Associate Professor of International Business
Director of "A Sustainable Future" research platform
Coordinator of the International Business group (Strategy and International Business section)
Strategy and International Business
John H. Dunning Fellow 2017-2018, Dunning Centre for Internationa Business, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK
International business and management
Globalization and strategy
Innovation management
Climate and environment
Diversity
Bocconi University, Milan, Italy: Visiting Scholar (2017-2018)
Henley Business School, University of Reading, Reading, UK: Visiting Scholar (2017)
Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA: Visiting Scholar (2013-2014)
VENI research grant (250,000 EUR) Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), 2018-2021 (Individual grant)
Erasmus+ Project, Fostering Migrant Entrepreneurship incubation in Europe, EU Commission, 2020-2023 (Leader of the UVA team)
Top cited paper award, Global Strategy Journal, 2024
Best Reviewer Award Journal of International Business Policy, 2024
Best Reviewer Award Strategic Management Conference, Global Strategy track, 2023
Top cited paper award, Global Strategy Journal, 2021 - 2022
Finalist for 2019 Temple/AIB Best Paper Award, Academy of International Business Conference, 2019
Finalist for HKUST Best Paper in Global Strategy Finalist, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2019
Global Strategy Journal (GSJ) Best Paper Award, Academy of International Business -UKI Chapter Conference, 2019
Temple/AIB Best Paper Award 2017, Academy of International Business Conference, 2017
Best Reviewer Award IM Division 2016, Academy of Management, 2016
Finalist for Alan M. Rugman Young Scholar Award (formerly Haynes Prize) 2016, Academy of International Business Conference, 2016
Finalist for Aalto University School of Business "That's Interesting!" Award 2016, Academy of International Business Conference, 2016
Finalist for Best Paper Award in Emerging Economies Research 2016, Academy of International Business Conference, 2016
Schulze Award Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange, 2015
International Journal of Emerging Markets Best Paper Award, 2015
Multinational Business Review Outstanding Paper of 2014, 2015
Sustainability in Management Research, Ph.D. Program (joint with Rotterdam School of Management & VU Amsterdam)
International Strategy, MSc in Business Administration (International Business track)
Theories of International Management, MSc in Business Administration (International Business track)
Thesis Proposal for International Management, MSc in Business Administration (International Business track)
Master thesis supervision, MSc in Business Administration (International Business track)
National Representative (Netherlands) and External Relationship Coordinator, European International Business Academy (EIBA), 2023-present
Representative-at-Large, Global Strategy Interest Group, Strategic Management Society, 2019-2022
Secretary/Treasurer, Academy of International Business (AIB) Western Europe Chapter, 2019-2024
Editorial Review Board member, Journal of International Business Studies, 2024-present
Associate Editor, Cross Country and Strategic Management, 2021-present
Editorial Review Board member, Global Strategy Journal, 2021-present
Editorial Review Board member, Journal of World Business, 2018 - present
Social Media Coordinator, Journal of World Business, 2018-2022
Special Issue Editor: “Global Connectivity in a World of Disruptions” for Journal of International Management (with Snehal Awate, Ram Mudambi and Andreas Schotter), expected publication 2023
Special Issue Editor: “The Nature of Innovation in Global Value Chains” for Journal of World Business (with Ari van Assche, HEC Montreal; Kristin Brandl, U. of Victoria; Alessandra Perri, Cá Foscari U. of Venice), 2017
Special Issue Editor: "Exploring the next generation of international entrepreneurship: A multi disciplinary perspective" for Journal of World Business (Sugato Chakravarty, Purdue U.; Douglas Cumming, Florida Atlantic U.; Samuele Murtinu, U. of Groningen), 2018
Organizer
AIB Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of International Business Annual Conference 2023 (with Becky Reuber, U. of Toronto)
Paper Development Workshop, sponsored by Journal of International Business Studies and AIB Wester Europe at EIBA Annual Conference 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (with Becky Reuber, U. of Toronto)
Track Co-Chair, “International Innovation and Technology”, European International Business Academy (EIBA), 2023 (with Carlos Sousa)
Workshop, Digital Connectivity and Global Business, iBEGIN Workshop, April 2023, Amsterdam Business School (with Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, U. of Groningen and Ram Mudambi, Temple U.)
Workshop, Organizing Innovation for the Global Talent Race, Workshop, January 2023, Amsterdam Business School (with Alessandra Perri, LUISS Business School)
Paper Development Workshop, DRUID22 conference, 2022
Paper Development Workshop, Global Strategy Interest Group joint with the Global Strategy Journal at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Meeting, 2021 (with Benoit Decreton and Minyuan Zhao)
Paper Development Workshop, sponsored by Journal of International Business Studies and AIB Wester Europe at EIBA Annual Conference 2020 (with Becky Reuber)
Webinar “Navigating Virtual Academic Conferences for PhD Students and Early Career Scholars” SMS Global Strategy Interest Group, August 2020 (with Kristin Brandl)
Panel session “Is CSR enough? Multinational enterprises and the sustainability-oriented international strategy” at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Meeting, 2020
Paper Development Workshop, Global Strategy Interest Group joint with the Global Strategy Journal at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Meeting, 2020 (with Birgitte Grøgaard and Joao Albino-Pimentel)
Panel Session: “Global strategy, organization and value chains”, Academy of International Business (AIB) Conference, 2020 (with Mudambi, R.)
Workshop “Cross-border Innovation in a Changing World: Players, Places and, Policies”, online, 2020 (with Davide Castellani, Alessandra Perri, and Antonello Zanfei)
Workshop “The Future of Global Mobility”, sponsored by the Academy of International Business Western Europe Chapter, University of Goettingen, 2020 (with F. J. Froese)
Panel session “Brains on the Move: High-skilled Migrants in Multinational Enterprises’ Knowledge Networks” at the European International Business Academy (EIBA) 2019
iBEGIN Conference 2018, Philadelphia (PA), US, October 2018 (with R. Mudambi and A. Perri)
Panel Session: "So Close and Yet so Far: Innovation in Global Value Chains“ at the Academy of International Business 2018 (with Brandl, K.)
iBEGIN Conference 2017, Venice, Italy, December 2017 (with R. Mudambi and A. Perri)
Special Session: “Knowledge, Firms and Location in the Era of Global Networks” at Uddevalla Symposium 2016 (with Iammarino, S. and Perri, A.)
Panelist & Session Chair
Panelist - Research workshop day on globalization, regionalization, slowbalization - VU Amsterdam, December 2023
Session Chair, 5th Workshop “Migration, Globalization and the Knowledge Economy”, L’Aquila (Italy), May, 2022
Session Chair - SMS Annual Conference, 2021; DRUID15 2015; Academy of International Business 2015
Panelist - Panel session: “Global connectivity as the basis for local innovation” at Academy of International Business 2014
Discussant/facilitator: Global Strategy Journal Paper Development Workshop, AIB Annual Conference, 2021; Journal of International Business Studies – Journal of International Business Policy Paper Development Workshop, AIB Canada Annual Conference 2020; Facilitator in Professional Development Workshops at Academy of Management (AOM) 2014; Discussant at 4th Copenhagen Conference on Outward Investment from Emerging Economies at Copenhagen Business School 2014
Ad hoc reviewer for international journals: Strategic Management Journal; Journal of International Business Studies; Organization Science; Research Policy; Global Strategy Journal; Journal of World Business; Journal of Management; Journal of Management Studies; Journal of Economic Geography; Journal of Business Venturing; Journal of Internal Business Policy; Journal of Product Innovation Management; Journal of International Management; International Business Review; Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice; International Journal of Management Reviews; Asia Pacific Journal of Management; British Journal of Management; Journal of Business Research; Industry & Innovation; Journal of Small Business Management; Economics of Innovation and New Technology; Technovation
Reviewer for international conferences: DRUID Summer Conference; DRUID Conference; Strategic Management Society Special Conference in Las Vegas; Strategic Management Society Special Conference in Rome; Strategic Management Society Special Conference in Santiago de Chile; Academy of International Business; Academy of Management (TIM and IM divisions); European International Business Academy; Academy of International Business UK & Ireland; China Goes Global Conference
Occasional reviewer of book proposals for Edward Elgar Publishing, Palgrave Macmillan, and Routledge
Expert committee member, Domain Social Sciences and Humanities, Economics and Business Administration, NWO Talent Programme, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO, Dutch Research Council), 2023-2024
Expert panel member "Economic Sciences", Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2022-today
Past and Present Memberships in Associations: Academy of International Business, Academy of Management, European Academy of International Business, and Strategic Management Society
Research associate iBEGIN (International Business, Economic Geography and Innovation) Research Network coordinated by Professor Ram Mudambi (Fox School of Business, Temple U.)
Member of the Amsterdam Young Academy, 2023-2026