MIC Country Representatives

Europe

Austria - Bulgaria - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - England - Finland - France - Germany - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Portugal - Russia - Scotland - Spain - Switzerland - Turkey

All regions: Asia & Pacific Region - Europe - Latin America - Middle East & Africa

Austria

Gerhard APFELTHALER (Regional Representative)
FH JOANNEUM, Austria
gerhard.apfelthaler@fh-joanneum.at

Gerhard APFELTHALER received his Doctorate in Economic and Social Sciences at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Vienna/Austria) and Master's degree in Business Administration and Chinese Studies at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration after having studied at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Vienna/Austria), the University of Vienna (Vienna/Austria), the Taiwan National Normal University (Taipeh/Taiwan), and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). From 1989 to 1993 he served as Coordinator for International Exchange Programs at the Vienna University of Economics and Coordinator of the International Study Program of the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS), as a Project Manager of a regional development program in Eastern Europe under the auspices of the Austrian Federal Minister for Youth, Environment and Family in 1993 - 1994. In 1994 he joined the Department of Foreign Trade at the Federal Austrian Economic Chamber, and from 1994 - 1997 he served as the Austrian Deputy Trade Commissioner to the United States in Los Angeles/USA. From 1997 - 2000 he has been the Dean of International Business Studies at FHS Kufstein-Tirol, and starting 2000 he has been Austria's Commercial Attache at the Austrian Embassy in Singapore. Currently, Gerhard Apfelthaler is Head of the Department of International Management at FH Joanneum.

Gerhard Apfelthaler has published several books (e. g. Management Internationaler Geschäftstätigkeit (Vienna: Springer 2001), Interkulturelles Management (Vienna: Manz/Fortis 1999), Internationale Marketeintrittsstrategien (Vienna: Manz/Fortis 1999), USA Businesswise (Vienna: Linde 1997) and articles (e.g. "Corporate Global Culture as Competitive Advantage: Learning from Germany and Japan in Alabama and Austria" (forthcoming, Journal of World Business), or "Why Do Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Invest Abroad?" (Journal of Small Business Management, 2000), "Erfolgsfaktoren Oesterreichischer Direktinvestitionen in den USA" (Journal für Betriebswirtschaft, 2000) on foreign market entry strategies and cross-cultural management. He also regularly consults to a number of Austrian and International companies on these issues and is a member of the Academy of Management, the Academy of International Business, the Strategic Management Society and the International Association for Business and Society.

To me the Academy of Management has always been a rich, if not the best, source of information on the state of the art in management theory and research as well as a perfect networking opportunity with likeminded academics and managers from across the globe. At the same time I have seen a very tangible US-bias in the way the Academy works and thinks, even down to the level of evaluating the quality of research from abroad which has made it sometimes less appealing and more difficult for foreign colleagues to participate in its activities. As I believe that the Academy could only profit from a wider, culturally more diverse membership, I appreciate the MIC group's current initiative and I am proud to be able to assist as a co-country representative for Austria.

Gerhard FINK
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria
Gerhard.fink@wu-wien.ac.at
 Web site

Univ. Prof. Dr. Gerhard FINK is Jean Monnet Professor for applied microeconomics in European integration and at present Chairman of the Institute for European Affairs (Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence) at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien. He also is faculty member of MBA Krems at Danube University. During 1973-1990 he was affiliated with The Vienna Institute for Comparative Studies (WIIW, director during 1984-1990). He is certified business consultant by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce specialised in foreign direct investment (project appraisal, risk analysis, cross cultural management). His research deals also with corporate finance and financial market development in the process of European integration.

My concerns are to help IMD members to find research partners in Austria and Central Europe, to motivate people from Central and Eastern Europe to join IMD AoM and to make students aware of the benefits of being member of AoM.

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Bulgaria

Mila B. LAZAROVA
Rutgers University, USA
lazarova@rci.rutgers.edu

Mila B. LAZAROVA, being born and raised in Bulgaria and having received a substantial part of my education there (I hold a Master's degree in International Economic Relations from the University of National and World Economics in Sofia), I am fully aware of the enormous intellectual potential of this country. I truly believe that there are many opportunities for synergetic cross-country collaborations among researchers from Bulgaria and countries from other parts of the globe.

I am honored to serve as a liaison in such an exciting and noble initiative as the Membership Involvement Committee. I will be very happy if I manage to assist even one person in getting more involved in the Academy and the opportunities it presents. As to who I am - a PhD candidate, working on her dissertation in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University in NJ, USA. As anyone who has been through this knows, this is a formidable effort, so I am awake most of the time - which has the added benefit that I am relatively easy to find and respond to e-mails and phone calls with predictable frequency. Please do not hesitate to contact me!

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Cyprus

Eleni STAVROU
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
eleni1@ucy.ac.cy
 Web site

Eleni is presently an Assistant Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Cyprus. She has received her Ph.D. in Management and Organization at the George Washington University, USA. She received also an MBA in Human Resources Management/Human Resource Information Systems and a B.Sc. in Marketing and Management at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, USA.

Eleni was co-founder and Director of Programs and Operations of the Center for Family Enterprise at the George Washington University, USA (1993-1996). She has published chapters in books as well as articles in various academic journals, including Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Small Business Management, and International Small Business Journal. Her research interests are: succession planning; leadership and management development; group and family dynamics; intergenerational transitions; culture; and human recourse management. Largely as a result of her initiative, the University of Cyprus is one of the few in Southern Europe and the Middle East to promote and publish research in the emerging field of family enterprise. In addition, she has highlighted research into the prevalence of smoking behavior among young people and for the first time Cyprus is now included in the WHO research monogram on smoking and youth. Eleni has made many conference presentations and is responsible for organizing the first academic international conference on human resource management in Cyprus, held in 2001, in collaboration with the Cranfield network project.

In her capacity as a country representative for Cyprus she aspires to help raise awareness of international management research and promote international research collaborations, especially in relation to countries like Cyprus where the production of academic research is in its infancy.

Elmos KONIS
Cyprus College, Cyprus
ekonis@sting.cycollege.ac.cy

Assistant Professor at the Cyprus College Business Administration Department. I have been teaching at this college for 11 years. Before that I taught at tertiary level in Salonica, Greece. I have also held management positions in the industry, in Cyprus and the UK. I studied in the USA. My 'strength' is this multicultural background. I have 'lived' business environments in Cyprus, the UK, Greece and USA. I have published articles in the Journal of Business and Society. Also, I had a business column (entitled 'Business Views on Cyprus') in a popular weekly publication for two years. I have published a manual entitled The Secrets of A good Team (in Greek). I have presented seminars on various subjects (Team Building, Leadership and Marketing) to the local industry. Current research interest include leadership in Cyprus and across cultures.

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Czech Republic

Pavla Breckova
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
breckova@fbm.vutbr.cz

Pavla BRECKOVA is a Ph.D. candidate at the final stage of the course at Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Business and Management. During my Ph.D. study I had an opportunity to spend a number of months at foreign universities (Cranfield School of Management, UK, Oxford Brookes University, UK), which helped me a lot not only to form my research focus, but also to understand better the European nature of the science collaboration.

My main research interests are connected with the phenomena of internationalization, its barriers and modes of entry. At the moment I concentrate especially on small and medium sized enterprises in the context of European Union enlargement, however, at the same time I participate on a number of projects applying also to the Czech larger companies and globalization impacts.

I have been pleased by the offer to become an official part of the active network of people working in the area of international business/management. The opportunity to serve as a Country Representative for the Czech Republic is highly appreciated especially from the point of establishing new contacts and possibly putting people with the similar research interests together. During my stays at the foreign universities I realized how important such a networking is and how big reserves exist in this field in my country. As a Ph.D. candidate I can feel this deficit strongly. If I use this experience and succeed in connecting people in this area it may be beneficial for all of us.

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Denmark

Bo B. NIELSEN
Western Washington University, USA
Bo.Nielsen@wwu.edu

Bo NIELSEN is assistant professor at Western Washington University, USA. His main research interests include International Strategic Alliances, Knowledge Management, Intellectual Capital Management and International Business Strategy. In addition to a PhD in international business, Bo holds and MBA (TIM) and has spend 6 years in the US at different universities, including Pacific Lutheran University, University of California, Davis and University of Washington, Seattle. Bo is active at the major conferences (AOM, AIB, EURAM, EIBA) and has published in international business journals.

I decided to become a country representative for Denmark in order to help Danish scholars become more involved in international research networks. Having been involved in teaching and research in both Denmark and the U.S. for several years, I have gained a thorough understanding and appreciation for the differences in culture and methodology pertaining to academic life in the two countries. Since I strongly believe in the benefits of cross-cultural collaboration and the value of intercultural research and feel that I have learned from my experiences, I decided to devote part of my time to help my Danish colleagues overcome the geographical and cultural barriers between Denmark and the U.S. Please feel free to contact me at any time for more information about the Academy of Management or issues related to research and teaching in the U.S.

Mikael SØNDERGAARD
University of Southern Denmark
mso@sam.sdu.dk

I am Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Organization and Management. Previous positions are Assistant Professor, Odense University, Department of Management, and Visiting Assistant Professor, Odense University, Departments of Marketing and Management. Before that I was a research fellow at the European University Institute, Florence. I got my Ph. D at Århus Business School. My research interest for network structures, matrix management and cross cultural management originated in my previous area of political science with foreign policy as special area of interest. I got my cand. scient. pol. degree from the University of Århus and from University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Before then I spent a year in Hypokhâgne in a French high school. In my current position my main teaching responsibility is International Management, which I teach at different business programs. My main administrative responsibilities is program coordinator of International Management a graduate business program in English.

I accepted the suggestion to become a country representative for the IMD membership involvement committee because I believe that Danish researchers in international business can benefit significantly professionally and socially by having links to the Division for International Management. As one of the first Danes I participated in the AoM meeting in Anaheim in 1988 when the number of AoM membership was half of the current number. I was properly introduced by an AoM insider and have experienced outstanding benefits on a professional and personal level ever since. I will be happy to be of assistance to new members as I believe that AoM also can benefit from a more truly and authentically global representation of viewpoints in the AoM debates.

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England

Olga TREGASKIS
De Montfort University, England
otregas@dmu.ac.uk

Olga TREGASKIS is Senior Research Fellow in International Management at De Montfort University's Leicester Business School. A University of Ulster Psychology graduate, Olga gained her masters in Applied Psychology from Cranfield University. After spending some time working within the Industry Training Organisation (ITO) network in the UK, Olga returned to Cranfield where she worked in the research Centre for European HRM and obtained her PhD from Cranfield School of Management. She is currently part of one of the strongest research and teaching HRM departments in the country, supporting undergraduate and specialist HRM post-graduate programmes. Key areas of research in the department include the national and international diffusion of knowledge and practices, and the comparative dynamics of change in organisations and in national institutional environments. Within this context Olga takes a leading role in the development of the department's international management research, teaching and research support activities. An extension of this is her involvement with the IM division of the AoM.

In her capacity as one of the country representatives she hopes that members make contact to help raise the profile of the international management research agenda and state of knowledge from a UK and European perspective. Olga welcomes members' opinions and ideas on how the IM division can further support UK based academics.

Rehan UL-HAQ
University of Birmingham, England
r.ul-haq@bham.ac.uk
 Web site

Rehan UL-HAQ is a Lecturer in Strategic Management at the Birmingham Business School at the University of Birmingham in the UK. A Scholar (Strategic Alliances), Teacher (Strategic Management) and Consultant (Strategy). Holds Associate Faculty post at Henley Management College and Visiting Professor post at ESCEM Tours, Grandes Ecoles, France. He has published in international and national journals and is currently working on a book, International Banking Strategic Alliances - Reflections on BNP/Dresdner (with Jorg Itschert) forthcoming 2003. Previous commercial experience is in marketing and consultancy. Focused on assisting others to access and engage with the International Management Division of the Academy of Management.

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Finland

Rebecca MARSCHAN-PIEKKARI
Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland
rebecca.piekkari@shh.fi

Rebecca MARSHAN-PIEKKARI is Research Fellow at the Department of Management and Organisation at the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki. In addition to her teaching commitments in Finland, she has extensive experience of teaching international business management courses at foreign institutions and business schools such as, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), University of Bath (UK), University of Groningen (the Netherlands), and the Help Institute (Malaysia). She has also been invited as Visiting Researcher to for example, INSEAD (France), University of Sheffield (UK) and the University of New South Wales (Australia).

Her area of research specialization can be defined as international business management and she has generated four distinct research streams in this field: (1) management of communication challenges in multilingual and multicultural corporations, (2) steering and control of foreign subsidiaries, (3) collaboration strategies and network building in supranational projects sponsored by the European Union, and (4) qualitative research methods in international business. Together with Catherine Welch she is currently co-editing a Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for International Business to be published by Edward Elgar in 2004.

Given her background in International Business, she started first attending international business conferences before becoming acquainted with the Academy of Management. The number of Finnish members at the Academy is still relatively small and there seems to be a lot of scope of increasing the Finnish membership and the general awareness of what the Academy has to offer.

Timo SANTALAINEN
Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
santalainen@stratnet.inet.fi

Dr. SANTALAINEN's professional career has been a combination of academia, business and consulting (ABC). At present he is President of STRATNET, a Geneva-based network of strategy advisors, and Adjunct Professor of Strategy and International Management at Helsinki School of Economics. His previous academic positions include professorships at Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management, Texas Tech University and Management Centre Europe. He has held senior executive and expert jobs in banking and retailing in Finland, and senior consulting positions at MANNET (Geneva) and S.A.M.I. (Finland). Dr. Santalainen's most recent field of interest is strategic management in transformational and para-statal organizations such as telecommunications, energy, sports, professional services and other international expert organizations. He has been a strategy advisor for these organizations throughout the world. He is also Founding Member of Strategic Management Society, Member of the Board of Administration, Executive Vice President and President of Development Commission of Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). He is writer or co-writer of seven books, numerous chapters in books and international journal articles.

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France

Patrice HOUDAYER
AUDENCIA-Nantes Ecole de Management, France
phoudayer@audencia.com

Patrice HOUDAYER serves as Assistant Professor in Strategy at AUDENCIA-Nantes Ecole de Management, France. He was educated at ESSEC Business School and University of Paris 10, France. He received graduate degrees in economics with a Doctorat (eq. Ph. D.) in Strategy. His work experience includes teaching, research and consultancy. He has had appointments at the School Management of Economics, Växjö University, Sweden. He has, in particular, studied International Strategy in R&D in multinational corporations, as well as various issues related to supply chain management.

Ashok SOM
ESSEC Business School, France
som@essec.fr
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Ashok is an Assistant Professor in the Strategy and Management Area at ESSEC Business School (Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) located in Paris. He teaches Strategy, International Strategy, Organizational Theory and International Human Resource Management courses in the MBA, Specialized Masters, Executive MBA and In-company consulting projects. He received his doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, India, in 2002. Before joining the Doctoral program at IIM Ahmedabad, he worked for two years in the industry. He is a geologist by training having pursued his M.Sc and M.Tech in Applied Geology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. His bachelors degree was from Presidency College, Calcutta, India. Ashok's research interest lies in the role of strategy in shaping human resource practices, creation and evolution of organizational capabilities and performance during organizational design/ organizational restructuring process, cross-cultural integration and innovation of Strategic Human Resource Management practices. He is currently working on two research projects relating to Innovative HRM practices and on organizational restructuring focussing on France and India. Ashok's research has been published in International Journal of Human Resource Development and Management and in international conference proceedings. Most of his work are currently under submission of review.

When I was a doctoral student at IIM Ahmedabad, I came to ESSEC on a doctoral exchange program, then again came as a visiting professor and then I started my academic career at ESSEC. Before joining ESSEC, I did not have the opportunity of attending international conferences. I started attending conferences after I finished my Ph.D and I began to meet academicians whose work I had only read before. Anne-Wil was one of those whom I met and interacted with to learn some of the "tricks of the trade" relating to networking, meeting and interacting people, setting up your agenda and to get the maximum benefit from the AOM meetings. I feel that the AOM is a place where a non-American researcher can get lost if they are not coached by a member of a division, who has lived through this experience. In France, the grandes ecoles (ESSEC being one of them) are in the process of internationalizing and researchers have started to do research and are trying to publish in international journals. I think there is lot of potential for international research in France and opportunities exist for collaborative research. I believe that this network can start with the involvement of the MIC to encourage and motivate French researchers to publish in international journals. Lastly, since I am neither in the Indian network nor in the French network and have just started publishing in the international arena I feel that this will provide opportunities for collaborative projects and research opportunities.

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Germany

Sonja A. SACKMANN
Universität Bw Munich, Germany
sonja.sackmann@unibw-muenchen.de

Sonja SACKMANN is Professor in the Department of Economics, Management and Organization Sciences, co-director of the Institute of Human Resources and Organization Sciences at the Universität Bw Munich, Germany, and Partner at the MZSG Management Zentrum St. Gallen. She received her "Vordiplom" (B. S.) and her "Hauptdiplom" (M. S.) both from the Ruprecht-Karl-University of Heidelberg, Germany, and her Ph.D. in Management from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. Before joining the University Bw Munich, Sonja Sackmann was a visiting professor in the Department of Management at the University of Konstanz, Germany, and Head of Research and Development, Project Manager and Consultant in the Behavioral Area at the MZSG, Management Zentrum St. Gallen, Switzerland. In addition, she has taught at the Graduate School of Management, UCLA, USA, at the School of Business Administration, University of Vienna, Austria, at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, at the Jiao Tong University Shanghai.

Sonja Sackmann's research, teaching, and consulting include personal, team and organizational development/change, leadership, human resource management and organizational culture in national and international settings. Her current research projects address issues of interpersonal trust, leadership, and multiple cultural identities. She has published four books, several book chapters and both professional, and academic articles on these topics in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Human Relations, Journal of Accounting Literature, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Gruppendynamik, Die Betriebswirtschaft, Soziale Welt as well as Zeitschrift für Personalforschung.

The following reasons made me decide to volunteer as the German country rep for IMD: I have experienced both the German speaking and the US academic environment and I have learned that they are quite different in many ways. In my view, both worlds could benefit tremendously from each other. I hope that I may assist in making part of the European voice stronger in the Academy of Management, and especially in the IMD. So do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding those both worlds and your engagement in any one of them.

Henry SAUERMANN
Duke University, USA
henry.sauermann@duke.edu

Henry Sauermann is a Ph.D. student in Management at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. Having two Diplomas (Masters) in Economics and Business from the University of Potsdam, Germany, he was a scholar of the Foundation of the German Business World (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft). With respect to business experience, Henry held positions in finance and general management in technology oriented firms with assignments in Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Paris. His current research interests include innovation, technological change, and aspects of the "New Economy".

I believe that both Germany (Europe in general) and the USA (or the US-centered academic world) will benefit from more intensive cooperation and the exchange of ideas. In my capacity as country representative I would like to focus on the Eastern part of Germany where I see particularly interesting opportunities.

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Lithuania

Audra Mockaitis (Regional Representative)
Vilnius University, Lithuania
Audra.I-Mockaitis@ef.vu.lt

Audra I. Mockaitis is a Lecturer in the Department of Marketing at Vilnius University. She received her Ph.D. in Cross-Cultural Management and MIB from Vilnius University and her BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA. Her work experience includes teaching, research and consulting in human resources management, international business, international and cross-cultural marketing and comparative management. Her current research interests are concerned with cross-cultural research methodology. Audra I.Mockaitis is also a member of the review board for a regional academic journal (Transformations in Business and Economics) and has been editor and reviewer for international conference publications. She is founder and coordinator of a national Ph.D. student network initiative, aiming to improve the quality of academic research in Lithuania.

With a US background and having lived in Lithuania for a decade, I am aware of the obstacles that Lithuanian scholars (especially young scholars) face in conducting quality research. There are several capable young scholars in Lithuania, who would both benefit from international cooperation and bring their own valuable ideas.

Laura Salciuviene
Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
laura.salciuviene@ktu.lt

Laura Salciuviene is a Ph.D. student in Management and Administration at Kaunas University of Technology. She received her bachelor and master degrees in Management and Marketing from the Faculty of Economics and Management at Kaunas University of Technology.

Her work experience includes marketing research and studies on the composition of the household, income and expenditure, possession of durable goods and estimation of living conditions. She has worked at the Lithuanian State Department of Statistics and consulting enterprises conducting business in Lithuanian market. Her current research interests focus on international and cross-cultural marketing and consumer behavior. At present, besides being Ph.D. student, she is employed as a Lecturer of Marketing at the Department of Marketing, Economics and Management Faculty at Kaunas University of Technology. She is also one of the coordinators of a national Ph.D. student network, aiming to facilitate more open exchange of scientific knowledge among academic youth and to improve the quality of academic research in Lithuania.

By becoming a country representative for Lithuania I hope I could help scholars to enhance the quality of empirical research in cross-cultural collaboration with other researchers. I believe scholars in Lithuania would benefit from an international research network in the process of integration to the European Union.

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Netherlands

Ilan OSHRI
Erasmus University, Netherlands
ioshri@fbk.eur.nl

Ilan Oshri is Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University, the Netherlands. Ilan's research interests revolve around knowledge transfer within and between organizations. Recent research includes the study of reusability strategies in the Israeli defence industry and the investigation of technical expertise in higher education institutions in the UK. Ilan is also active in setting up research consortiums to study knowledge management practices across Europe. Previous commercial experience includes project management in the area of training, product development and web-based applications for the Israeli defence industry and the hi-tech industry in Silicon Valley. Currently, Ilan is focusing on setting up a research consortium to study cross-project learning and reusability strategies in intensive R & D industries across Europe.

In his capacity, Ilan hopes to promote further participation of fellow Israelis and other nationalities involved in IM or any related cross-disciplinary research. In particular, Ilan hopes to attract researchers who are interested to form multi-national research teams to study knowledge management practices. Lastly, Ilan welcomes ideas from members and colleagues on how the Academy can promote participation from developing countries, using cutting-edge technologies (e.g. real time tele-conferencing, web-based conferences etc.).

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Norway

Paul N. GOODERHAM
Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration, Norway
paul.gooderham@nhh.no

Paul GOODERHAM is Director of Research at the Centre for Strategy and Management (SOL) at the Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF) located in Bergen, Norway as part of Norway's oldest business school, NHH. NHH is the Norwegian member of the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS), which includes leading business schools in each of the European countries, e.g. ESADE in Spain, Bocconi in Italy and HEC in France. SOL has a strong commitment to research within the fields of international and comparative management. Members of SOL are currently active in a number of international research networks including CRANET, which since 1990 has conducted large-scale surveys of HRM practices and policies in firms across Europe and, more recently in Japan and Australia.

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Portugal

Celeste AMORIM
University of Aveiro, Portugal
camorim@egi.ua.pt

Celeste Amorim is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering of University of Aveiro. She is a member of NEEI, an active research centre located at Minho University. She worked with, and provides consultancy to, private sector and other institutions. She holds a Bachelors' degree in Economics from the Department of Economics of Évora University, a Masters' in International Business and PhD in Economics from the University of Reading, UK.

Her research interests focus on knowledge transfer, innovation, business services and multinational enterprises' development impact. She has presented papers in these themes in several international conferences and her research has been published in chapter books.

As a country representative for Portugal, she expects to motivate Portuguese reseachers to internationalize their research. Se would like to motivate more Portuguese researchers to become members of the AoM, and to stimulate existing Portuguese members to intensify their participation in the Academy.

Ana Teresa TAVARES (Regional Representative)
University of Porto, Portugal
atavares@fep.up.pt

Ana Teresa Tavares is an Assistant Professor of International Economics at the Faculty of Economics, University of Porto. She is affiliated with CEMPRE, one of the major research centres in Economics in Portugal, and is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Reading, and at the Strathclyde International Business Unit, University of Strathclyde. She holds a Bachelors' degree in Management from the Faculty of Economics of Porto and a Masters' and Ph.D. in International Business from the University of Reading, UK. She has conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. She has been a consultant of several Portuguese and international institutions in the field of international business and regional development.

Her research interests focus on multinational enterprise strategy, development impact and linkages between multinationals and local agents, the strategic behaviour and evolution of multinational subsidiaries, and policy vis-à-vis multinationals. She has presented papers in these themes in over 20 international conferences and has published in the Journal of Global Business, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, and Managerial Finance. She is the author of 4 book chapters and is currently writing a book on Multinational Subsidiary Evolution and Economic Integration.

As a country representative for Portugal, she expects to motivate more Portuguese researchers (working in Portugal and abroad) to become members of the IM Division. There is a considerable number of Portuguese academics in relevant IM fields whom I would like to help internationalize their research. I would also like to stimulate existing members to intensify their participation in the Academy and also to keep a regular contact and networking between them and other members from different countries.

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Russia

Vlad VAIMAN
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
vaimanv@rogers.com

Vlad VAIMAN is a PhD student at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. He received his MBA in Strategic Management and Human Resources at the School of Business of the University of Wyoming, USA, and his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Russian State Academy of Oil & Gas in Moscow. His professional experience includes working in various consulting companies throughout the world, including USA, Canada, Russia, and some other European countries. At present, besides being a PhD student, Mr. Vaiman is employed as a Senior Consultant (Organizational Behavior and Strategic Planning) at Main Street International, a private management consulting firm in Toronto, Canada, where he is presently residing. Mr. Vaiman is an active member of the International Association of Management Consultants and its Canadian chapter. His research interests include issues of both organizational behavior and international management, and particularly, matters of cultural differences and their influences on leadership and motivation in multinational companies.

By being a country representative in IMD, Mr. Vaiman would like to introduce more young Russian researchers into the Academy of Management, thereby expanding its influence in Russia and facilitating more open exchange of scientific ideas between AOM and the Russian academic community.

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Scotland

Patricia A. Nelson, Ph.D.
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
P.A.Nelson@ed.ac.uk

Patricia A. Nelson is a lecturer (tenured) in international business at the School of Management, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Her research and teaching explores the intersection between international business and international political economy. Recent publications have analyzed US-Japan relations, Japan's foreign direct investment in East Asia's emerging markets and competition in high technology industries (particularly optics-based industries). Patricia holds a Ph.D. from the University of Warwick where she studied with the late Professor Susan Strange, an MA from Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC and a BA from the University of Virginia. After completing her Ph.D., she was awarded a post-doctoral position at Harvard University's Program on US-Japan Relations. Patricia has carried out research and taught in Japan, Sweden, the US and the UK. Her languages are Swedish and Japanese with somewhat passable French and rudimentary Chinese.

I decided to become an IM country representative because I often find myself straddling 'the pond' between the UK and the US. I feel that there is a need for deeper understanding of the similarities and differences within international management that would benefit us all. On a concrete level, I would like to play a role in promoting the flow of information regarding international collaborative research projects.

David POLLARD
University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland
d.pollard@abertay.ac.uk

David POLLARD BA, MA, MEd, MBA ILTM is a Associate Professor in Management at the Dundee Business School, University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland. He has held several visiting positions in universities world-wide, including a period as EU Visiting Professor at Hangzhou University, China. Before entering higher education he trained in mechanical engineering and subsequently held senior positions in business systems analysis. His current research interests are in SME development in east and central Europe and east Asia and in the management of international joint ventures. He is currently engaged on a research project sponsored by the Czech government to investigate the internationalisation of SMEs in that country.

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Spain

Ruth V AGUILERA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
ruth-agu@uiuc.edu

Ruth V. Aguilera is an Assistant Professor in International and Management. Professor Aguilera joined the Department of Business Administration of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in January 1999, and has a joint appointment with the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations. She got her Bachelors' and Masters' degree in Economics from the College of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Barcelona. She also undertook a graduate program in Business Analysis at the Management School in Lancaster University, England, and completed her Ph.D. in Sociology at Harvard University in June 1999, specializing in organizational studies and comparative methods. Prof. Aguilera has spent considerable time conducting research in Europe at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) in Berlin, Università Luigi Bocconi in Milano, and Juan March Institute in Madrid.

Professor Aguilera's research interests lie in the intersection of international management and economic sociology. She is currently conducting research on comparative corporate governance, intercorporate relations, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Her research has been published in the European Sociological Review, and Academy of Management Review, and several conference proceedings.

At the University of Illinois, Ruth has taught courses in International Management and Comparative International Management to undergraduates, MBA students, and MSBA students. In addition, she teaches a course in Comparative Employment Systems to Masters in Human Resources Management. Professor Aguilera is a fellow of the European Union Center, and the Faculty Advisor for the Latin American Business Association at the University of Illinois.

I volunteered to be one of the Spanish IM country representatives because I'd like to see more involvement of Spanish academics in the IM Division as well as to promote research links between Spanish and Academy researchers.

Africa ARIÑO
University of Navarra, Spain
afarino@iese.edu

Associate Professor of General Management. I received my Ph.D. from the Anderson School at UCLA. I serve as the Academic Director of the Anselmo Rubiralta Globalization and Strategy Research Center at IESE. My research interests include process issues in international strategic alliances, evolutionary aspects of the interpartner relationship, and the impact that the evolution of alliances has on industry structure. My research has been published in California Management Review, European Management Journal, Group & Organization Management, International Studies of Management and Organization, Journal of Management, and Organization Science among other outlets.

I am willing to serve as IMD country representative as a way to contribute to the AoM internationalization efforts, and as a way to help improve the international exposure of colleagues in my country. So far, I have been able to involve people in an international research project. I also hope to get in contact with new people through this position.

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Switzerland

Winfried RUIGROK
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
winfried.ruigrok@unisg.ch

Winfried Ruigrok is a professor of International Management and the director of the Research Institute for International Management at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is a Dutch national and previously worked in the Netherlands (i.a. Erasmus University Rotterdam and University of Amsterdam), Belgium (European Commission) and the UK (Warwick Business School). His research focuses on the role of foreigners in top management teams and boards, corporate governance, and international restructuring. His papers appeared in Management International Review, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, and European Management Journal, and in several Handbooks on Strategy and International Management. For his 1995 book The Logic of International Restructuring (co-author Rob van Tulder) he received the Gunnar Myrdal award. At the Academy of Management, he is a member of the International Management Teaching Committee, as well as of the International Theme Committee, an Academy wide committee sponsored by the Board of Governors which seeks to attract leading non-US scholars to attend and present their work at the Academy of Management meetings.

Switzerland is a country of two faces. The first face is that of a set of highly successful and internationalised firms, the second is the local and inward-looking face. The same can be observed in Swiss academia, with some high profile institutions and scholars, and many scholars successful in their own language area. I think these scholars as well as the Academy would benefit if some of that work reached a broader English speaking audience. By being a country representative, I would like to encourage Swiss and German-speaking colleagues to attend and submit more papers to the Academy of Management.

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Turkey

Dilek ZAMANTILI NAYIR
Marmara Universitesi, Turkey
dznayir@marmara.edu.tr

Dilek Zamantili Nayir is a Research Assistant in the area of "Organization & Management" at the Department of Business Administration and Business Informatics in German Language of Marmara University. She studied Business Administration at Istanbul University and completed her MBA at Marmara University (Istanbul-Turkey). Currently she is writing her PhD thesis in the area of International Management (Organizational Modes of German Companies in Turkey). She is a member of the Academy of Management and the Academy of International Business.

Dilek Zamantili Nayir joined academia after 12 years working experience in the multinational business environment. She worked initially in the fields of export and P.R.; however her longest professional involvement was with the Dutch multinational Philips Lighting, where she worked in various areas and projects and on many different levels, including product management, market communication, marketing research as well as project development. She was part in market introduction, product development and process improvement teams, some of which she lead. She spent three years as expatriate at the head office of Philips Lighting in Eindhoven/the Netherlands as International Product Manager Europe. During her career she took part in several training programmes and workshops s.a. GRID Seminar, FAME (F&A for Marketing Executives), Statistical Process Management, Internal Audit Courses, Leadership Competency Workshops, Planning & Strategy Seminars and others.

Next to her doctoral studies, she is currently involved in cross-cultural research studies jointly with the University of Manitoba (Canada) and Ohio State University (USA). Various articles on "Entry Timing into Emerging Markets", "Success Factors of Turkish Companies in Azerbaidjan", and "Strategic Alliances" are under review in local and international journals. She is fluent in English, German and Dutch.

I have joined the Academy of Management because it is in my view the best source of knowledge for the latest management theory and research. It is my sincere belief, that an international institution like the AoM can benefit to a great extent from the different perspectives and contributions that members from different countries and cultures can add. By becoming a IMD Country Representative for Turkey I hope to increase international collaboration between the universities of different parts of the world and those in Turkey, including my own institution. I hope to convince more academics from Turkey to join the AoM by explaining the benefits of membership and informing them about events and announcements. Personally I hope to meet like minded individuals who are interested in doing joint research and publishing together.

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