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Information about the University of London International Programmes

International Business programme:
MSc and Postgraduate Diploma

Academic leadership : Royal Holloway

Founded in 1886, Royal Holloway is the third largest multidisciplinary College in the University of London and home to the renowned School of Management . The School is accredited by AMBA; this award is an indication and hallmark of quality, as judged by academic peers.

The School of Management is a medium-sized management school, with coherent values based
on researching business enterprises and management practices within comparative, international and national contexts, and more particularly using historical, socio-economic institutional frameworks. The School includes two College Research Centres - the Centre for Research in Sustainability (CRIS) and the Centre for Public Sector Organisations (CPSO). They help connect school research to the concerns of policy makers and practitioners in the private, not-for-profit and public sectors. There is overlapping membership of research groups, reflecting the School's ethos of inter-disciplinary research.

An introduction to some of te academic staff and their most recent research

Head of the School of Management
Chris Smith BA, PhD
Professor in Organisation Studies
· T. Elger and C. Smith Assembling Work: Remaking Factory Regimes in Japanese Multinationals in Britain Oxford: Oxford University Press (2005)
· [Reviews: (1) British Journal of Industrial Relations, 43, 4, December 2005, pp. 734-736; (2) Organization Studies.2006; 27: 1209-1219; (3) [1st review] American Journal of Sociology 2006 112, 3: 920-21; (4) Business History 2006 48, 2: 298-300; (5) Historical Studies in Industrial Relations, 21 Spring 2006, 211-213]
· C. Smith, B. McSweeney and R. Fitzgerald (eds.) Remaking Management: Between Global and Local (provisional title), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
· A. McKinlay and C. Smith (eds.), (2007) Creative Labour, London: Palgrave

Director of External and Executive programmes and Deputy Dean of the Faculty
Chris Howorth BA, MSc
Senior Lecturer in Organisational Strategy
· Sillince J, Mueller F, Harvey C, Howorth C, (2006) Biographical Identity, Social Self and the Role of Authenticity in Organisations. In: Kornberger M and Gudergan S (eds) Only Connect: Neat Words, Networks and Identities Malmö: Liber
· Dent M, Howorth C, Mueller F and Preushoft C (2004) ‘Archetype Transition in the German Health Service? The Attempted Modernization of Hospitals in a North German State’, Public administration 82 (3).
· Mueller F, Sillince J, Harvey C and Howorth C (2004) ‘Discourses, Rhetorical Strategies and
Arguments: Conversations in an NHS Trust Hospital Board’, Organizational Studies 25(1): 85-104.

Director of MBA and MSc programmes for External students
Dr Duncan Harris
BSc, PhD
Dr Harris’s research aims to increase safety, quality and efficiency within both military and civil aviation operational environment by reducing the effects of human error. In particular, he is developing methodologies to investigate specifi c dimensions within extreme pressure situations, evaluating the infl uence of personnel selection methods upon performance outcomes and the effects of economic factors on cultural identity and engagement. He is also the Company Psychologist for the BMI Group of airlines and is attached to the MoD Directorate of Aviation Regulation and Safety. He regularly contributes to both International and National conferences.

Director of MBA and MSc programmes for External students studying at HKU SPACE
Dr G. Harindranath
BA, MA, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Management Information Systems
· Harindranath, G (2008), ‘ICT in a transition economy: The case of Hungary’, Journal of Global
Information Technology Management, 11(4): 33-55.
· Harindranath, G., Dyerson, R. & Barnes, D (2008), ‘ICT in small firms: Factors affecting the
adoption and use of ICT in Southeast England SMEs’, Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Galway, Ireland, June.
· Fisher, J. and Harindranath, G (2004), ‘Regulation as a barrier to electronic commerce in Europe: The case of the European fund management industry’, European Journal of Information Systems, 13(4): 260-272.

Deputy Director of MBA and MSc programmes for External students
Dr Sameer Hosany
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD
Lecturer in Marketing
· Hosany, S and Ekinci, Y and Uysal, M (2007) ‘Destination Image and Destination Personality’, International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, 1 (1): 62-81.
· Niininen, O., Hosany, S., Ekinci, Y., and Airey, D. (2007), ‘Building a Regional Destination Brand: The Case Study of Surrey Hills’, Tourism Analysis, Vol. 12(5/6): 371-385.
· Hosany, S., Ekinci, Y., and Uysal, M. (2006) ‘Destination Image and Destination Personality: An
Application of Branding Theories to Tourism Place’ Journal of Business Research, Vol. 59(5): 638-642.
· Ekinci, Y., and Hosany, S. (2006), ‘Destination Personality: An Application of Brand Personality to Tourism Destinations’, Journal of Travel Research, Vol. 45 (Nov): 127-139.

Rajeswary Brown BA, MA, PhD
Reader in Asia Pacific Business
· The Rise of the Corporate Economy in South East Asia. London, Routledge Curzon, (2006) ‘Capitalism and Islam: Arab Business Groups and Capital Flows in South East Asia’, in Chris
Smith, Brendan McSweeney, and R. Fitzgerald (ed.), Global Management Practice, Cambridge University Press (2007)
· ‘State Entrepreneurship in Singapore: Prospects for Regional Economic Power?’ in Youssef Cassis and Ioanna Pepelasis Minoglou (eds), Country Studies in Entrepreneurship: A Historical Perspective, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, pp. 149-198

Isabella Chaney BBS (Hons), MBS MCIM, PhD
Lecturer in Marketing
· ‘Retail Store Ownership Influences on Chinese Consumers’ (with Jos Gamble), International
Business Review, (2008), Vol 17, No 2, pp170-183..
· ‘The Influence of Domestic Interfirm Networks on the Internationalization Process of Taiwanese
SMEs’, (with Ku-Ho Lin), Asia Pacific Business Review, (2007), Vol 13, No 4, pp565-584.
· ‘Own Label Wines in the UK’, International Journal of Wine Marketing, (2004), 16/3, pp5-13.
· ‘The Effect of Billboards Within the Gaming Environment’, (with K. Lin and J. Chaney), Journal
of Interactive Advertising, (2004), 5/1.

David Faulkner BSc Econ, MA, DPhil
Professor of Strategy
· The Oxford handbook of strategy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003).
· Campbell, A., Faulkner, D. and Segal-Horn, S. (2004) ‘The economics of international comparative advantage in the modern world’, European Business Journal, vol. 16, no.1, pp. 20-31.

Robert Fitzgerald BA, PhD, FRHistS
Reader in Business History
· Corporation: Rise of the Global Company (Cambridge University Press/ Economic History Society, 2007)
· Rowntree and the Marketing Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 1995; reprinted 2007)
· ‘Economic Development, National Institutions, and the International Economy: the Role of Comparison and History’ in C.Smith, B.McSweeney and R.Fitzgerald (eds), Remaking Management: Between Global and Local (Cambridge University Press, 2007)

Yiannis Gabriel BSc Eng, MSc, ACGI, DIC, PhD
Professor of Organisation Theory
· Gabriel, Yiannis. 2008. Organizing Words: A Thesaurus for Social and Organizational Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
· Gabriel, Yiannis, and Tim Lang. 2006. The Unmanageable Consumer. 2nd edition. London: Sage Publications.
· Mano, Rita, and Yiannis Gabriel. 2006. ‘Workplace romances in cold and hot organizational climates: The experience of Israel and Taiwan’. Human Relations 59, 1, 7-37.

Chris Hackley BA, BSc, DipPsych, MSc, PhD, FRSA
Professor of Marketing
· Fundamentals of Advertising, 3 volume Sage ‘Major Work’ series, London, Sage (under contract for 2009).
· Marketing: a critical introduction (forthcoming, 2009, London, Sage).
· ‘Comparative management practices in international advertising agencies in the UK, Thailand
and the USA’ (2008) in Smith, C., McSweeney, B. and Fitzgerald, R. (Eds) Remaking Management Practices: Beyond Global and National Approaches, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
· ‘An Ethical Evaluation of Product Placement – A Deceptive Practice?’ Business Ethics – A European Review (2008, in press) (with R. Tiwsakul and L. Preuss).

Ashok Jashapara BSc Eng, MBA, DBA, FRSE, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Knowledge Management
· Jashapara, Ashok, (2005), Knowledge Management: An Integrated Approach, Warsaw: Polskie
Wydawnictwo Economiczne, Polish translation.
· Jashapara, Ashok, (2004), Knowledge Management: An Integrated Approach, Harlow, Essex: Prentice Hall, 324pp. Barlow, James, Cohen, Michael; Jashapara, Ashok and Simpson, Yvonne, (1997), Towards Positive Partnering: Revealing the Realities in the Construction Industry, University of Bristol: The Policy Press.

Catherine Liston-Heyes BA, PhD
Reader in Business Economics
· ‘An Investigation of Real Versus Perceived Corporate Social Performance in S&P 500 firms’ (with G.C. Ceton) Journal of Business Ethics. Publication date: 2009.
· ‘Cause-Related Marketing in the Retail and Finance Sectors: An Exploratory Study of the Determinants of Cause Selection and Non-Profit Alliances’ (with C. G. Liu) Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Publication date: 2009.
· ‘The Win-Win’ Paradigm and Stakeholder Integration’ (with J. A. Plaza-Úbeda, J. Burgos-
Jiménez and D. A. Vazquez) Business Strategy and the Environment. Publication date: 2009.
· ‘Corporate Discourse and Environmental Performance in Argentina’ (with Diego Vazquez) Business Strategy and the Environment, 2008, 17:179-193.

Alan Pilkington BEng, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Production and Operations Management
· ‘The Evolution of the Intellectual Structure of Operations Management-1980-2006: A Citation/
Co-Citation Analysis,’ with J. Meredith, Wake Forest University, forthcoming/Journal of Operations Management, (2008) Vol. 26.
· ‘Defi ning Key Inventors: A Comparison of Fuel Cell and Nanotechnology Industries,’ with L. Lee, C. Chan and S. Ramakrishna, NUS, Singapore, forthcoming/ Technology Forecasting and Social Change, (2008) Vol. 75.
· ‘Research Themes, Concepts and Relationships: A study of International Journal of Service
Industry Management (1990 to 2005),’ with Chai K.H., International Journal of Service Industry
Management, (2008) Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 83-110.

Director of External Undergraduate Management Programme
Bill Ryan
BA, MBA, PhD
Lecturer in Accounting
· Bill Ryan (2007) ‘Budgeting, the Individual and the capital market: A case of fiscal stress’, Accounting Forum Journal. Bill Ryan (2006) ‘Budgeting, the individual and the capital markets: A case of fiscal stress?’ School of Management Research Paper Series 2006.
· Bill Ryan (2005) ‘The problematic nature of organisation culture and a changing control context’, Journal of Strategic Change, 14: 431-440.