The SIBU doctoral team includes:
- Joe Amberg
- Mathew Analogbei
- Oliver Borchert
- Thomas Falk
- Andreas Hoefele
- Rebecca Chung-hee Kim
- Kui Liu
- Euan MacMillan
- Khongphu Nimmanadh
- Mohammed Shahedul Quader
- Tricia Ragoobar
- Christian Solano
- Malcolm Stewart
Joe Amberg is a DBA student in the Department of Management, whose research focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship. More specifically, he is interested in how an entrepreneurial culture of an acquired firm may be maintained and fostered, particularly where the two firms share very different organisational and national cultures. Joe Amberg is working currently for Siemens SBT (Headquarters Switzerland) as an integration manager for a new acquisition in South Korea. He is interested in any best practice sharing in the field of company integration as well as applied value systems from a multinational perspective.
Mathew Analogbei is a PhD student in the Department of Marketing, and is studying the international expansion of retail firms in Africa.
Oliver Borchert is a PhD student in the Department of Marketing, whose research focuses on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm in relation to the international market entry mode selection of SMEs.
Further info: Oliver Borchert's profile
Thomas Falk is a DBA student with the Department of Management whose research centres on the organistional design of MNEs. More specifically, Thomas is interested in how multidimensional matrix structures may be effectively implemented in technology-driven MNEs hoping to become closer to the market through the bundling of products and knowledge across vertical business units.
Andreas Hoefele is a PhD student in the Department of Economics investigating issues of international outsourcing and product differentiation. Andreas has held an internship at the World Trade Organisation, providing research assistance for the outsourcing chapter for the forthcoming World Trade Report, 2008.
Further info: Andreas Hoefele's profile
Rebecca Chung-hee Kim is a PhD student in the Department of Marketing, whose research focuses on the relationship between corporate social responsibility and international human resource management across international settings.
Further info: Rebecca Chung-hee Kim's profile
Kui Liu is a PhD student with the Department of Management.
Euan MacMillan is a PhD student in the Department of Economics. His PhD research focuses on regional trade agreements and the multilateral trading system. Euan has recently held an internship at the World Trade Organisation where he contributed to the World Trade Report, 2007. He has also visited the University of Sydney to progress his research.
Further info: Euan MacMillan's profile
Khongphu Nimmanadh is a PhD student with the Department of Management. His research focuses on the internationalisation of Thai firms with a specific focus on the institutional (including culture) context in which these firms operate.
Mohammed Shahedul Quader is a PhD student with the Department of Marketing. He has an interest in using the resource based view to understand the export performance of Bangladeshi firms in the ready-made garment sector post the MFA regime.
Tricia Ragoobar is a PhD student with the Department of Management Science, whose research focuses on comparative analysis of next-generation networks.
Christian Solano is a DBA student with the Department of Marketing. His research focuses on issues in international marketing, with a particular interest in the identifying optimal international entry strategies in terms of timing (when to enter a particular market) and sequencing (which country to enter first, second, etc.) for healthcare or pharmaceutical products.
Malcolm Stewart is a PhD student with the Department of Marketing. His primary interest is in international marketing, and specifically advertising standardisation and the decision making processes of multinational corporations operating in European markets.