No / At the 2005 British Academy of Management conference several well-known economic geographers, including Neil Wrigley, Gordon Clark, and Susan Christopherson, called for management researchers to engage with economic geographers on interrelated geographical and managerial issues in the study of (retail) firms. In this commentary we reflect upon the present geography -management interface.We begin by considering the term `interdisciplinary research' and its relationship to any management - geography interface. This is followed by a context-specific discussion of international retailing and the role of research on the retail transnational corporation (TNC) in developing an interdisciplinary agenda. This commentary represents an initial more business and management focused response to the call from geography academics for more/better interdisciplinary research at the geography - management interface.

Background: Globalization has created new opportunities for firms to import and export goods across the world, international trade has gained significant importance to many. Although global trade between countries has many positive aspects, it has also demanded the right type of warehousing to store the goods as cost-efficiently as possible. Warehousing is the second largest cost within a company’s logistics areas after transportation. One way of lowering logistics costs is to implement a bonded warehouse. A bonded warehouse is a storage location where companies can store imported goods where the payment of duty costs to be postponed as long as needed, which provides companies with more liquidity and yield many cost-saving benefits. However, bonded warehouse operations and implementation are more complex than that of a non-bonded warehouse because special requirements for monitoring and auditing must be followed and executed correctly. It is, therefore, vital to choose a suitable strategy and proper implementation in order not to waste valuable resources. Manufacturers and retailers could as a result benefit from a resource and implementation framework to mitigate the risk of an inadequate implementation process. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the requirements for implementing a bonded warehouse from a resource-based perspective. The aim is to derive a set of resources that are necessary for the implementation of a bonded warehouse. Further, the study will examine both tangible and intangible resources. Lastly, a framework that will illustrate the steps and requirements to implement a bonded warehouse is created. Method: This study takes on a qualitative research method, guided by a constructionist perspective this exploratory study uses a multiple case study approach to obtain thorough knowledge on the topic. Through semi-structured interviews with several companies, the topic of bonded warehouse implementation is explored. Moreover, the analysis was consistent with a grounded analysis approach where themes could emerge and provide answers to our research questions. Conclusion: The results illustrate the ten key resources required for bonded warehouse implementation: 1) Bonded Warehouse Project Plan 2) Bonded Warehouse Administration 3) Bonded Warehouse Reporting 4) Bonded Warehouse Layout Specifications 5) Bonded Warehouse Project Team 6) Bonded Warehouse Process Knowledge 7) Customs Knowledge 8) Customs IT-system.

There has been prior research on the internationalization process of retail firms. However, most of the research has investigated the developed countries' markets. There has been little research on the internationalization process of retail firms, especially in the emerging Asian markets. The emerging Asian markets are different from developed markets. Therefore, internationalization challenges and hindrances are dissimilar in this region than in developed countries' markets. Previously, there have been numerous researches on IKEA and other Swedish retail firms on the internationalization process. However, most of the research study has been done on its movement to developed markets. There has been little research done on IKEA's internationalization into emerging Asian markets. There are different challenges faced by firms, when entering into the emerging Asian market and during the business in these markets. However, the emerging Asian markets are different from other continents, especially the Western and developed markets. This research study aims to fill the existing knowledge gap by exploring the challenges that IKEA faces in emerging Asian markets. In addition to this, by the research, we seek to develop our understanding of the challenges faced by Swedish retail firms while entering emerging Asian markets. Furthermore, by exploring the challenges that retail firms face in the emerging Asian markets, we also aim to provide possible solutions on how IKEA and other retail firms can resolve or tackle the issues they face in emerging Asian markets.