Recognitions

Michael Roberts, a Ph.D. candidate in general management and a centre doctoral researcher, is among the five new Post Graduate Research Fellows for 2011-12 announced by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Roberts has extensive knowledge of South Korea, and will further develop his previous research on international returnees and the capturing of foreign knowledge by multi-national enterprises in emerging markets. 


Congratulations to Centre faculty researcher Professor Chris Williams on his appointment to the Walter A. Thompson Faculty Fellowship for a one-year term ending February 28, 2012. Chris is an Assistant Professor of International Business. Originally from the U.K., Chris has also lived and worked in Germany and the Netherlands. Prior to joining Ivey, he taught at the Amsterdam Business School. Chris’ research interests fall into the broad areas of entrepreneurship and organization in multinational enterprises, managing offshore outsourcing and transition of knowledge-intensive work overseas, and national systems of innovation.


Centre Director Paul Beamish celebrates milestone in publishing career

Beamish has just had his 100th research paper accepted for publication. The paper, “Geographic and Product Diversification in Charitable Organizations,” co-authored with Ivey PhD graduates Geoff Kistruck of Ohio State University and Israr Qureshi of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, will be published in the Journal of Management in 2011.

In addition to learning his 100th paper would be published, Beamish also had his 50th book published and saw the graduation of the 25th PhD student he has supervised, all in 2010.
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Centre faculty researcher Dr. Andreas Schotter (EMBA'04, PhD'09), Professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management has been selected as a "WSJ Distinguished Professor of the Year, 2010". The award, given by The Wall Street Journal-In-Education, recognizes only 10 professors nationwide for their impactful use of discipline-specific articles and topical discussion questions from WSJ and WSJ.com to effectively help students understand global strategy, emerging markets, and multinational corporations.


Congratulations to Centre faculty researcher Professor Jean-Louis Schaan (PhD'83) on his recent appointment to the Donald F. Hunter Professorship of International Business for a two-year period ending October 2012. Jean-Louis is a professor of Strategic Management and International Business at Ivey. His research focuses on international joint ventures, strategic alliances, strategic management and international business.  This professorship was established by Maclean Hunter in recognition of the country’s critical need for managers who are able to compete effectively in an increasingly global economic arena.


Centre faculty researcher Lynn Imai’s recent article
“The culturally intelligent negotiator: The impact of cultural intelligence (CQ) on negotiation sequences and outcomes” co-authored with Michele J. Gelfand, has been selected for ScienceDirect’s Top 25 Hottest Articles in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, April-June, 2010. Read more >>>


Congratulations to Centre faculty researchers
Professors David Sharp and Shih-Fen Chen for their recent appointments:

The Selection Committee for the William G. Davis Chair in International Trade is delighted to announce that David Sharp will be the new Chair holder for a five year period until June 30, 2014.

David is an Associate Professor of Managerial Accounting and Control at Ivey and serves as the Program Faculty Director, International Opportunities. His research interests are mainly in international accounting, international business ethics, cross-cultural differences in the determinants of escalation of commitment, and control in multinational enterprises and international joint ventures.
 

The Selection Committee for the William Shurniak Professorship in International Business is delighted to announce that Shih-Fen Chen has been awarded this professorship for a five year period until October 2014.

Shih-Fen is an Associate Professor of International Business at Ivey. His main research focuses on the institutional role of branding in facilitating inter-firm cooperation. He has developed a model that can predict the optimal allocation of branding rights between two or more specialist firms working together to serve consumers. His other research interests include cross-border acquisitions, international joint ventures, and offshore outsourcing.

 

Major Thesis Award Winners and Finalists

in International Business from Ivey

Ivey PhD Program Grad

(Year of Competition)

Academy of
Management
(IM Division)

Academy of International

Business

         Geoff Kistruck (2009)

Winner

 

         Jing'an Tang (2008)

Finalist

 

         Chris Chung (2007)

Winner

 

         Cyril Bouquet (2004)

Finalist

Winner

         Anthony Goerzen (2002)

 

Finalist

         Charles Dhanaraj (2001)

Winner

 

         Julian Birkinshaw (1996)

Winner

Finalist (1995)

         Shige Makino (1995)

Finalist

 

         Patrick Woodcock (1995)

Winner

 

         Andrew Inkpen (1993)

Winner

 

         Jonathan Calof (1992)

 

Finalist

         Lorna Wright (1991)

 

Finalist

         Paul Beamish (1986)

Winner

Finalist (1985)

 

A number of the Emerging Markets Centre faculty, doctorals and PhD program graduates were recognized at recent international conferences.  For details, click on the links below:

2010 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada  May 22-25, 2010

2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Chicago, Illinois, USA  August 7-11, 2009

2009 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada  June 6-9, 2009

2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting
(International Management division)
Anaheim, California, USA  August 8-13, 2008

2008 Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Meeting
Milan, Italy  June 30 - July 3, 2008

2008 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 24-27, 2008

2007 European International Business Academy Annual Meeting

Cantania, Italy  December 13-15, 2007

2007 Academy of Management Annual Meeting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  August 3-8, 2007