Dr. V.G. (Vittoria) Scalera
- Plantage Muidergracht 12
- Room number: M3.01M
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Postbus 15953
1001 NL Amsterdam
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Profile
Position
Associate Professor of International Business
Director of "A Sustainable Future" research platform
Coordinator of the International Business group (Strategy and International Business section)
Research Programme
Strategy and International Business
Other Academic Position(s)
John H. Dunning Fellow 2017-2018, Dunning Centre for Internationa Business, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK
Research Interests
International business and management
Globalization and strategy
Innovation management
Climate and environment
Diversity
International Ties
Bocconi University, Milan, Italy: Visiting Scholar (2017-2018)
Henley Business School, University of Reading, Reading, UK: Visiting Scholar (2017)
Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA: Visiting Scholar (2013-2014)
Major External Research Grants
VENI research grant (250,000 EUR) Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), 2018-2021 (Individual grant)
Erasmus+ Project, Fostering Migrant Entrepreneurship incubation in Europe, EU Commission, 2020-2023 (Leader of the UVA team)
Prizes and Honours
Top cited paper award, Global Strategy Journal, 2024
Best Reviewer Award Journal of International Business Policy, 2024
Best Reviewer Award Strategic Management Conference, Global Strategy track, 2023
Top cited paper award, Global Strategy Journal, 2021 - 2022
Finalist for 2019 Temple/AIB Best Paper Award, Academy of International Business Conference, 2019
Finalist for HKUST Best Paper in Global Strategy Finalist, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2019
Global Strategy Journal (GSJ) Best Paper Award, Academy of International Business -UKI Chapter Conference, 2019
Temple/AIB Best Paper Award 2017, Academy of International Business Conference, 2017
Best Reviewer Award IM Division 2016, Academy of Management, 2016
Finalist for Alan M. Rugman Young Scholar Award (formerly Haynes Prize) 2016, Academy of International Business Conference, 2016
Finalist for Aalto University School of Business "That's Interesting!" Award 2016, Academy of International Business Conference, 2016
Finalist for Best Paper Award in Emerging Economies Research 2016, Academy of International Business Conference, 2016
Schulze Award Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange, 2015
International Journal of Emerging Markets Best Paper Award, 2015
Multinational Business Review Outstanding Paper of 2014, 2015
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Teaching
Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam
Sustainability in Management Research, Ph.D. Program (joint with Rotterdam School of Management & VU Amsterdam)
International Strategy, MSc in Business Administration (International Business track)
Theories of International Management, MSc in Business Administration (International Business track)
Thesis Proposal for International Management, MSc in Business Administration (International Business track)
Master thesis supervision, MSc in Business Administration (International Business track)
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Other activites
Service to the Academic Community
National Representative (Netherlands) and External Relationship Coordinator, European International Business Academy (EIBA), 2023-present
Representative-at-Large, Global Strategy Interest Group, Strategic Management Society, 2019-2022
Secretary/Treasurer, Academy of International Business (AIB) Western Europe Chapter, 2019-2024
Membership Editorial Staff
Editorial Review Board member, Journal of International Business Studies, 2024-present
Associate Editor, Cross Country and Strategic Management, 2021-present
Editorial Review Board member, Global Strategy Journal, 2021-present
Editorial Review Board member, Journal of World Business, 2018 - present
Social Media Coordinator, Journal of World Business, 2018-2022
Special Issue Editor: “Global Connectivity in a World of Disruptions” for Journal of International Management (with Snehal Awate, Ram Mudambi and Andreas Schotter), expected publication 2023
Special Issue Editor: “The Nature of Innovation in Global Value Chains” for Journal of World Business (with Ari van Assche, HEC Montreal; Kristin Brandl, U. of Victoria; Alessandra Perri, Cá Foscari U. of Venice), 2017
Special Issue Editor: "Exploring the next generation of international entrepreneurship: A multi disciplinary perspective" for Journal of World Business (Sugato Chakravarty, Purdue U.; Douglas Cumming, Florida Atlantic U.; Samuele Murtinu, U. of Groningen), 2018
International Conferences and Related Activities
Organizer
AIB Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of International Business Annual Conference 2023 (with Becky Reuber, U. of Toronto)
Paper Development Workshop, sponsored by Journal of International Business Studies and AIB Wester Europe at EIBA Annual Conference 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (with Becky Reuber, U. of Toronto)
Track Co-Chair, “International Innovation and Technology”, European International Business Academy (EIBA), 2023 (with Carlos Sousa)
Workshop, Digital Connectivity and Global Business, iBEGIN Workshop, April 2023, Amsterdam Business School (with Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, U. of Groningen and Ram Mudambi, Temple U.)
Workshop, Organizing Innovation for the Global Talent Race, Workshop, January 2023, Amsterdam Business School (with Alessandra Perri, LUISS Business School)
Paper Development Workshop, DRUID22 conference, 2022
Paper Development Workshop, Global Strategy Interest Group joint with the Global Strategy Journal at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Meeting, 2021 (with Benoit Decreton and Minyuan Zhao)
Paper Development Workshop, sponsored by Journal of International Business Studies and AIB Wester Europe at EIBA Annual Conference 2020 (with Becky Reuber)
Webinar “Navigating Virtual Academic Conferences for PhD Students and Early Career Scholars” SMS Global Strategy Interest Group, August 2020 (with Kristin Brandl)
Panel session “Is CSR enough? Multinational enterprises and the sustainability-oriented international strategy” at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Meeting, 2020
Paper Development Workshop, Global Strategy Interest Group joint with the Global Strategy Journal at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Meeting, 2020 (with Birgitte Grøgaard and Joao Albino-Pimentel)
Panel Session: “Global strategy, organization and value chains”, Academy of International Business (AIB) Conference, 2020 (with Mudambi, R.)
Workshop “Cross-border Innovation in a Changing World: Players, Places and, Policies”, online, 2020 (with Davide Castellani, Alessandra Perri, and Antonello Zanfei)
Workshop “The Future of Global Mobility”, sponsored by the Academy of International Business Western Europe Chapter, University of Goettingen, 2020 (with F. J. Froese)
Panel session “Brains on the Move: High-skilled Migrants in Multinational Enterprises’ Knowledge Networks” at the European International Business Academy (EIBA) 2019
iBEGIN Conference 2018, Philadelphia (PA), US, October 2018 (with R. Mudambi and A. Perri)
Panel Session: "So Close and Yet so Far: Innovation in Global Value Chains“ at the Academy of International Business 2018 (with Brandl, K.)
iBEGIN Conference 2017, Venice, Italy, December 2017 (with R. Mudambi and A. Perri)
Special Session: “Knowledge, Firms and Location in the Era of Global Networks” at Uddevalla Symposium 2016 (with Iammarino, S. and Perri, A.)
Panelist & Session Chair
Panelist - Research workshop day on globalization, regionalization, slowbalization - VU Amsterdam, December 2023
Session Chair, 5th Workshop “Migration, Globalization and the Knowledge Economy”, L’Aquila (Italy), May, 2022
Session Chair - SMS Annual Conference, 2021; DRUID15 2015; Academy of International Business 2015
Panelist - Panel session: “Global connectivity as the basis for local innovation” at Academy of International Business 2014
Discussant/facilitator: Global Strategy Journal Paper Development Workshop, AIB Annual Conference, 2021; Journal of International Business Studies – Journal of International Business Policy Paper Development Workshop, AIB Canada Annual Conference 2020; Facilitator in Professional Development Workshops at Academy of Management (AOM) 2014; Discussant at 4th Copenhagen Conference on Outward Investment from Emerging Economies at Copenhagen Business School 2014
Referee Activities
Ad hoc reviewer for international journals: Strategic Management Journal; Journal of International Business Studies; Organization Science; Research Policy; Global Strategy Journal; Journal of World Business; Journal of Management; Journal of Management Studies; Journal of Economic Geography; Journal of Business Venturing; Journal of Internal Business Policy; Journal of Product Innovation Management; Journal of International Management; International Business Review; Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice; International Journal of Management Reviews; Asia Pacific Journal of Management; British Journal of Management; Journal of Business Research; Industry & Innovation; Journal of Small Business Management; Economics of Innovation and New Technology; Technovation
Reviewer for international conferences: DRUID Summer Conference; DRUID Conference; Strategic Management Society Special Conference in Las Vegas; Strategic Management Society Special Conference in Rome; Strategic Management Society Special Conference in Santiago de Chile; Academy of International Business; Academy of Management (TIM and IM divisions); European International Business Academy; Academy of International Business UK & Ireland; China Goes Global Conference
Occasional reviewer of book proposals for Edward Elgar Publishing, Palgrave Macmillan, and Routledge
Other Scientific Activities
Expert committee member, Domain Social Sciences and Humanities, Economics and Business Administration, NWO Talent Programme, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO, Dutch Research Council), 2023-2024
Expert panel member "Economic Sciences", Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2022-today
Participation in Academic Networks
Past and Present Memberships in Associations: Academy of International Business, Academy of Management, European Academy of International Business, and Strategic Management Society
Research associate iBEGIN (International Business, Economic Geography and Innovation) Research Network coordinated by Professor Ram Mudambi (Fox School of Business, Temple U.)
Member of the Amsterdam Young Academy, 2023-2026
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Links
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Publications
2024
- Scalera, V. G., & Perri, A. (2024). High-skilled migrants and cross-border innovation: a multi-level approach to international business policymaking. In P. Gugler, & A. T. Tavares-Lehmann (Eds.), Handbook of International Business Policy (pp. 442–462). (Research Handbooks in Business and Management). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035308682.00033 [details]
2023
Murtinu, S., Scalera, V. G., & Strange, R. (2023). Cross‐border acquisitions by sovereign wealth funds: A legitimacy‐based view. Global strategy journal, 13(4), 888-926. https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1496 [details]
2022
- Castellani, D., Lavoratori, K., Perri, A., & Scalera, V. G. (2022). International connectivity and the location of multinational enterprises' knowledge-intensive activities: Evidence from US metropolitan areas. Global strategy journal, 12(1), 82-107. https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1404 [details]
- Castellani, D., Perri, A., & Scalera, V. G. (2022). Knowledge integration in multinational enterprises: The role of inventors crossing national and organizational boundaries. Journal of World Business, 57(3), Article 101290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101290 [details]
- Castellani, D., Perri, A., Scalera, V. G., & Zanfei, A. (Eds.) (2022). Cross-border Innovation in a Changing World: Players, Places and, Policies. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198870067.001.0001 [details]
- Foss, N., Lee, P. M., Murtinu, S., & Scalera, V. G. (2022). The XX factor: Female managers and innovation in a cross-country setting. The Leadership Quarterly, 33(3), Article 101537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2021.101537 [details]
2021
- Ambos, B., Brandl, K., Perri, A., Scalera, V. G., & Van Assche, A. (2021). The nature of innovation in global value chains. Journal of World Business, 56(4), Article 101221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101221 [details]
- Chakravarty, S., Cumming, D. J., Murtinu, S., Scalera, V. G., & Schwens, C. (2021). Exploring the next generation of international entrepreneurship. Journal of World Business, 56(5), Article 101229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101229 [details]
2020
- Elia, S., Munjal, S., & Scalera, V. G. (2020). Sourcing Technological Knowledge Through Foreign Inward Licensing to Boost the Performance of Indian Firms: The Contingent Effects of Internal R&D and Business Group Affiliation. Management International Review, 60(5), 695–721. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-020-00419-6 [details]
- Marino, A., Mudambi, R., Perri, A., & Scalera, V. G. (2020). Ties that bind: Ethnic inventors in multinational enterprises’ knowledge integration and exploitation. Research Policy, 49(9), Article 103956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2020.103956 [details]
- Scalera, V. G., Mukherjee, D., & Piscitello, L. (2020). Ownership strategies in knowledge-intensive cross-border acquisitions: Comparing Chinese and Indian MNEs. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 37(1), 155–185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-018-9616-6 [details]
2019
- Bianchi, M., Murtinu, S., & Scalera, V. G. (2019). R&D Subsidies as Dual Signals in Technological Collaborations. Research Policy, 48(9), Article 103821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.103821 [details]
- Mrkajic, B., Murtinu, S., & Scalera, V. G. (2019). Is Green the New Gold? Venture Capital and Green Entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 52, 929-950. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-017-9943-x
2017
- Mudambi, R., Mudambi, S. M., Mukherjee, D., & Scalera, V. G. (2017). Global connectivity and the evolution of industrial clusters: From tires to polymers in Northeast Ohio. Industrial Marketing Management, 61, 20-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2016.07.007 [details]
- Perri, A., Scalera, V. G., & Mudambi, R. (2017). What are the most promising conduits for foreign knowledge inflows? Innovation networks in the Chinese pharmaceutical industry. Industrial and Corporate Change, 26(2), 333-355. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtx004 [details]
- Scalera, V. G., Perri, A., & Hannigan, T. J. (2017). Knowledge connectedness within and across home country borders: Spatial heterogeneity and the technological scope of firm innovations. Journal of International Business Studies, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-017-0109-5 [details]
2016
- Murtinu, S., & Scalera, V. G. (2016). Sovereign Wealth Funds' Internationalization Strategies: The Use of Investment Vehicles. Journal of International Management, 22(3), 249-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2016.03.003 [details]
- Sikimic, U., Chiesa, V., Frattini, F., & Scalera, V. G. (2016). Investigating the Influence of Technology Inflows on Technology Outflows in Open Innovation Processes: A Longitudinal Analysis. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 33(6), 652-669. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12319 [details]
2015
- Amighini, A., Cozza, C., Giuliani, E., Rabellotti, R., & Scalera, V. G. (2015). Multinational enterprises from emerging economies: what theories suggest, what evidence shows. A literature review. Economia e Politica Industriale, 42(3), 343-370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40812-015-0011-8
- Scalera, V. G., Perri, A., & Mudambi, R. (2015). Managing innovation in emerging economies: Organizational arrangements and resources of foreign MNEs in the Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry. Advances in International Management, 28, 201-233. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-502720150000028011
2014
- Scalera, V. G., Mukherjee, D., Perri, A., & Mudambi, R. (2014). A longitudinal study of MNE innovation: The case of Goodyear. Multinational Business Review, 22(3), 270-293. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-06-2014-0021
2024
- Scalera, V. G., & Perri, A. (2024). High-skilled migrants and cross-border innovation: a multi-level approach to international business policymaking. In P. Gugler, & A. T. Tavares-Lehmann (Eds.), Handbook of International Business Policy (pp. 442–462). (Research Handbooks in Business and Management). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035308682.00033 [details]
2023
- Murtinu, S., Scalera, V. G., & Strange, R. (2023). Cross‐border acquisitions by sovereign wealth funds: A legitimacy‐based view. Global strategy journal, 13(4), 888-926. https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1496 [details]
2022
- Castellani, D., Lavoratori, K., Perri, A., & Scalera, V. G. (2022). International connectivity and the location of multinational enterprises' knowledge-intensive activities: Evidence from US metropolitan areas. Global strategy journal, 12(1), 82-107. https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1404 [details]
- Castellani, D., Perri, A., & Scalera, V. G. (2022). Knowledge integration in multinational enterprises: The role of inventors crossing national and organizational boundaries. Journal of World Business, 57(3), Article 101290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101290 [details]
- Castellani, D., Perri, A., Scalera, V. G., & Zanfei, A. (Eds.) (2022). Cross-border Innovation in a Changing World: Players, Places and, Policies. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198870067.001.0001 [details]
- Foss, N., Lee, P. M., Murtinu, S., & Scalera, V. G. (2022). The XX factor: Female managers and innovation in a cross-country setting. The Leadership Quarterly, 33(3), Article 101537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2021.101537 [details]
- Garrone, P., Piscitello, L., Rotondi, V., & Scalera, V. G. (2022). MNEs as catalysts of productive entrepreneurship: the case of Egypt. In J. R. McIntyre, S. Ivanaj, & V. Ivanaj (Eds.), The Role of Multinational Enterprises in Supporting the United Nations’ SDGs (pp. 317-337). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802202410.00025 [details]
2021
- Ambos, B., Brandl, K., Perri, A., Scalera, V. G., & Van Assche, A. (2021). The nature of innovation in global value chains. Journal of World Business, 56(4), Article 101221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101221 [details]
- Chakravarty, S., Cumming, D. J., Murtinu, S., Scalera, V. G., & Schwens, C. (2021). Exploring the next generation of international entrepreneurship. Journal of World Business, 56(5), Article 101229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101229 [details]
2020
- Elia, S., Munjal, S., & Scalera, V. G. (2020). Sourcing Technological Knowledge Through Foreign Inward Licensing to Boost the Performance of Indian Firms: The Contingent Effects of Internal R&D and Business Group Affiliation. Management International Review, 60(5), 695–721. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-020-00419-6 [details]
- Marino, A., Mudambi, R., Perri, A., & Scalera, V. G. (2020). Ties that bind: Ethnic inventors in multinational enterprises’ knowledge integration and exploitation. Research Policy, 49(9), Article 103956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2020.103956 [details]
- Scalera, V. G., Mukherjee, D., & Piscitello, L. (2020). Ownership strategies in knowledge-intensive cross-border acquisitions: Comparing Chinese and Indian MNEs. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 37(1), 155–185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-018-9616-6 [details]
2019
- Bianchi, M., Murtinu, S., & Scalera, V. G. (2019). R&D Subsidies as Dual Signals in Technological Collaborations. Research Policy, 48(9), Article 103821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.103821 [details]
- Mrkajic, B., Murtinu, S., & Scalera, V. G. (2019). Is Green the New Gold? Venture Capital and Green Entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 52, 929-950. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-017-9943-x
2017
- Mudambi, R., Mudambi, S. M., Mukherjee, D., & Scalera, V. G. (2017). Global connectivity and the evolution of industrial clusters: From tires to polymers in Northeast Ohio. Industrial Marketing Management, 61, 20-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2016.07.007 [details]
- Perri, A., Scalera, V. G., & Mudambi, R. (2017). What are the most promising conduits for foreign knowledge inflows? Innovation networks in the Chinese pharmaceutical industry. Industrial and Corporate Change, 26(2), 333-355. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtx004 [details]
- Scalera, V. G., Perri, A., & Hannigan, T. J. (2017). Knowledge connectedness within and across home country borders: Spatial heterogeneity and the technological scope of firm innovations. Journal of International Business Studies, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-017-0109-5 [details]
2016
- Brandl, K., Kollmann, M. C., Cha, H., Darendeli, I., Hannigan, T. J., Lee, A., Kim, S., Scalera, V. G., Perri, A., Hamilton, R. D., & Mudambi, R. (2016). Innovation in US metropolitan areas: The role of global connectivity. In F. Belussi, & L. Orsi (Eds.), Innovation, Alliances, and Networks in High-Tech Environments (pp. 51-64). (Routledge studies in global competition). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315727356 [details]
- Elia, S., Piscitello, L., & Scalera, V. G. (2016). Collaborative innovation within Chinese MNCs’ international networks: the role of cultural and institutional distances. In L. Brennan, & C. Bakir (Eds.), Emerging Market Multinationals in Europe (pp. 170-182). (Routledge advances in international political economy; No. 28). Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317417682/chapters/10.4324%2F9781315687285-23 [details]
- Murtinu, S., & Scalera, V. G. (2016). Sovereign Wealth Funds' Internationalization Strategies: The Use of Investment Vehicles. Journal of International Management, 22(3), 249-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2016.03.003 [details]
- Patrucco, A. S., Scalera, V. G., & Luzzini, D. (2016). Risks and governance modes in offshoring decisions: Linking supply chain management and international business perspectives. Supply Chain Forum, 17(3), 170-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/16258312.2016.1219616 [details]
- Piscitello, L., Rabellotti, R., & Scalera, V. G. (2016). Chinese and Indian M&As in Europe: the relationship between motive and ownership choice. In A. Risberg, D. R. King, & O. Meglio (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions (pp. 114-129). (Routledge companions). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203761885 [details]
- Sikimic, U., Chiesa, V., Frattini, F., & Scalera, V. G. (2016). Investigating the Influence of Technology Inflows on Technology Outflows in Open Innovation Processes: A Longitudinal Analysis. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 33(6), 652-669. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12319 [details]
2015
- Amighini, A., Cozza, C., Giuliani, E., Rabellotti, R., & Scalera, V. G. (2015). Multinational enterprises from emerging economies: what theories suggest, what evidence shows. A literature review. Economia e Politica Industriale, 42(3), 343-370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40812-015-0011-8
- Scalera, V. G., Perri, A., & Mudambi, R. (2015). Managing innovation in emerging economies: Organizational arrangements and resources of foreign MNEs in the Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry. Advances in International Management, 28, 201-233. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-502720150000028011
2014
- Scalera, V. G., Mukherjee, D., Perri, A., & Mudambi, R. (2014). A longitudinal study of MNE innovation: The case of Goodyear. Multinational Business Review, 22(3), 270-293. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-06-2014-0021
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Ancillary activities
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LUISS Business School
Teaching of 14-hour module, one time per year (2021, 2022, 2023).
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LUISS Business School
Murtinu, S., Scalera, V. G., & Strange, R. (2023). Cross‐border acquisitions by sovereign wealth funds: A legitimacy‐based view. Global strategy journal, 13(4), 888-926.