Mats Forsgren
professor emeritus at Department of Business Studies
- Email:
- Mats.Forsgren[AT-sign]fek.uu.se
- Telephone:
- +4618-471 1381
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum, Kyrkogårdsg. 10, ingång C
- Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
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Biography
Born 1940-10-21.
M.Sc in Political Science, Fil.lic, Docent, Honorary doctor at Swedish School of Economics (2004) and Mälardalen University (2017)
Current position: Professor emeritus in International Business at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University Former positions: Professor in International Business at Copenhagen School of Economics 1994-1998. Visiting professor at Stockholm School of Economics 1999-2000. Professor in International Business, Uppsala University, 2000-2007. Research Fellow at Swedish School of Economics, Helsinki 1999- 2005. Guest professor at LUISS Business School, Rome 2004-2014.
Research Focus
International business, foreign direct investment theory, theories of internationalization, managing the multinational firm and business network theory.
Expert Areas
Subsidiary-headquarter relationships and creation and transfer of innovations in the multinational firm. The internationalization process of firms. Theories of the multinational firm. Social innovations and the multinational firm. The role of the multinational firm in the society.
Research Projects
- Transfer of Innovations in Multinationals (TIME).
- Entrepreneurship in Multinationals
- Social Innovations and Multinational Firms
- Internationalization of Multinationals.
Reviewer Positions
Member of the Editiorial Review Board of Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS).
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