International Business, Resilience and Ethics

General introduction

Nadine Tournois and Philippe Véry

Part 1 – Resilience within the international context

1. The cooperative identity as organizational resilience in a difficult socioeconomic context: the case of the Mondragon Group

Hervé Grellier-Bidalun and Jean-François Chanlat

2. From innovation to internationalization: a microfoundation approach

Hela Chebbi, Majdi Ben Selma, Kamal Bouzinab and Alexie Labouze

3. The effects of Covid-19 on food acculturation process: the case of expatriates

Raficka Hellal-Guendouzi

Part 2 – The imperative evolution of higher education globally

4. Shared identity in a culturally diverse group: learning from the UNITE! European alliance

Fabienne Munch and Madeleine Zalkind

5. Internationalization of services through resources and competencies: Case of Moroccan higher education SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Aya Slaoui and Mohammed Sqalli

Part 3 – The commonalities in addressing similar challenges across different geographical regions

6. Towards a better understanding of the managerial practices of Ivorian business leaders in the international arena

Charles Aymard and Marion Vieu

7. Management of multilateral commercial coopetition

Boutheina Zouabi-Ouadrani and Arnaud Mallebrera

8. Multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis: evidence from 16 Central and Eastern European stock markets

Sophie Nivoix and Sandrine Boulerne

Part 4 – The ethical dilemmas posed by an increasingly dynamic world

9. A comprehensive overview of the perception of organization injustice of civil servants in Burkina Faso

Oula Henri Coulibaly and Marc Valax

10. How does international management research address grand challenges? A bibliometric analysis

Anne Bartel-Radic and Corentin Gariel

Conclusion

Biography

Philippe Very is a Professor of Strategy at Edhec Business School. He has authored numerous articles and a dozen books, and regularly contributes to the media. His research mainly focuses on transnational mergers and acquisitions and criminal risks. He was awarded the title of "Robert Reynolds Distinguished Lecturer" by the University of Colorado at Denver (USA). He chaired the AIMS (International Association for Strategic Management – 2009-2010) and Atlas AFMI (French Association of International Business Management 2020-2023).

Nadine Tournois is Professor Emeritus at the University of Côte d'Azur. She was the Director of the IAE Graduate School of Management for many years and also served as Vice-President of the University and Vice-Rector of the Nice Academy. She has chaired several international conferences and developed numerous international collaborations with universities and schools worldwide (University of California at Berkeley, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ESA Beirut, etc.), where she teaches and is invited to give lectures (e.g., Harvard Business School).

Sophie Nivoix is a Professor of Finance at the University of Poitiers (France) and a member of the CEREGE (UR 13564) laboratory. She has served as the treasurer of Atlas-AFMI (French Association of International Business) since 2008 and was responsible for the Master’s program in Law and Marketing at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of Poitiers from 2004 to 2020. Her research primarily focuses on profitability and risks, financial equity markets in Europe and Asia, and banking.