International Business, Strategy and Innovation Research Group
Coordinator: Dr Ravishankar Mayasandra-Nagaraja
Email: M.N.Ravishankar@lboro.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1509 228823
- About Us
- Group Members
- Our Research
- Activities
- Research Students
The International Business, Strategy and Innovation (IBSI) Group focuses on crucial international business and strategic management issues in emerging economies. Comprising a compact group of dynamic young researchers and senior colleagues with an international reputation, the group’s research also focuses on the strategic responses of firms in OECD countries to the rise of MNEs from emerging economies, and firms from OECD countries operating in emerging economies, such as international joint ventures in China and India. Research in the IBSI group covers a wide range of research philosophies and methodologies, ranging from qualitative methods (including case studies) mathematical modelling and advanced quantitative methods. Specifically, research in this group can be broadly classified into two areas:
- International Business Expertise: Corporate Governance and Internationalisation, Internationalisation Strategies of Firms from Emerging Economies, Human Mobility and International Knowledge Spillovers, Foreign Market Entry (Mergers & Acquisitions, International Joint Ventures), International Negotiations, Cross-cultural Management and Teams, and Knowledge Learning and Acquisitions.
- Strategic Management Expertise: Strategic planning and improvisation in strategic decision-making, Strategic resources, Information processing and Information use in Organisations, the Strategic Management Process within Organisations, Adherence to Strategy, Strategic Failure, the Strategy-Performance Relationship and International Diversification.
- Lecturing Staff
- Research Fellows
- Visiting Academics
Lecturing Staff
- Dr Grahame Boocock (Senior Lecturer in Banking and Finance)
Small business finance; Entrepreneurship - Dr Amon Chizema (Professor in International Business and Strategy)
Corporate governance and executive compensation - Maxine Clarke
International Higher Education - Dr Regina Frank (Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
M&A; Synergy valuation; Bank Mergers; Entrepreneurship Education; Social Entrepreneurship - Dr Ian Hodgkinson (Lecturer in Strategy) Strategic planning; the utilisation and deployment of strategic resources; the strategy-performance relationship; market orientation, with particular reference to the public private paradox.
- Dr Julie Holland (University Teacher in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management)
- Dr Paul Hughes (Lecturer in Strategic Management)
Strategic formation and the strategic management of business strategy and product-market strategy in high technology organisations; adherence to strategy; strategic failure; strategic planning and improvisation; export strategy - Dr Eleni Lioliou (Lecturer in International Business and Strategy)
IT outsourcing, off-shoring, governance, control
- Dr Xiaohui Liu (Professor in International Business and Strategy)
The internationalisation of Chinese firms, the role of FDI, labour mobility and technological inter-linkages in economic development, with special reference to China - Dr Ravishankar Mayasandra-Nagaraja, (Senior Lecturer in International Business and Strategy)
Globalisation and India; Offshore Outsourcing; Strategic Management of Information Technology (IT) - Professor Ilan Oshri (Professor of Technology and Globalisation)
Globalisation; Offshoring; Outsourcing; Emerging Technology; Management
- Dr Ursula Ott (Lecturer in International Business)
International collaboration and negotiations; game theory and its applications; contract and incentive theory; bargaining theory - Dr George Saridakis (Reader in Innovation and Enterprise)
Economics of Small Firms, Economics of Crime - Dr Angelika Zimmermann (Lecturer in International Business and Strategy)
International cooperation; organisational strategy
Research Fellows
- Dr Fu-Mei Chuang (Research Associate)
Marketing strategy, learning and business performance; creativity and new product development in the emerging market with particular reference to China - Dr Lan Gao (Research Associate)
Visiting Academics
- Dr Jiangyong Lu is Associate Professor of Strategic Management at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing, China. He received his PhD degree in Economics and Business Strategy from the University of Hong Kong. His current research interests include knowledge spillovers, innovation and the outward direct investment strategy of firms from emerging economies. He has published widely including the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Urban Economics, Management International Review and Regional Studies.
- Professor Enjun Xia is Professor of Economics and Management of Innovation at the School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology. He received his PhD degree in Nanjing Agricultural University, China. His research interests cover the areas of technological innovation, technology transfer, regional economies and corporate governance. He has published over hundred journal articles and a number of books. He serves on the editorial board of Technology Economics and the Journal of Beijing Institute of Technology (Social Science Edition).
Our Research
Broadly, research is conducted in three areas: international business, strategic management and emerging economies.
International Business
Projects in this area include the management of expatriates, export strategies, strategies in high-technology firms, international corporate governance and executive pay.
Strategic Management
This area focuses on rationality in strategic planning and strategic improvisation, and on the sport and leisure industries.
Emerging Economies
Work on emerging economies has an emphasis on China and India with special attention to returnee entrepreneurs, to inward and outward FDI and knowledge spillovers, and international teamwork. Work here has been funded by the British Academy and Leverhulme Trust. In terms of current grants, the group has won funding for the following research projects:
- Dr Amon Chizema holds a grant from the Nuffield Foundation to study “The Disclosure of Executive Compensation in Germany”
- Dr Ursula Ott is co-investigatoron an EPSRC project on “The Role of International Joint Ventures in the Automotive Industry”
- International Activities
- Conferences
- Journal Editorships
- Awards
International Activities
Professor Xiaohui Liu is the Vice President of the Chinese Economic Association (UK/Europe).
Conferences
Professor Xiaohui Liu is President of the Chinese Economic Association (UK) from 04/2008, and she has organised two CEA conferences: the 19th CEA Annual Conference, Cambridge University, April 2008 and a joint conference of the CEA and Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, September 2008
Dr Ravishankar Mayasandra is Associate Editor of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2010 and Associate Editor of the Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) 2010.
Dr Ravishankar Mayasandra was a guest speaker at the ESRC centre for socio-cultural change: Workshop on Gender, Service Work and the Cultural Economy, University of Manchester, UK, Feb 2008.
Journal Editorships
Professor Ilan Oshri is the Senior Editor of the Journal of Information Technology
Dr Xiaohui Liu is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies.
Awards
Professor Xiaohui Liu and Professor Trevor Buck (with Xiaohui Liu, Y. Wei and Xiaming Liu) won the Best Competitive Paper prize at the Academy of International Business (AIB) UK and Ireland (UKI) conference, Bath University, 2005, ‘The Trade Development Path and Export Spillovers in China: A Missing Link?’
Dr Amon Chizema won the Michael Z Brooke Prize for the best doctoral dissertation at the AIB (UKI) conference in 2006, awarded at Manchester University
Dr Angelika Zimmermann, Professor Xiaohui Liu and Professor Trevor Buck won the Best Competitive Paper prize at the AIB (UKI) conference, Portsmouth University, 2008, ‘Employee Tenure in China: Comparing Foreign Joint Ventures’
PhD candidate Sigrun Wagner was awarded the Neil Hood and Stephen Young Prize for the Most Original New Work at the Doctoral Colloquium of the AIB (UKI) conference at Portsmouth University, 2008
- Current PhD Students
- Recent PhD Graduates
- Thinking of doing an MRes or PhD?
Current PhD Students
Darwina Ahmad Arshad (FT, Co-Supervisors Dr Paul Hughes and Prof Trevor Buck) ‘Strategic Improvisation and Malaysian High-Tech Firms’
Marc Bollbach (FT, Co-Supervisors Dr Angelika Zimmermann and Dr. Nicola Bateman) ‘Country-specific Barriers to Implementing Lean Production in China’
Ou Dai (FT, Supervisor Prof Xiaohui Liu) ‘Returning Entrepreneurs and their Role in Technology Transfer and Internationalisation’
John Fitzakerley (PT, Co-Supervisors Profs Trevor Buck and Geoff Chivers) ‘Railway Safety’
Abd Rahim Jaguli (FT, Co-Supervisors Dr Ursula Ott and Prof Xiaohui Liu) ‘FDI and Technology Spillovers in Malaysia’
Lianghui Lei (FT, supervisor Dr. Ursula F. Ott) 'The Impact of Regional Differences on Sino-Western Negotiations'
Ramya Parthasarathy (FT, Supervisor Angelika Zimmermann) ‘Global talent management systems in Indian firms’
Lee Staley (FT, co-supervisor Dr. Ursula F. Ott and Prof. Jim Saker) 'The Strategic Role of International Joint Ventures in the Automotive Industry'
Trien Le Vinh (FT, Co-Supervisors Dr Amon Chizema and Prof Trevor Buck) ‘Chinese Privatization: State Ownership and Firm Performance’
Sigrun Wagner (FT, Co-supervisors Dr Ursula Ott and Prof Malcolm Hill) ‘Political strategies of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) across the European Union and its Member States, with a special focus on Environmental Regulations’
Recent PhD Graduates
Dr Cynthia Akwe (July 07) ‘The Process of Creating Dynamic Capabilities’
Dr Yi Yin Chang (July 07) ‘HRM Strategies and Emerging Economies’ MNCs in the UK - The Case of Taiwanese MNCs in the UK’
Dr Amon Chizema (July 07) ‘Neo-Institutional Theory and German Executive Stock Options’
Dr Jay Fattorusso (July 06) ‘Executive Pay and UK Firm Performance’
Dr Ian Hodgkinson (December 2009) ‘Strategies in Local Authority Leisure Suites’
Thinking of doing an MRes or PhD?
The IBS Group is small, but can offer qualified PhD supervision in a number of areas:
- Globalisation, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Emerging Technology, or Management
Contact: Ilan Oshri
- The internationalisation of Chinese firms; the role of FDI; human mobility and technology spillovers; innovation and channels for international technology spillovers with special reference to China.
Contact: Xiaohui Liu
- International corporate governance
Contact: Amon Chizema
- International joint ventures. Game theory and international business
Contact: Ursula Ott
- Strategic management in general
Contact: Paul Hughes
- International teams, Expatriate adjustment, Human resource management in China
Contact: Angelika Zimmermann
We welcome approaches from suitably qualified graduates, particularly those with a relevant Masters degree and sufficient funding, who may wish to undertake research projects in the specialist areas of the group, leading to a PhD. For students interested in further information on potential PhD projects and supervisors, please look carefully through our webpages.
For an online application form click here
and for full details of the Business School PhD programme click here
For those interested finding out about our MRes in Business and Management, which is a 12-month full-time programme, please click here.
