The Business and Enterprise group’s work is organised into the following key areas
- MNE and Global Value Chains
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Faculty
Dr Norifumi Kawai
Dr Vikrant Shirodkar
Prof Roger Strange
Dr Yong YangFaculty researching within this area are all very active within the field of International Business, holding positions on the Board of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), and on the Editorial Board member of international business journals. They have published their work in leading journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies, International Business Review, Management International Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management, British Journal of Management, Asian Business & Management, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, and Journal of Management Studies.
Key areas of interest include:- The effects of corporate governance factors on foreign direct investment decisions and upon firm performance
- The determinants of MNE subsidiary location, and the effects of location on firm competitiveness
- Reasons and implications of outsourcing of primary activities within global value chains
- The role of learning by exporting on firm productivity, and why and how exporting firms learn differently from overseas markets
- Conventional and reverse knowledge flows within the MNEs
- Multinationality, location choice and firm performance
- How foreign direct investment activity fosters the interdependence of labour markets around the world, and the issues surrounding the wage determinants
- Internationalization and firm profitability: speed, scope and rhythm
- Internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises
Research students (Ph.D)
Jinlong Gu - The multinationality-performance relationship for emerging economy multinationals (EMNEs)
Supervisors: Yong Yang & Roger StrangeSnehal Patel - Environmental regulations and foreign direct investment
Supervisors: Roger Strange & Vikrant ShirodkarHammed Roohani - Competition policy in the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Supervisors: Peter Holmes & Roger Strange - Knowledge Flows and Sub-unit Management
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Faculty
Faculty working in this area are concerned with the question how knowledge flows are channelled and translated into competitive advantages in multinational organizations and how effective headquarter-subsidiary relationships are designed. They hold posts on Editorial boards for the Journal of International Business Studies, Long Range Planning and Global Strategy . They have published their work in leading journals such as the Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, MIT Sloan Management Review, Long Range Planning, Global Strategy Journal, International Business Review, Management International Review, British Journal of Management and Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
Key areas of interest include:
- The generation, transfer and integration of knowledge, examining the intra-organizational processes that contribute to value creation from globally distributed knowledge.
- Intra-preneurship in the multinational corporation and how strategic and cognitive aspects of headquarters-subsidiary relationships influence power constellations and coordination efficiency in firms.
- The dynamics of innovation and the evolution of new ventures, with a particular focus on university spin-outs in nascent industries
- Conventional and reverse knowledge flows within the MNEs
- Multinationality, location choice and firm performance, and the analysis of the degree of embeddedness of the affiliate in the MNEs hierarchy and the position of the affiliate within the global value chains.
Monalisa Haque - The Implementation of Corporate Environmental Strategy in MNE Subsidiaries
Supervisors: Tina Ambos, Norifumi Kawai - Global Marketing and Services Management
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Faculty
Dr Achilleas Boukis
Mr Graham Harrison
Mr Rene Moolenaar
Dr Mariachiara Restuccia
Dr Malcolm StewartRecent work has appeared in journals such as: Journal of Strategic Marketing, Journal of Services Marketing, Managing Service Quality and International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management. Recent work also includes producing key text books such as: Marketing Planning Process and Strategic Digital Marketing.
Key areas of interest include:
- Global MNC’s and their Digital Marketing Strategies, Advertising, Branding and Viral Marketing
- Supporting SMEs in strategy planning, brand development, repositioning, channel development and international expansion
- Financial impact of marketing management activities, such as channel rewards and collaboration between marketing channel partners for innovation
- Entrepreneurship
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Faculty
Dr Shova Thapa Karki
Dr Monica Masucci
Professor David Storey
Dr Mirela XhenetiKey areas of interest include:
Key areas of interest for this cluster include:
- Intra-preneurship and corporate venturing
- Start-ups ecosystems and new venture development
- Small business finance, growth and policy
- Sustainable and community entrepreneurship
- Female entrepreneurship
- Institutional and geographical influences on enterprise development
- Entrepreneurship in the informal economy
Faculty working in this area research entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial behaviour in diverse settings and contexts. Their work appeared in leading journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Industrial and Corporate Change , Journal of Business Venturing, European Urban and Regional Studies and Environment and Planning. They have attracted research grants from the European Commission, the British Academy, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
Ph.D students
Alia Noor Roowala - Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: A Study of the ‘Newest Generation’ of South Asian Immigrants
Supervisors: Mirela Xheneti and Odul BozkurtBoidurjo Mukhopadhaya - Renewable energy technology, rural entrepreneurship and rural development
Supervisors: Shova Thapa Karki and Fiona Marshall (SPRU)Gioel Gioacchino - Organisation Management, Participatory Development and Financial Sustainability
Supervisors: Shova Thapa Karki and Jim Sumberg (IDS)Lisa Blatch - Teaching entrepreneurship in higher education: an assessment of the effectiveness of teaching and learning of Entrepreneurship and its relationship with Entrepreneurial practice
Supervisors: Mirela Xheneti and Louise Morley (Department of Education)
* Photo: Brian Koprowski