The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement in Japanese Print Media: A “Cars-for-Cheese-Deal” or “the Black Ships of European Cheese”?

Walravens, Tine：Ivar Padrón-Hernández
『Asia Europe Journal』 Vol.23 1-22頁 （2025/03/01）

The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EJEPA) entered into force on February 1st, 2019. The agreement was quickly coined the “cars-for-cheese deal”: Agri-food seem…

Avoidance and involvement: How MNE subsidiaries leverage local institutions to gain influence in global strategy, Conference peresentation by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar

Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) （2024/12/12）

Research: How Should Multinational Firms Navigate Local Rules?

Harvard Business Review （2024/09/19）

By Regnér, P. and Ivar Padrón-Hernández（2024/09/19） When multinational firms enter new markets, they have to choose how to manage the formal and informal local rules th…

Attachment and adjustment in expatriate reactions to the 2011 Tohoku disasters

Padrón-Hernández, Ivar
『Journal of Asia Business Studies』 Vol.18 Issue 4 pp. 1021–1042 （2024/07/23）

【Purpose】 This study aims to develop an extended social attachment model for expatriates, integrating a multiple stakeholder perspective, to understand evacuation decis…

Home country influence in cross-border mergers and acquisitions by emerging market firms: A systematic review, Conference presentation: by He, G., and Ivar Padrón-Hernández

Vietnam-Japan International Business Conference （2024/03/27）

【Purpose】 Emerging market firms (EMFs) are increasingly expanding their global presence through cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBMAs). While such deals are dist…

Subnational trade dependence and media sentiment on bilateral trade agreements: Findings from prefecture-level Japanese reactions to the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, Conference presentation:by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar and Jinju Lee

Annual Conference of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA) （2023/11/24）

Tomra's institutional challenges

Padrón-Hernández, Ivar:Patrick Regnér, Whittington, Richard:Patrick Regnér:Duncan Angwin:Gerry Johnson:Kevan Scholes（編）『Exploring Strategy, Text and Cases, 13th edition』 In Chapter 10 International strategy
Pearson（2023/05/18）

Home country influence in cross-border M&As: A systematic review focusing on emerging market acquirers, Conference Paper: submitted by He, Geer and Ivar Padrón-Hernández,

Annual Meeting of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) （2022/12/10）

Findings in extant research on how the home country matters in cross-border M&As by emerging-market firms are inconclusive. To take stock of extant research and investigate commonalities as well as disparities, we conducted a systematic literature review of 59 empirical articles on this topic. We categorize previous findings according …

Reactions of self-initiated and organizational expatriates to sudden and prolonged external threat, Conference Paper: submitted by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar

Annual Meeting of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) （2022/12/09）

How do different types of expatriates react to immediate disaster risk? This study seeks to acknowledge expatriate diversity by mapping reactions while paying special - albeit not blind - attention to expatriate type. I interviewed 12 expatriates in the Tokyo area one year after the 2011 Tohoku disasters. While the earthquake and tsuna…

The roles of social attachment and expatriate type in reactions to external threat

Annual Conference of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA) （2022/10/29）

Conference Paper: submitted by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar

Home country influence in cross-border M&As: A systematic review focusing on emerging market acquirers, Conference Paper: submitted by He, Geer and Ivar Padrón-Hernández

Annual Conference of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA) （2022/10/29）

Findings in extant research on how the home country matters in cross-border M&As by emerging-market firms are inconclusive. To take stock of extant research and investigate commonalities as well as disparities, we conducted a systematic literature review of 59 empirical articles on this topic. We categorize previous findings according …

The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement in Japanese Print Media: A “Cars-for-Cheese-Deal” or “the Black Ships of European Cheese”? Conference Paper: submitted by Walravens, Tine and Ivar Padrón-Hernández

Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) （2022/07/11）

On February 1st, 2019, the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EJEPA) entered into force. The agreement was lauded in terms such as “the world’s largest free trade …

When Murder King sells vegan burgers: Institutional maintenance and change in fast food

Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) （2022/07/11）

How do global and local actors interact in institutional maintenance and change? This study addresses this perennial question in organization theory and international bu…

The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement in Japanese Print Media: A “Cars-for-Cheese-Deal” or “the Black Ships of European Cheese”? Conference Paper: submitted by Walravens, Tine and Ivar Padrón-Hernández

Conference of the Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society （2022/05/01）

On February 1st, 2019, the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EJEPA) entered into force. The agreement was lauded in terms such as “the world’s largest free trade …

Disaster reactions of self-initiated and organizational expatriates. 2nd International Conference on Self-Initiated Expatriation

Global Mobility of Employees (GLOMO) （2022/04/12）

Conference Paper: submitted by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar

The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement in Japanese Print Media: A “Cars-for-Cheese-Deal” or “the Black Ships of European Cheese”? Conference Paper: submitted by Walravens, Tine and Ivar Padrón-Hernández

Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation Conference (SJSF) （2022/03/01）

On February 1st, 2019, the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EJEPA) entered into force. The agreement was lauded in terms such as “the world’s largest free trade …

Robust disruptors and incumbent capabilities in the Japanese taxi industry, Conference Paper: submitted by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar and Masahiro Kotosaka

Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) （2021/07/03）

The ongoing disruption in taxi services by international ride sharing platforms is highly publicized. Recent research in strategic management (e.g. Baron, 2018) has show…

Japanese business school rankings: Rivalry or a case of apples and oranges? Conference Paper: submitted by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar

Annual Conference on Global Higher Education at Lakeland University Japan （2021/06/05）

There are many claims to the "top business school in Japan" moniker. This is confusing for prospective students when choosing where to invest an important part of their education. In this presentation, I reveal how this may be explained by a competing sets of quality assessment metrics of what entails a good business school. I also pro…

Institutionally derived strategic influence of MNC subsidiaries, Conference Paper: submitted by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar

Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) （2020/08/07）

What role do host country institutions play for the strategic influence of subsidiaries in mul-tinational enterprises (MNEs)? Through an inductive study of ten headquarters-subsidiary dyads across three MNEs, this paper identifies enablers of subsidiary influence in proposed strategies from headquarters, i.e., headquarter strategic ini…

Institutionally derived strategic influence of MNC subsidiaries, Conference Paper: submitted by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar

Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) （2020/07/18）

What role do host country institutions play for the strategic influence of subsidiaries in mul-tinational enterprises (MNEs)? Through an inductive study of ten headquarters-subsidiary dyads across three MNEs, this paper identifies enablers of subsidiary influence in proposed strategies from headquarters, i.e., headquarter strategic ini…