Inge Ivarsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 2296965 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Inge Ivarsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Inge |
| FAMILY NAME | Ivarsson |
| SIGNATURE | IVARSSON I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm School of Economics |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Upgrading in global value-chains: A case study of technology-learning among Ikea-suppliers in China and Southeast Asia
This article analyses technology upgrading in global value-chains, by using unique data from the Swedish-based home-furnishing retailer IKEA and 23 of its suppliers in China and Southeast Asia. We show how these suppliers use IKEA’s technological support to improve their operational and duplicative capabilities, and, more importantly, their adaptive and innovative capabilities. Theoretically, this suggests that typologies of governance structures…
Supplier Upgrading in the Home-furnishing Value Chain: An Empirical Study of Ikea’s Sourcing in China and South East Asia
The Effect of Spatial Proximity on Technology Transfer from TNCs to Local Suppliers in Developing Countries: The Case of AB Volvo in Asia and Latin America
This article contributes to the limited number of studies on how agglomeration and spatial proximity contribute to the establishment of technology linkages between foreign transnational corporations and suppliers in developing countries. We use firm-level data, collected at the bus and truck plants of AB Volvo in Brazil, China, India, and Mexico, to analyze the extent to which “local” suppliers, located near the assembly plants, are in a better p…
Technology transfer from TNCs to local suppliers in developing countries: A study of AB Volvo’s truck and bus plants in Brazil, China, India, and Mexico
International Technology Transfer to Local Suppliers by Volvo Trucks in India
This paper present a case study of international technology transfer, where foreign transnational companies (TNCs) in developing countries provide their local suppliers with technological assistance as part of their on‐going business relationships. The analysis is set against a background of changing corporate strategies, where TNCs increasingly use ‘follow sourcing’, i.e. international suppliers set up operations close to their main established …
International Technology Transfer to Local Suppliers by Volvo Trucks in India
This paper present a case study of international technology transfer, where foreign transnational companies (TNCs) in developing countries provide their local suppliers with technological assistance as part of their on-going business relationships. The analysis is set against a background of changing corporate strategies, where TNCs increasingly use ‘follow sourcing’, i.e. international suppliers set up operations close to their main established …
Transnational corporations and the geographical transfer of localised technology: A multi-industry study of foreign affiliates in Sweden
Based on unique firm‐level data from 323 majority‐owned foreign affiliates (MOFAs) located in West Sweden in the beginning of 2000, we show that foreign‐located affiliates of transnational corporations (TNCs) generate technological competencies, both internally as well as through organised cooperation with external business partners in the host country. This seems true not only for manufacturing affiliates, but also for wholesale affiliates suppl…
Collective Technology Learning Between Transnational Corporations and Local Business Partners: The Case of West Sweden
Unique firm-level data from 287 majority-owned foreign affiliates (MOFAs) located in West Sweden are used to analyse the extent in which transnational corporations (TNCs) in a developed host country have established technological linkages, leading to collective technology learning where both TNCs and their local business partners benefit. The findings indicate that local business partners have established substantial levels of organised technolog…
Tnc strategies and variations in intra‐firm trade: The case of foreign manufacturing affiliates in sweden
The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the forms and determinants of intra‐firm trade, i.e. international trade between different units under common TNC ownership, this being a major indication of ‘deep economic integration’ between developed countries in the 1990s. Theoretically, intra‐firm trade can be explained by the existence of economies of common governance and are often found to be associated with R&D‐intensive ind…
TNC Strategies and Variations in Intra-firm Trade: The Case of Foreign Manufacturing Affiliates in Sweden
Competitive Industry Clusters and Inward TNC Investments: The Case of Sweden
IVARSSON I. (1999) Competitive industry clusters and inward TNC investments: the case of Sweden, Reg. Studies 33 , 37-49. This study focuses on the importance of internationally competitive industry clusters in host countries as a pull factor for inward FDI. It is found that over half of foreign affiliates in Sweden operate in competitive host country clusters. An analysis of material and non-material linkages to host country firms generally show…
Technology transfer from TNCs to local suppliers in developing countries: A study of AB Volvo’s truck and bus plants in Brazil, China, India, and Mexico
Upgrading in global value-chains: A case study of technology-learning among Ikea-suppliers in China and Southeast Asia
This article analyses technology upgrading in global value-chains, by using unique data from the Swedish-based home-furnishing retailer IKEA and 23 of its suppliers in China and Southeast Asia. We show how these suppliers use IKEA’s technological support to improve their operational and duplicative capabilities, and, more importantly, their adaptive and innovative capabilities. Theoretically, this suggests that typologies of governance structures…
Supplier Upgrading in the Home-furnishing Value Chain: An Empirical Study of Ikea’s Sourcing in China and South East Asia
Competitive Industry Clusters and Inward TNC Investments: The Case of Sweden
IVARSSON I. (1999) Competitive industry clusters and inward TNC investments: the case of Sweden, Reg. Studies 33 , 37-49. This study focuses on the importance of internationally competitive industry clusters in host countries as a pull factor for inward FDI. It is found that over half of foreign affiliates in Sweden operate in competitive host country clusters. An analysis of material and non-material linkages to host country firms generally show…
The Effect of Spatial Proximity on Technology Transfer from TNCs to Local Suppliers in Developing Countries: The Case of AB Volvo in Asia and Latin America
This article contributes to the limited number of studies on how agglomeration and spatial proximity contribute to the establishment of technology linkages between foreign transnational corporations and suppliers in developing countries. We use firm-level data, collected at the bus and truck plants of AB Volvo in Brazil, China, India, and Mexico, to analyze the extent to which “local” suppliers, located near the assembly plants, are in a better p…
Transnational corporations and the geographical transfer of localised technology: A multi-industry study of foreign affiliates in Sweden
Based on unique firm‐level data from 323 majority‐owned foreign affiliates (MOFAs) located in West Sweden in the beginning of 2000, we show that foreign‐located affiliates of transnational corporations (TNCs) generate technological competencies, both internally as well as through organised cooperation with external business partners in the host country. This seems true not only for manufacturing affiliates, but also for wholesale affiliates suppl…
International Technology Transfer to Local Suppliers by Volvo Trucks in India
This paper present a case study of international technology transfer, where foreign transnational companies (TNCs) in developing countries provide their local suppliers with technological assistance as part of their on‐going business relationships. The analysis is set against a background of changing corporate strategies, where TNCs increasingly use ‘follow sourcing’, i.e. international suppliers set up operations close to their main established …
Collective Technology Learning Between Transnational Corporations and Local Business Partners: The Case of West Sweden
Unique firm-level data from 287 majority-owned foreign affiliates (MOFAs) located in West Sweden are used to analyse the extent in which transnational corporations (TNCs) in a developed host country have established technological linkages, leading to collective technology learning where both TNCs and their local business partners benefit. The findings indicate that local business partners have established substantial levels of organised technolog…
Competitive Industry Clusters and Inward TNC Investments: The Case of Sweden
IVARSSON I. (1999) Competitive industry clusters and inward TNC investments: the case of Sweden, Reg. Studies 33 , 37-49. This study focuses on the importance of internationally competitive industry clusters in host countries as a pull factor for inward FDI. It is found that over half of foreign affiliates in Sweden operate in competitive host country clusters. An analysis of material and non-material linkages to host country firms generally show…
Tnc strategies and variations in intra‐firm trade: The case of foreign manufacturing affiliates in sweden
The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the forms and determinants of intra‐firm trade, i.e. international trade between different units under common TNC ownership, this being a major indication of ‘deep economic integration’ between developed countries in the 1990s. Theoretically, intra‐firm trade can be explained by the existence of economies of common governance and are often found to be associated with R&D‐intensive ind…
TNC Strategies and Variations in Intra-firm Trade: The Case of Foreign Manufacturing Affiliates in Sweden
Transnational corporations and the geographical transfer of localised technology: A multi-industry study of foreign affiliates in Sweden
Based on unique firm‐level data from 323 majority‐owned foreign affiliates (MOFAs) located in West Sweden in the beginning of 2000, we show that foreign‐located affiliates of transnational corporations (TNCs) generate technological competencies, both internally as well as through organised cooperation with external business partners in the host country. This seems true not only for manufacturing affiliates, but also for wholesale affiliates suppl…
Collective Technology Learning Between Transnational Corporations and Local Business Partners: The Case of West Sweden
Unique firm-level data from 287 majority-owned foreign affiliates (MOFAs) located in West Sweden are used to analyse the extent in which transnational corporations (TNCs) in a developed host country have established technological linkages, leading to collective technology learning where both TNCs and their local business partners benefit. The findings indicate that local business partners have established substantial levels of organised technolog…
International Technology Transfer to Local Suppliers by Volvo Trucks in India
This paper present a case study of international technology transfer, where foreign transnational companies (TNCs) in developing countries provide their local suppliers with technological assistance as part of their on‐going business relationships. The analysis is set against a background of changing corporate strategies, where TNCs increasingly use ‘follow sourcing’, i.e. international suppliers set up operations close to their main established …
International Technology Transfer to Local Suppliers by Volvo Trucks in India
This paper present a case study of international technology transfer, where foreign transnational companies (TNCs) in developing countries provide their local suppliers with technological assistance as part of their on-going business relationships. The analysis is set against a background of changing corporate strategies, where TNCs increasingly use ‘follow sourcing’, i.e. international suppliers set up operations close to their main established …
Technology transfer from TNCs to local suppliers in developing countries: A study of AB Volvo’s truck and bus plants in Brazil, China, India, and Mexico
The Effect of Spatial Proximity on Technology Transfer from TNCs to Local Suppliers in Developing Countries: The Case of AB Volvo in Asia and Latin America
This article contributes to the limited number of studies on how agglomeration and spatial proximity contribute to the establishment of technology linkages between foreign transnational corporations and suppliers in developing countries. We use firm-level data, collected at the bus and truck plants of AB Volvo in Brazil, China, India, and Mexico, to analyze the extent to which “local” suppliers, located near the assembly plants, are in a better p…
Upgrading in global value-chains: A case study of technology-learning among Ikea-suppliers in China and Southeast Asia
This article analyses technology upgrading in global value-chains, by using unique data from the Swedish-based home-furnishing retailer IKEA and 23 of its suppliers in China and Southeast Asia. We show how these suppliers use IKEA’s technological support to improve their operational and duplicative capabilities, and, more importantly, their adaptive and innovative capabilities. Theoretically, this suggests that typologies of governance structures…
Supplier Upgrading in the Home-furnishing Value Chain: An Empirical Study of Ikea’s Sourcing in China and South East Asia
Business (11 works) · International trade (10 works) · Industrial organization (9 works) · International Business and FDI (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Global trade and economics (7 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Firm Innovation and Growth (4 works) · Marketing (4 works) · Technology transfer (4 works)