• Dynamics of Operation Modes: Switches and Additions. 

      Benito, Gabriel R G; Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S. (Chapter, 2021)
      This chapter takes stock of fifty years of research on mode dynamics—that is, the decisions to switch and add operation modes in a foreign country—as a central international business strategy phenomenon. Numerous studies ...
    • Mode Combinations and International Operations: Theoretical Issues and an Empirical Investigation 

      Benito, Gabriel R. G.; Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      An enduring characteristic of extant literature on foreign operation modes is its discrete choice approach, where companies are assumed to choose one among a small number of distinctive alternatives. • In this paper, ...
    • Offshore outsourcing: a dynamic, operation mode perspective 

      Benito, Gabriel R. G.; Dovgan, Olesya; Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Based on a case study of the Danish company SimCorp and the development of its operations in Kiev, Ukraine, we analyse offshore outsourcing in a broader, longitudinal foreign operation mode context, and how it may contribute ...
    • The global value chain and internalization theory 

      Benito, Gabriel R G; Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In a research note in this issue, Strange and Humphrey discuss how a global value chain (GVC) approach serves to usefully move internalization theory towards a better understanding of the increasingly important ‘middle ...