Desislava Dikova
Univ.Prof. Dr. Desislava Dikova- Telephone:
- +43 1 31336 5480
- Email:
- desislava.dikova@wu.ac.at
Affiliation
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Competence Center for Emerging Markets and CEE
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International Business
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since
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- Head of Competence Center for Emerging Markets and Central Eastern Europe, Vienna University of Economics and Business since 2010
- Professor in International Business and Scientific Director WU CEE Competence Center 2010
- Associate Professor 2006-2010
- Assistant Professor
Researcher Identifier
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Awards and Honors
- 2018
- Best paper of the track award for the paper "Moderating Effects of Innovativenness, Differentiation and Firm Size on Internationalization-Performance Relationships: The Case of Russian Firms." (With A. Veselova. 44th EIBA Annual Conference. Poznań, Poland.)
- 2017
- Exceptional Service as a Session Chair at the Key West International Multidisciplinary Academic Conference and the Key West Conference on Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting
- Vienna University of Economics and Business award for the publication "Which Resources Matter How and Where? A Meta- Analysis on Firms` Foreign Establishment Mode Choice." (With H. Klier, C. Schwens and F. Zapkau. 2016. Journal of Management Studies, p. 1-26)
- 2014
- CEMS Best Teaching Award for the course "Global Strategic Management 1", taught at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. The course has been identified as "CEMS Strategy Course of the Year 2013-2014".
- 2013
- Journal of International Business Studies, Best Reviewer 2013
- Nominee for the CEMS best strategy course 2013, thaught at Vienna University of Economics and Business
- 2012
- (with P.R. Sahib) MOE Erste Bank Grant for CEE project "Success of market entry strategies in the CEE emerging economies"
- 2009
- AIB Best Paper Award nominee, Academy of International Business annual meeting, San Diego, California. Dikova D., Slangen A., Brouthers K. "Marketing-based resource advantages and the choice between acquisitions and greenfield ventures"
- Best Reviewer Award, International Management Division, Academy of Management annual meeting, Philadelphia
- International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship and Womein in the Academy of International Business, 1st Annual Emerging Scholar Award in Women´s Entrepreneurship AIB 2009 Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 27.6.-30.6.
- WAIB/Emerald Award for highly recommended paper. Treichl, M.Z., Brouthers, K.D., Dikova, D. , Brouthers, L.E. "Gender differences, entrepreneurial orientation and international activities"
- 2008
- IM Best Paper Award nominee, Academy of Management annual meeting, Anaheim, California. van Witteloostuijn A., Dikova D., Parker S. C. "Does international strategy matter?"
- 2007
- Best Reviewer Award, International Management Division, Academy of Management annual meeting, Philadelphia
- 2006
- Douglas Nigh Memorial Best Paper Award Finalist, Academy of Management, Atlanta. Dikova D., Rao Sahib P. "The Effect on Institutional Context and Firm Specificities on Merger Abandonment and Completion"
- IM Best Paper Award Finalist, Academy of Management annual meeting, Atlanta. Dikova D., Rao Sahib P. "The Effect of Institutional Context and Firm Specificities on Merger Abandonment and Completion"
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Expertise
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Activities
| Position in internal committee for appointments | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Global Business and Trade - Member of the internal search committee for the position of Prof. Phillip Nell | |
| 2013 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Global Business and Trade - Member of the internal search committee for the position of Prof. Jan Hendrik Fisch | |
| Position in internal habilitation committee | ||
| 2012 | Vienna University of Economics and Business - Member of the internal habilitation committee of Dr. Phillip Nell | |
| Membership in scientific association | ||
| since 2019 | KU Research Center for Innovative Growth Strategies of Kozminski University, Warsaw - Member of the International Advisory Board | |
| since 2004 | European Academy of International Business | |
| since 2004 | Academy of Management | |
| since 2004 | Academy of International Business | |
| Editor of a scientific journal | ||
| since 2019 | Journal of International Management - Associate editor | |
| since 2018 | European Management Review - Senior Associate Editor | |
| since 2015 | International Journal of Emerging Markets - Senior Editor | |
| since 2014 | Journal of East-West Business - Editor in chief | |
| Member of the editorial board | ||
| since 2007 | Journal of International Business Studies - Member of the editorial board | |
| Organization scientific meeting (Conference etc.) | ||
| 2015 | University of Economics and Business, Sept. 17, 2015 - Host to the presentation and roundtable discussion "The liability of foreigness in US patent litigation", held by Ass. Prof. Dr. Ilir Haxhi, University of Amsterdam | |
| 2014 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Lecture coordinator, guest lecture "45 Years of FDI Research - Approaches, Advances and Analytical Areas" by Prof. Justin Paul, Graduate School of Business, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA | |
| 2014 | CEE Research Conference 2014, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Co-organizer | |
| since 2013 | IB Brown Bag Seminar Series, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Co-initiator | |
| 2012 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Lecture coordinator, guest lecture "A Psychological View on International Acquisition Premiums", held by Prof. Taco Reus, Rotterdam School of Management, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
| 2012 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Research seminar coordinator, "An Econometrics Primer for PhD students in Business & Management", held by Prof. Padma Rao Sahib, University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics, Groningen, The Netherlands | |
| 2012 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Lecture coordinator, guest lecture "The strategic management of external networks: the impact of factor market concentration on subsidiary external embeddedness", held by Prof. Ulf Anderson, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2012 | CEE Research Conference 2012, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Co-organizer | |
| 2011 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Workshop coordinator, "PhD Workshop in International Business", held by Prof. Keith Brouthers, NC State University, Poole College of Management, Raleigh, NC, USA | |
| Positions in public advisory boards, Consultant | ||
| 1999-2001 | Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Bulgaria - Directory "Rural development and investment", SAPARD Unit (Special Accession Program for Agriculture and Rural Development) | |
| Memberships in corporate advisory boards, Leading positions in corporations | ||
| 2001 | European Commission, Brussels, Belgium - Directorate General Regional Policy, Audit & Advice Unit | |
| Research Cooperation | ||
| 2017 | CultEx Wien Survey and Experiments - Survey and three experiments focused on culture and personality, conducted among WU students. Collaboration with, among others, U.F. Ott, Faculty of Business and Law, Kingston University London. | |
| 2012 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Research project "Market entry strategies in Central and Eastern Europe", in collaboration with Università G. D`Annunzio - Chieti e Pescara, Italy | |
| Academic advisor | ||
| since 2010 | Vienna University of Economics and Business - ZAS academic director | |
| Supervisor dissertation | ||
| 2018 | Vienna University of Economics and Businsess, Austria. - PhD thesis supervisor of Andreas Hartinger (with Prof. G. Fink), doctoral thesis "Development and application of a diagnostic tool for strategic management." | |
| 2018 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. - Member of the doctoral committee of Martin Freissler, thesis "Political capabilities, political resources and the international firm." (PhD supervisor Prof. Jonas Puck) | |
| 2018 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. - PhD thesis supervisor of Edith Ipsmiller (with Prof. K. Brouthers), "New strategies in SME internationalization: Real options, transaction cost and game theory export channel designs and configurations." | |
| 2017 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. - PhD thesis supervisor of Moritz Putzhammer (with Prof. Jonas Puck), doctoral thesis "Changes in a firms foreign operation modes: conceptualizations, antecedents and consequences". Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria | |
| 2016 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Member of the Doctoral Committee. Ursula Pregernig, doctoral thesis "Theoretical perspectives on demographic diversity and conflict in teams. Model development and empirical tests." | |
| 2016 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Member of the Doctoral Committee. Emil Tsenov, "Pre-1989 brands in ex-Communist countries in the context of post-communist nostalgia." | |
| 2016 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Member of the Doctoral Committee. Ketevan Kuklin-Kavsadze, "Market entry and exit mode strategies." | |
| 2016 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Member of the Doctoral Committee. Renate Kratochvil, "Solving local problems and seizing global opportunities. The search for collaborators within and beyond the MNC." | |
| 2014 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - First PhD thesis supervisor of Ute Heinrichs | |
| 2014 | UiT School of Business and Economics, Tromsø, Norway - External examiner of Gøril Voldnes, doctoral thesis "Buy-seller relationships cross cultures: Conceptual, empirical and methodological issues" | |
| 2013 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Second PhD thesis supervisor of Alexander Wisgickl, PhD thesis "Transaction cost determinants and international entry decisions" | |
| 2013 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Member of the Doctoral Committee, Susanne Johanna Scherer, doctoral thesis " R&B innovation and international cooperation" (PhD supervisor Prof. Jonas Puck) | |
| 2013 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Member of the Doctoral Committee, Anne Kristin Hoenen, doctoral thesis "Managing headquarters-subsidiary relationships in multinational corporations" (PhD supervisor Prof. James Robbins and Prof. Tatiana Kostova) | |
| 2012 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - First PhD thesis supervisor of Snezana Hermann, focused on contingency theory approach to internationalization | |
| 2012 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - First PhD thesis supervisor of Ketevan Kavsadze, focused on MNE´s investment and divestment choices in European emerging markets | |
| 2012 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - External examiner of Stefan Heidenreich, doctoral thesis "Political strategies in emerging markets: Antecedents and consequences" (PhD supervisor Prof. Jonas Puck) | |
| 2012 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - External examiner of Markus Hödl, doctoral thesis "Theoretical Perspectives on HQ-Subsidiary Relations: Evidence from China" (PhD supervisor Prof. Jonas Puck) | |
| 2011 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - First PhD thesis supervisor of Benjamin Schönung, focused on firm growth | |
| 2011 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - First PhD thesis supervisor of Edith Ipsmiller, focused on Real options theory applications in the international business strategy field | |
| 2011 | University of Vaasa, Finland - External examiner of Ahmad Arsan, doctoral thesis "Institutional distance, market confirming values in the host country and foreign direct investment choices of multinational enterprises" (PhD supervisor Prof. Dr. Jorma Larimo) | |
| Research and Teaching Stay | ||
| 2016 | Central European University, Budapest - Course "Strategy Execution" | |
| 2015 | University of Ljubljana, Slovenia - Lecture on teaching strategy in IB | |
| 2015 | International Business School, Vilnius University - Course "Global Strategic Management" | |
| 2014 | University of Leeds, Centre for International Business - CIBUL Research Seminar "Export diversity or focus? What strategy is best for first-time internationalizing SMEs from an emerging market?" | |
| 2014 | Amsterdam Business School - Guest lecture "Cross-border M&A activity, cultural diversity and the effects on CEOs compensation" | |
| 2012 | Academy of Management (AoM), annual meeting, Boston, MA, USA - Paper Development Workshop, research and teaching collaboration with colleagues in underrepresented nations | |
| 2011 | University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics - IE&B Research Seminar Series, seminar "Cross-border investment activity, MNE cultural diversity and the effects on CEOs pay" | |
| 2011 | Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark - SMG Research Seminar Series, seminar "Cross-border activity, MNE cultural diversity and the effects on CEOs pay" | |
| 2009 | King´s College, University of London, UK - Visiting Scholar | |
| 2004 | Western Washington University - Introduction to international business, guest lecturer for International Business Strategy MGMT470, BA IB Major course | |
| Attendance scientific meeting (Conference etc.) | ||
| 2019 | EIBA, West Yorkshire - Board meeting attendance | |
| 2019 | EIBA, Leeds - Board meeting attendance, presentation, panel participation | |
| 2019 | AIB UKI, Brighton - Competitive paper presentation | |
| 2019 | AIB Conference, Copenhagen - Research presentation | |
| 2018 | Academy of Management annual meeting. Chicago, USA - Conference presentation "Getting paid for spreading culture" (with P. Rao Sahib) | |
| 2018 | Academy of International Business UK and Ireland Chapter. Birmingham, UK. - "Equity ownership strategy in greenfield investments by multinational enterprises: influences of emerging market physical infrastructure and MNE resources" (with A. Arslan and J. Larimo) | |
| 2018 | 5th international conference "New trends in management and production engineering - regional, cross-border and global perspectives. Brenna, Poland - Keynote speaker | |
| 2018 | 5th AIB-CEE Chapter Annual Conference. Cracow, Poland - Editor of the Journal of East-West Business | |
| 2017 | Reimagining Business Education - Creating Value in the CEMS MIM through Disruption. April 26 - 28 2017. University of Economics. Prague, Czech Republic. - Development of new content ideas and new pedagogical approaches. | |
| 2017 | Key West International Conference on Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting - Promoting Global Progress and Excellence in Academia. January 4 to January 7, 2017. - Symposium chair. | |
| 2017 | 4th AIB-CEE Chapter Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Sept. 26th - Sept. 28th, 2017. - Host of a doctoral and junior faculty development workshop and guest editor of a special issue on doing business with CEE in the Journal of Business Research. | |
| 2017 | 44th AIB (UK & Ireland Chapter) & 6th Reading International Business Conference. 6-8 April 2017. Reading, UK. - Presentation of the papers "Performance of Russian MNEs [...]" (with A. Veselova) and "International Franchising [...]" (with A. Rosado and J. Paul). Organizer and session chair of the panel "Meet the editors". | |
| 2017 | 43rd EIBA annual conference. Milan, Italy. - Conterence presentation "Performance Effects of Internationalization: Contingency Theory Analysis of Emerging Markets MNEs" (with A. Veselova) | |
| 2017 | 43rd EIBA Annual Conference. Dec. 14th - Dec. 16th, 2017. Milan, Italy. - Paper presentation "Multiple export channels - A dual-theory perspective" (with E. Ipsmiller). Panellist of "Innovative steps and strategies for ensuring high quality reviews and managing the journals with speed and efficiency in the Information Age" | |
| 2016 | EIBA - 42 Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy. Vienna, Dec. 2 to Dec. 4, 2016. - Track Chair "FDI and Foreign Market Entry". Co-organizer of the workshop "Doing Business in Emerging Markets" (together with Arnold Schuh). | |
| 2016 | 43rd Academy of International Business Conference, London, April 7-9 - Paper presentation "The Role of Innovativeness, Strategy, Size and Context in Multinationality-Performance Relationship for Emerging MNEs: the Case of Russian MNEs" and Special Panel Chair | |
| 2015 | GSOM Emerging Markets Conference 2015 (paper presentation), St. Petersburg, Oct. 13-17, 2015 - "Determinants of Russian Cross-Border Acquisitions: The Joint Effect of Investment Motives and International Context" | |
| 2015 | 41st EIBA Annual Conference, Rio de Jainero, Dec. 1 -3, 2015 - "Determinants of Russian Cross-Border Acquisitions: The Joint Effect of Investment Motives and Institutional Context" (paper presentation, together with Andrei Panibratov, St. Petersburg University) | |
| 2014 | GSOM Emerging Market Conference - St. Petersburg, Russia | |
| 2014 | AIB 2014 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada - Faculty adviser at JIBS Paper Development Workshop | |
| 2014 | 1st AIB-CEE Chapter Conference, 2nd Working Conference of Competitiveness, Budapest, Hungary | |
| 2013 | AIB Conference, Istanbul, Turkey - Faculty adviser at JIBS Paper Development Workshop | |
| 2010 | AIB Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Faculty adviser at JIBS Paper Development Workshop | |
| 2009 | AIB Conference, San Diego, USA - Faculty adviser at JIBS Paper Development Workshop | |
| Other occupation | ||
| 2012-2013 | Vienna residency of Executive MBA class of Sun Yat-Sen University (SYU) Guangzhou, China - Invited lecture "Doing business in Central and Eastern Europe" | |
| 2011-2012 | DePaul University College of Law, summer program, Vienna - Invited lecture "Business transactions in emerging markets - a focus on Eastern Europe" | |
| Mentoring | ||
| 2013 | Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria - Host professor to PhD student Jesper Nydam Wulff, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| Other scientific activities | ||
| 2013 | Success of market strategies in emerging markets. - Non academic invited lecture for Erste Bank Group, June 6th, 2013 | |
| 2013 | Arbeitsprozesse sind optimierbar, Menschen nicht. Business-Strategien für die Zukunft. - Non academic invited lecture for Henkel, November 12th, 2013 | |
Publications
Book (monograph)
| 2005 | Dikova, Desislava. 2005. Studies on Foreign Direct Investments in Central and Eastern Europe. Establishment Modes, Performance and Strategies of Western European Enterprises. Ridderkerk: Labyrinth Publications. | (Details) |
Journal article
| 2019 |
Ipsmiller, Edith, Brouthers, Keith D., Dikova, Desislava. 2019. 25 Years of Real Option Empirical Research in Management. European Management Review (EMR). 16 (1), 55-68.
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| Dikova, Desislava, Veselova, A., Panibratov, A. 2019. Investment motives, ownership advantages and institutional distance: An examination of Russian cross-border acquisitions. International Business Review. 28 (4), 625-637. | (Details) | ||
| Gölgeci, I., Arslan, A., Dikova, Desislava, Gligor, D. 2019. Resilient agility in volatile economies: institutional and organizational antecedents. Journal of Organizational Change Management. | (Details) | ||
| 2018 |
Akbar, Yusaf, Balboni, Bernardo, Bortoluzzi, Guido, Dikova, Desislava, Tracogna, Andrea. 2018. Disentangling resource and mode escalation in the context of emerging markets. Evidence from a sample of manufacturing SMEs. Journal of International Management. 24 (3), 257-270.
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| Rosado-Serrano, Alexander, Dikova, Desislava, Paul, Justin. 2018. International franchising: A literature review and research agenda. Journal of Business Research. 85 238-257. | (Details) | ||
| 2017 | Dikova, Desislava, van Witteloostuijn, A., Parker, S. 2017. Capability, environment and internationalization fit, and financial and marketing performance of MNEs’ foreign subsidiaries: An abductive configurational approach. Cross Cultural & Strategic Management 24 (3), 405-435. | (Details) | |
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Klier, H., Schwens, C., Zapkau, F.B. , Dikova, Desislava. 2017. Which Resources Matter How and Where? A Meta-Analysis on Firms` Foreign Establishment Mode Choice. Journal of Management Studies (JMS). 54 (3), 304-339.
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Dikova, Desislava, Brouthers, K. 2016. Establishment modes in ínternational business and strategy: Past, present and future. Management International Review. 56 (4), 489-530.
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| Schoenung, Benjamin and Dikova, Desislava. 2016. Reflections on organizational team diversity research: In search of a logical support to an assumption. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 35 (3): S. 221-231. | (Details) | ||
| Dikova, Desislava and Panibratov, A. and Veselova, A. and Ermolaeva, L. 2016. The joint effect of investment motives and institutional context on Russian international acquisitions. International Journal of Emerging Markets 11 (4), 1-37. | (Details) | ||
| Jaklic, A. , Dikova, Desislava, Burger, A., Kuncic, A. 2016. What is beneficial for first-time SME-exporters from a transition economy: A diversified or a focused export-strategy? Journal of World Business 51 (2), 185-199. | (Details) | ||
| 2015 | Arslan, Ahmad , Dikova, Desislava. 2015. Influences of Institutional Distance and MNEs` Host Country Experience on the Ownership Strategy in Cross-Border M&As in Emerging Economies. Journal of Transnational Management 20 (4): 231-256. | (Details) | |
| Dikova, Desislava. 2015. Improving Innovation: Are Internal and External Sources of Knowledge Complements or Substitutes? zfbf Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung - Schmalenbach Business Review (sbr) - July, 349-367. | (Details) | ||
| 2014 |
Slangen, Arjen H.L., Dikova, Desislava. 2014. Planned Marketing Adaptation and Multinationals` Choices Between Acquisitions and Greenfields. Journal of International Marketing 22 (2), 68-88.
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| 2013 | Dikova, Desislava, Rao Sahib, P. 2013. Is cultural distance a bane or a boon for cross-border acquisition performance? Journal of World Business 48 (1), 77-86. | (Details) | |
| 2012 | Dikova, Desislava. 2012. Entry mode choices in transition econonmies: the moderating effect of institutional distance on managers` personal experience. Journal of East-West Business 18 (1), 1-27. | (Details) | |
| Dikova, Desislava, Smeets, R., Garretsen, J.H., van Ees, H. 2012. MNEs immediate responses to financial crisis. International Business Review 22 (1), 202-215. | (Details) | ||
| 2010 | Brouthers, K.D., Dikova, Desislava. 2010. Acquisition and real options: the greenfield alternative. Journal of Management Studies (JMS) 47 (6), 1048-1071. | (Details) | |
| Dikova, Desislava, Rao Sahib, P., van Witteloostuijn, A. 2010. Cross-border acquisition abandonment and completion: The effect of institutional differences and organizational learning in the international business service industry, 1981-2001. Journal of International Business Studies JIBS 41 (2), 223-245. | (Details) | ||
| 2009 | Dikova, Desislava. 2009. Performance of foreign subsidiaries: Does psychic distance matter? International Business Review 18 (1), 38-49. | (Details) | |
| 2007 | Dikova, Desislava, van Witteloostuijn, A. 2007. Foreign Direct Investment Mode Choice:Entry and Establishment Modes in Transition Economies. Journal of International Business Studies JIBS (38), 1013-1033. | (Details) |
Chapter in edited volume
| 2020 | Leposky, T., Arslan, A., Dikova, Desislava. 2020. Value Co-creation in Multinational Enterprises’ Services Marketing at the Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Markets. In: International Business and Emerging Economy Firms Volume I: Universal Issues and the Chinese Perspective, Hrsg. Marinov, Marin A., Marinova, Svetla T., Larimo, Jorma A., Leposky, Tiina, 89-116. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. | (Details) | |
| 2019 | Heinrichs, Ute, Dikova, Desislava. 2019. Emerging Market Multinationals and Their Cross-Border Acquisitions. Global and Regional Challenges. In: Emerging Market Multinationals and Europe, Hrsg. Breinbauer, A., Brennan, L., Jäger, J., Nachbagauer, A.G.M. and Nölke, A. 103-122. Cham: Springer International Publishing. | (Details) | |
| Arslan, A., Larimo, J., Dikova, Desislava. 2019. Equity Ownership Strategy in Greenfield Investments: Influences of Host Country Infrastructure and MNE Resources in Emerging Markets. In: The Changing Strategies of International Business: How MNEs Manage in a Changing Commercial and Political Landscape. Palgrave MacMillan (Springer), Hrsg. Chidlow. A. et al. 95-116. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. | (Details) | ||
| 2017 | Dikova, Desislava, Arslan, Ahmad, Larimo, Jorma . 2017. Equity Commitment in Cross-Border Acquisitions: The Influence of Distance and Organizational Resources. In: Progress in International Business Research, Voume 12 - Distance in International Business: Concept, Cost and Value, Hrsg. Alain Verbeke, Jonas Puck, Rob van Tulder, 297-340. Großbritannien: Emerald. | (Details) | |
| 2016 | Jaklič, A., Burger, A., Kunčič , A. , Dikova, Desislava. 2016. Growth and Value Creation through Diversified Exporting . In: Value Creation in IB Volume 2: An SME Perspective , Hrsg. Marinova, S., Larimo, J. & Nummela, N. 81-108. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. | (Details) | |
| 2010 | Dikova, Desislava, Muehlfeld, K., van Witteloostuijn, A. 2010. The international institutional environment. In: International Management Accounting and Control, Hrsg. Westermann, W., van der Meer-Kooistra, J., Langfield-Smith, K., 17-35. New York: McGraw-Hill Custom Publishing. | (Details) | |
| 2009 | Dikova, Desislava, Brouthers, K. 2009. Establishment Mode Choice: Acquisition versus Greenfield Entry. In: The Handbook of International Marketing, Hrsg. M. Kotabe, K. Helsen, 218-237. London: Sage. | (Details) |
Paper presented at an academic conference or symposium
| 2019 | Dow, Douglas, Hannibal, Martin, Tippmann, Esther, Ipsmiller, Edith, Dikova, Desislava, Tenzer, Helene. 2019. EIBA Young Scholar Panel: Time for IBtech - The New Research Avenues into Global Strategy and the Digital Worlds. 45th EIBA Annual Conference 2019, Leeds, Großbritannien, 13.12.-15.12. | (Details) | |
| Ipsmiller, Edith, Dikova, Desislava, Brouthers, Keith. 2019. SMEs’ Choice between Single and Multiple Export Channels: A Transaction Cost/Game-Theoretic Perspective. AIB Annual Meeting 2019, Kopenhagen, Dänemark, 24.06.-27.06. | (Details) | ||
| Aray, Y., Veselova, A., Dikova, Desislava, Garanina, T. 2019. The relationship between firm’s internationalization and CSR disclosure in the Russian context. 2019 European Academy of International Business annual meeting, Leeds, Großbritannien, 2019. | (Details) | ||
| Dikova, Desislava, Nefedov, K., Panibratov, A. 2019. You are banned! The effect of economic sanctions on Russian firms’ performance. Academy of International Business annual meeting, Kopenhagen, Dänemark, 2019. | (Details) | ||
| 2018 | Ipsmiller, Edith, Dikova, Desislava. 2018. Single vs. multiple export channels: A transaction cost/game theoretic perspective. 27th ANNUAL CIMaR CONFERENCE CONSORTIUM FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETING RESEARCH, Atlanta, Vereinigte Staaten/USA, 15.09.2018. | (Details) | |
| 2017 | Rosado, A., Dikova, Desislava, Paul, J. 2017. International Franchising: A Literature Review and Research Agenda. 44th AIB (UK&I) & 6th Reading IB Conference 2017, Reading, Großbritannien, 06.04.2017-08.04.2017. | (Details) | |
| Ipsmiller, Edith, Dikova, Desislava. 2017. Multiple export channels: A dual-theory perspective. EIBA 2017 Milan, Mailand, Italien, 14.12.2017-16.12.2017. | (Details) | ||
| Veselova, A., Dikova, Desislava. 2017. Performance of Russian MNEs: The importance of fit between strategy, structure, capability and environment. 44th AIB (UK&I) & 6th Reading IB Conference 2017, Reading, Großbritannien, 06.04.2017-08.04.2017. | (Details) | ||
| 2015 | Ipsmiller, Edith, Brouthers, Keith, Dikova, Desislava. 2015. SME'S EXPORT CHANNEL CHOICE: PREDICTIONS FROM REAL OPTIONS THEORY. 2nd WU Vienna Paper, Wien, Österreich, 03.-04.09.2015. | (Details) | |
| 2014 | Klier, H., Dikova, Desislava, Schwens, C. 2014. Contextualizing the relationship between parent firm´s size and the choice between Greenfield and Acquisition: a meta-analysis. AIB 2014 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Kanada, 23.06. - 26.06.2014. | (Details) | |
| Jaklič, A., Dikova, Desislava, Burger, A., Kunčič, A. 2014. Export diversity or focus? What strategy is best for first time internationalizing SMEs from an emerging market? AIB Annual Meeting 2014, Vancouver, Kanada, 23.06. - 26.06. | (Details) | ||
| Dikova, Desislava, Jaklič, Andreja. 2014. Export diversity or focus? What strategy is best for first-time internationalizing SMEs from an emerging market? GSOM Emerging Markets Conference: Business and Government Perspectives, St. Petersburg, Russische Föderation, 16.10. - 17.10. 2014. | (Details) | ||
| Arslan, A., Dikova, Desislava. 2014. Ownership strategy in cross-border M&As in emerging economies: the influence of institutional distance and host country experience. AIB Annual Meeting 2014, Vancouver, Kanada, 23.06. - 26.06. | (Details) | ||
| Ipsmiller, Edith, Brouthers, K., Dikova, Desislava. 2014. SME´s export channel choice: predictions from Real Options Theory. AIB Annual Meeting 2014, Vancouver, Kanada, 23.06. - 26.06.2014. | (Details) | ||
| 2013 | Dikova, Desislava, Slangen, A. 2013. Marketing-based resource advantages and the choice between acquisitions and greenfield ventures. Academy of International Business, annual meeting, Istanbul, Türkei, 03.07.- 06.07. | (Details) | |
| 2012 | Dikova, Desislava, Rao Sahib, P., van Ees, H. 2012. Cross-border M&A activity, M&A cultural diversity and the effects on CEOs fixed and variable pay. Academy of Management (AoM) annual meeting, Boston, MA., Vereinigte Staaten/USA, 03.08. - 07.08. | (Details) | |
| Dikova, Desislava. 2012. Top managers´ entry mode choices: the impact of personal experiences and institutional differences. European International Business Academy, annual meeting, Porto, Portugal, 9.12.-11.12. | (Details) | ||
| Ipsmiller, Edith, Dikova, Desislava. 2012. Real options theory in the strategic management literature: A review. 2012 EIBA Annual Conference, Brighton, Großbritannien, 07.12.-09.12.2012. | (Details) | ||
| Kalajdzisalihovic, Namik, Dikova, Desislava. 2012. The rise of Brazilian EMNEs revealed through cross-border acquisitions: the impact of past experience on future M&A activity. EIBA 2012, Brighton, Großbritannien, 06.12-09.12. | (Details) | ||
| 2011 | Dikova, Desislava, Brouthers, K.D. 2011. Improving Innovation: Are internal and external networks complements or substitutes?. Academy of Management (AoM) annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas, Vereinigte Staaten/USA, 12.08.-16.08. | (Details) | |
| 2010 | Dikova, Desislava, Rao Sahib, P. 2010. Is cultural distance a bane or a boon for cross-border acquisition performance?. Academy of International Business, annual meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien, 25.06. - 29.06. | (Details) | |
| Dikova, Desislava. 2010. Top managers` entry mode choices: the impact of personal experiences and institutional differences. European International Business Academy, annual meeting, Porto, Portugal, 09.12.-11.12.2010. | (Details) | ||
| 2009 | Dikova, Desislava, Slangen, A. , Brouthers, K. 2009. Marketing-based resource advantages and the choice between acquisitions and greenfield ventures. Academy of International Business, San Diego, Vereinigte Staaten/USA, annual meeting. | (Details) | |
| 2008 | Brouthers, K.D., Dikova, Desislava. 2008. Acquisitions and real options. Academy of Management (AoM), annual meeting, Anaheim, CA, Vereinigte Staaten/USA, 08.08. - 13.08. | (Details) | |
| van Witteloostuijn, A., Dikova, Desislava, Parker, S. 2008. Does international strategy matter?. Academy of Management, annual meeting, Anaheim, CA., Vereinigte Staaten/USA, 08.08. - 13.08. | (Details) | ||
| Brouthers, K.D., Dikova, Desislava. 2008. Acquisitions and real options. Academy of Management, Anaheim, Vereinigte Staaten/USA, annual meeting. | (Details) | ||
| 2007 | Dikova, Desislava. 2007. Performance of Establishment Modes - the Influence of Host-country Characteristics. Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, Vereinigte Staaten/USA, annual meeting. | (Details) | |
| 2006 | Dikova, Desislava, Rao Sahib, P. 2006. The Effect of Institutional Context and Firm Specificities on Merger Abandonment and Completion. Academy of Management, annual meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, Vereinigte Staaten/USA, 11.08. - 16.08. | (Details) | |
| 2005 | Dikova, Desislava, van Witteloostuijn, A. 2005. Managerial Satisfaction with Subsidiary Performance: The Influence of the Parent MNE´s Capabilities and the Subsidiary´s Environment. Academy of International Business, annual meeting, Quebec, Kanada, 08.07. - 12.07. | (Details) | |
| 2004 | Dikova, Desislava. 2004. Acquisition vs. Greenfield: The Influence of Transaction Costs, Organization Learning and International Strategy on Entry Modes in Transition Economies. Academy of Management, annual meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, Vereinigte Staaten/USA, 06.08. - 11.08. | (Details) |
Working/discussion paper, preprint
| 2019 | Heinrichs, Ute, Dikova, Desislava. 2019. Emerging-market multinationals and their cross-border acquisitions: global and regional chanllenges. Breinbauer, A., Brennan, L., Jäger, J., Nachbagauer, A.G.M. & Nölke, A. Emerging Market Multinationals Challenging Europe? Opportunities, Threats and Strategies. Springer. | (Details) | |
| Gurkov, Igor, Dikova, Desislava. 2019. Fighting at the age of empire - how Russian subsidiaries of MNE´s survive uncertainty. | (Details) | ||
| Dikova, Desislava, Veselova, A. 2019. Performance Effects of Internationalization: Contingency Theory Analysis of Russian MNEs. | (Details) | ||
| Gölgeci, I., Arslan, A., Dikova, Desislava. 2019. Resilient Dynamism: Institutional and Entrepreneurial Antecedents of Organizational Agility in Volatile Economies. | (Details) | ||
| Dikova, Desislava, Rao Sahib, P., van Ees, H. 2019. The effects of cross-border M&A activity and organizational diversity on CEOs fixed and variable pay . | (Details) | ||
| Dikova, Desislava. 2019. The link between e-banking quality, e-customer satisfaction and e-customer loyality: The case of Gen Y customers of commercial banking in Austria. | (Details) | ||
| Veselova, A., Dikova, Desislava, Kazantcev, A. 2019. The role of innovativeness, strategy, firm size and context in the multinationality-performance relationship: The case of Russian MNEs . | (Details) | ||
| Leposky, Tiina, Arslan, Ahmad, Dikova, Desislava. 2019. Value Co-Creation in Multinational Enterprises` Services Marketing at the Botton-of-the-Pyramid Markets. International Business and Emerging Markets. | (Details) | ||
| 2017 | Ipsmiller, Edith, Brouthers, Keith D., Dikova, Desislava. 2017. 25 Years of Real Option Empirical Research in Management. | (Details) | |
| 2015 | Leposky, T., Arslan, Ahmad , Dikova, Desislava. 2015. Determinants of Effective Services Marketing in Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) Markets by the Multinational Enterprises. | (Details) |
Projects
- 2020
- Managerial heuristics and biases in international firms: Using experiments to understand managers' complex decision-making processes (2020-2020) (Details)
- 2019
- “WU Research Group Meeting” May 2019: On Mr. Spock and (multinational) enterprises (2019-2020) (Details)
- 2017
- The influence of culture and personality on decision-making: An experimental study (2017-2017) (Details)