-19 Crisis Effects – The Hungarian Experience; Peter Juhasz and Ageness SzaboChapter 27. Doing Business in a Distant Paradise; Adam Grzywacz, Małgorzata Kuczara, and Aleksandra Wąsowska