Globalisation in a VUCA Environment

Dear Colleagues

Our Call for Papers focusses on showcasing internationalisation challenges in a world in which volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) is predominant. As trade wars shake the globalisation and order of the economic world, it has become more challenging for firms, especially startups, to survive and grow in a destabilising global environment.

Global demographic shifts, migration and reverse migration, trade protectionism, technological innovations, and changes in customers’ preferences further make VUCA more relevant and critical today. Firms face an acute challenge in internationalising their business—for instance, deciding on an R&D location, managing their global workforce, searching for international suppliers or deciding on the right mode of entry in international markets.

The objective of this Special Issue is to explore internationalisation challenges faced by firms in a VUCA environment, Thus, we have set out to examine how VUCA affects various aspects of internationalisation management by firms—for instance, how multinationals manage their subsidiaries, how born-global companies and startups fund their business and enter international markets, how global virtual teams are managed, and how international R&D is coordinated across different branches, in a VUCA environment.

Dr. Arpita Agnihotri
Dr. Saurabh Bhattacharya
Guest Editors

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