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The chapters presented here by global scholars fill the void in current knowledge of how to generate effective strategic adaptation in times of abrupt environmental changes, generating important leads for forthcoming scholarship efforts for the benefit of business and society.

We need to develop a better understanding of how to generate effective strategic adaptation in times of abrupt environmental changes. The global interdependencies across specialized economic functions and markets require that business activities co-evolve across interacting public-private relationships where organizations can engage around viable ecosystems forming a sustainable path for the future. The ability to develop sustainable solutions thrives on innovative behaviors across networks of collaborative relationships and we need to enhance our understanding about how they can be established and managed. The chapters presented here by global scholars fill the void in current knowledge with the aim of generating important leads for forthcoming scholarship efforts for the benefit of business and society. Emerald Studies in Global Strategic Responsiveness aspires to disseminate new inspiring research insights as a potential catalyst for the development of effective approaches to deal with the exposures imposed by dynamic complexities in the global business environment. The implied organizational and societal challenges require effective responses from both public and private organizations induced by supportive policy initiatives.

Introduction:Adaptive corporate strategies in a turbulent world /Torben Juul Andersen --Multinational corporate strategy-making: integrating international business and strategic management /Torben Juul Andersen and Ulf Andersson --The implications of subsidiary autonomy for multinational flexibility /Victor Meins Pedersen and Sebastian Spon Kofod-Jensen --Democratizing the multinational corporation (MNC): interaction between intent at headquarters and autonomous subsidiary initiatives /Torben Juul Andersen and Carina Antronia Hallin --Internationalization effects in a global knowledge-based industry: a study of multinational pharmaceutical companies /Solveig Kirstine Bennike Bennedsen and Lærke Lissau Lund-Sørensen --Navigating a global corporate culture: on the notion of organizational culture in a multinational corporation /Michael Jakobsen, Verner Worm and Xin Li --Building a global responsive organization: the case of the Haier Group /Xinbo Sun, Yi Cao, Suxiu Li and Xin Li --Effective crisis and emergency responses in the multinational corporation /Carolina Acedo Darbonnens and Malgorzata Zurawska --Global catastrophic effects: the impact of terrorism /Jakob Lyngsø Jørgensen and Christoffer Breum Nielsen.