Current Research
Please see below for the current research topics.
Staff Research
Dr Abrahim Althonayan
Air transport
- Strategic Management
- Technology Strategy
- Integrating Technology Strategy with Business and Corporate Strategies
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Leadership and Decision Making
- Critical Thinking
Dr Dimitrios Koufopoulos
Strategic management
- Strategic Planning Systems/Processes,
- Chief Executive Officers,
- Corporate Governance/Board of Directors,
- Top Management Groups,
- Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances,
- Headquarters-Subsidiary relationships
- Epistemological issues on theory testing and development.
Professor Suma Athreye
International business, R&D strategies
- Growth of technology based firms
- Internationalisation of technology based firms
- Internationalisation of R&D and technology outsourcing by large firms
- Trade and investment policies and the development of national technological capability
Dr Xiaoying Li
International strategy
- Innovation in MNEs and their subsidiaries
- Institutions and the strategy of MNEs
- MNEs from emerging economies
Dr Maria Balta
Entrepreneurship
Her main interests lie in the areas of
- strategic management,
- strategic decision-making,
- strategic innovation and the adaptation and evolution of firms in highly uncertain environments.
Her current interests are on the examination of the role of dynamic capabilities in organisational adaptation strategies and the strategic positioning of social enterprises.
Dr Frederick Mmieh
Sustainable development
- Sustainability of economic development in emerging economies.
- Micro and macroeconomic policies, exchange rate policies, balance of payments (export and import sectors) intervention and liberalisation policies.
- International Business - Global or international trade analysis, foreign direct investment trends and their impact on economic development.
- International Management and International HRM
- Stock exchange market analysis, foreign exchange market economics and econometric analysis.
Professor Francesco Moscone
Health economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Health Economics
Mr Fintan Clear
Theatrics
- eBusiness, supply chain management and ICT adoption issues
- Data security and management responses
- eGovernment and Web accessibility
- Use of theatric devices as a means of maximising cognitive engagement when attempting knowledge transfer of ‘ostensibly dull material’ – specifically ‘data security’
Professor Shyama Ramani
Technology, innovation and development
- Evolution of hi-Tech sectors (biotech, nanotech) in emerging countries
- Commercialization of genetically modified seeds and access to medicines in emerging countries
- Innovation strategies and corporate social responsibility
- Role of technology and innovation in attaining the millennium development goals
Professor Keith Dickson
Entrepreneurship, Technology strategy
- Technology-based, small firms
- Management of Technology and Innovation
- Design Management
- Scientific Entrepreneurialism
- Adoption and Use of ICTs in Small Firms
- Intellectual Property Rights
Dr Souresh Saha
International Trade
- Industrial Organization
- Research and Development
- Commercial Policy
Dr Grahame Fallon
International business
- The economic causes and effects of foreign direct investment in the Russian and UK regional contexts.
- The impact of outward FDI by technology intensive Chinese multinationals.
- The relationship between international business and conflict reduction.
Dr Satwinder Singh
International business
- Multinational Enterprises (MNEs)
- Human Resource Management in large MNEs
- Strategic Behaviour of Firms
- Entrepreneurship
Dr Joyce Wai Wai Ko
Network, knowledge and capability
- knowledge/skill formation and transfer,
- capabilities development,
- organizational learning,
- social network,
- social capital,
- marketing strategy and corporate social responsibility.
Dr Cristina Stoian
SME Internationalisation
- Internationalisation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
- Firm and Environmental Determinants of International Behaviour
- International Marketing Strategy (Adaptation/Standardisation)
Mr Howard Tribe
International business
- The History and Development of the European Union. (E.U.)
- The European Business Environment.
- Competition Policy & Emerging Markets in the E.U.
