International Business in a VUCA World The Changing Role of States and Firms

Rob van Tulder is a Professor of International Business at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), the Netherlands. He has published extensively on the topics of European business, multinationals, high-tech industries, corporate social responsibility, issues management, skills, network strategies, smaller industrial countries (welfare states) and European Community/Union policies. Alain Verbeke is a Professor of International Business Strategy and holds the McCaig Research Chair in management at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada. He is a leading thinker on complex project evaluation and the strategic management of multinational networks, as well as the governance and restructuring of complex organizations. Barbara Jankowska is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of International Competitiveness at Poznan University of Economics and Business. She is the author or co-author of around 140 academic publications, with her main research areas including international competitiveness of firms and industries, foreign direct investment, Industry 4.0 and business clustering.