CIBUL is engaged in a wide range of research activities. The following overview gives details of its most recent and ongoing projects.

China

  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China Major topics: Spillover effects from inward foreign direct investment (FDI) (PJB, LJC); Barriers to, and policy issues arising from, FDI in China (LJC, ARC), FDI in automobiles (LJC, PJB) telecoms (LJC). Regional aspects of FDI in China (PJB, LJC).
  • FDI by Chinese Firms Major topics: Motivation for Chinese investment abroad (PJB, ARC); impacts of Chinese outward investment in the home and host countries (PJB, LJC, HV); Knowledge transfer and management in Chinese multinationals (PJB, MJC, LJC).
  • Knowledge and Technology Transfer and Reform of the Domestic Sector Major topic: Knowledge Transfer within multinational enterprises (MNEs) to China (PJB, MJC, LJC) Technology transfer and reform in Chinese State owned Enterprises (LJC, PJB).
  • Property Rights Issues in China Major topic: Intellectual property issues and FDI (LJC, ARC)

International Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances

  • Major topic: The international strategic management and performance of international joint ventures (IJVs) (PJB)

Strategy of MNES

  • Major topics: Transaction cost analysis of the MNE (PJB, MKC); International market entry modes (PJB, LJC, ARC)

Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe

  • Major topics: Economic transition in Eastern Europe and Russia (HGDM, MKC); FDI and the European Union (LJC);

FDI and Economic Integration in Europe and North America

  • Major topics: Regional economic integration and foreign direct investment (PJB, LJC, NF, KTR); Spillovers from FDI.

India

  • Major topics: Cross-cultural management and international business with India (MKC, NF); Motivations and policy issues for FDI into India (MKC, NF).

India - China FDI comparisons

  • Major topic: a comparison of FDI stocks, flows, directions and policy in India and China (PJB, MKC, LJC, ARC, NF).

International Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Major topic: National and corporate perceptions and international mergers and acquisitions (PJB, MKC, LJC, HGDM).

Knowledge Management in Multinational Enterprises

  • Major topic: The sharing of knowledge within MNES (PJB, MJC, MK).

Globalisation

  • Major topic: Theoretical analysis of globalisation and the MNE (PJB).
  • Globalisation of small firms (PJB).
  • The understanding of globalisation (MKC).

The Local Economy

  • Major topic: The impact of globalisation on the local economy of Yorkshire (PJB, LJC, NF, ARC, MKC).

Taxation and the MNE

  • Major topic: International transfer pricing and the MNE (PJB).

Ethnography and International Business

  • Major topic: The methodology of ethnography in international business (MKC, HGDM).

Productivity, Innovation and MNEs (MK, PJB, LJC)

  • Major topic: Productivity, Innovation and MNEs in the UK (MK, PJB, LJC)

Emerging Market Global Players

  • Major topic: Ranking lists of emerging market based multinational enterprises, Taiwanese MNEs (ARC, HV in collaboration with Karl Sauvant of the Columbia Program on International Investment, Columbia University, New York, USA)
FIND OUT MORE

To find out more about any of the projects outlined here, please contact the researchers involved. (Researchers' initials, given here, can be cross-checked against the contact details page). Any other questions should be sent to Mrs. Janet Wood at janet@lubs.leeds.ac.uk