Alain Verbeke

Alain Verbeke

Professor of International Business Strategy (SGMA) McCaig Chair in Management, FRSC

Positions

Professor

Haskayne School of Business, Strategy and Global Management [SGMA]

McCaig Chair in Management

Haskayne School of Business

Contact information

Email

alain.verbeke@haskayne.ucalgary.ca

Web presence

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Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-8633

Location

Office: SH420

Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Business Economics, University of Antwerp, 1986

M.B.A/M.P.A Business Economics, University of Antwerp, 1985

Bachelor of Business Economics, University of Antwerp, 1982

Biography

Dr. Alain Verbeke FRSC holds the McCaig Research Chair in Management and is a Professor of International Business Strategy at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. He has been both the Research Director and the Area Chair of the Strategy and Global Management Area, at the Haskayne School of Business. In 2014, Dr. Verbeke was elected as the Inaugural Alan M. Rugman Memorial Fellow at the Henley Business School, University of Reading (UK). He is the immediate past Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Business Studies (2017- 2022). In 2024, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Verbeke served as the Director of the MBA programme, Solvay Business School, University of Brussels (VUB). He has been a Visiting Professor at Dalhousie University, the University of Toronto and the Université Catholique de Louvain, as well as an Associate Fellow of Templeton College, University of Oxford (now Green Templeton College). He has also been an Academic Associate of the Centre for International Business and Management, Judge Business School (University of Cambridge) and was associated with the Skolkovo Institute for Emerging Market Studies (SIEMS), as an affiliated researcher. From 2016 to 2018, he was a Non-Resident Fellow with the Center for Emerging Market Studies, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai, China. He presently serves as Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at the College of Business (Nanyang Business School), Singapore. He is an elected Fellow of the Academy of International Business, and has served as Secretary and Treasurer of the Fellows. He is also an elected Fellow of the European International Business Academy (EIBA).

Dr. Verbeke has been a member of the European Science and Technology Assembly (ESTA), the highest advisory body to the European Commission on the future of European scientific and innovation policy and has served on the board of directors of various educational and scientific research institutions. He is a leading thinker on the strategic management of multinational enterprises.

His academic research agenda consists of revisiting, rethinking and augmenting the core paradigms in international business and strategy, especially internalization theory, which is focused on the governance of new resource combinations in multinational enterprises. He has particular expertise in the management of headquarters - subsidiary relationships and broader governance challenges of internationally operating firms.

Dr. Verbeke has authored or edited over 30 international business books and numerous refereed publications, including many articles in leading scholarly journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal and The Journal of Management Studies.

Research

Areas of Research

Research Interests
  • International Business Strategy
  • Transaction Cost Economics
  • Multinational Enterprises
  • International Business
  • Governance

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
SGMA 707 LEC 01 01 Adv Strategic Management Tools 2024
MGST 79760 LEC 01 01 Directed Doctoral Study Mgmt 2024

Awards

  • AWARDS and DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, 2014 - 2025.
  • Ranked number one in Canada and in the world for international business (‘Business Studies’), during the past five-year period, by ScholarGPS.
  • Ranked number one in Canada and number twelve in the world for ‘Strategic Management’, (lifetime, among living scholars), by ScholarGPS.
  • Elected as Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2024.
  • Honoree of the Progress in International Business Research Volume: ‘Walking the Talk? MNEs Transitioning to a Sustainable World’, 2023.
  • Consulting Editor, Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), 2023 - present.
  • Chair of the 2022 - 2023 Task Force of the AIB Fellows for new criteria to nominate and elect Fellows, with a focus on improving gender balance and geographic diversity, and with a view to extend the categories of merit considered in the nomination process.
  • Exemplary Service Award, Academy of International Business for service to the Journal of International Business Studies, 2023.
  • Outstanding Achievement Award, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, 2023.
  • Chair of the 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 - 2025, SSHRC Insight Grants Committees for Business and Management.
  • Co-Chair and Principal Program Organizer of the SMS 2023 Global Conference (Toronto), selected by the Board of the Strategic Management Society.
  • The article ‘Regional and Global Strategies of Multinational Enterprises’ (JIBS, 2004), selected as Iconic Global Strategy Paper, awarded by the Strategic Management Society, 2021.
  • Re-appointed Editor-in Chief, Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), AIB Executive Board, 2020 - 2022.
  • Double Gold Medal for Scholarly and Service contributions to the Journal of International Business Studies, Academy of International Business, 2019.
  • Dean’s Circle Distinguished Research Fellow, College of Business, Florida International University, 2019.
  • PhD Supervisor Excellence, University of Calgary, 2018.
  • Honorary Professorship, the University of International Business and Economics – UIBE (Beijing, China), 2017.
  • Conference Program Co-Chair for the SMS Special Conference in Banff (Canada) on ‘Transforming Entrepreneurial Thinking into Dynamic Capabilities’, Strategic Management Society, 2017.
  • Elected as Fellow, European International Business Academy, 2019.
  • Editor-in Chief, Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), AIB Executive Board, 2017 - 2019.
  • Chair of the SSHRC Partnership Development Grants Committee, 2016.
  • Chair of the SSHRC Appeals Committee, 2015 and 2016.
  • Best Senior Editor Award, Management and Organization Review (award conferred by Prof. Arie Lewin, Editor-in-Chief on behalf of Cambridge University Press), 2015.
  • Appointed Deputy Editor, Multinational Business Review, 2014.
  • Elected as the Inaugural Alan M. Rugman Memorial Fellow, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK, 2014.
  • Killam Research Excellence Award, University of Calgary, 2014.

Publications

  • International business in times of crisis: What perspective to take? (Vol. 16). van Tulder, R., Verbeke, A., Piscitello, L. & Puck J. (Eds.). Emerald Publishing Limited. (2022)
  • Crises and disruptions in international business: How multinational enterprises respond to crises. Mithani, M. A., Narula, R., Surdu, I., & Verbeke, A. (Eds.). Springer International Publishing. (2022)
  • International business strategy: Rethinking the foundations of global corporate success (3rd ed.). Verbeke, A., & Lee, I. H. Cambridge University Press (1st Edition 2007; 2nd edition 2013). (2021)
  • The multiple dimensions of institutional complexity in international business research (Vol. 15). Verbeke, A., van Tulder, R., Rose, E. L., & Wei, Y. (Eds.). Emerald Publishing Limited. (2021)
  • The Oxford handbook of international business strategy. Mellahi, K., Meyer, K., Narula, R., Surdu, I., & Verbeke, A. (Eds.). Oxford University Press. (2021)
  • Research methods in international business. Eden, L., Nielsen, B. B., & Verbeke, A. (Eds.). Palgrave Macmillan. (2020)
  • International business in a VUCA world: The changing role of states and firms (Vol. 14). van Tulder, R., Verbeke, A., & Jankowska, B.. Emerald Publishing Limited. (2019)
  • Contemporary international business in the Asia-Pacific region. Verbeke, A., Roberts, R. E., Delaney, D., Zámborský, P., & Enderwick, P., & Nagar, S.. Cambridge University Press. (2019)
  • Sustainable port clusters and economic development: Building competitiveness through clustering of spatially dispersed value chains. Haezendonck, E., & Verbeke, A.. Palgrave Macmillan. (2019)
  • International business in the information and digital age (Vol. 13). van Tulder, R., Verbeke, A., & Piscitello, L. (Eds.). Emerald Publishing Limited. (2018)
  • Distance in international business: Concept, cost and value (Vol. 12). Verbeke, A., Puck, J., & van Tulder, R. (Eds.). Emerald Publishing Limited. (2017)
  • Global corporate strategy and trade policy (Anniversary re-issue of 1990 book). Rugman, A. M., and Verbeke, A.. Routledge. (2017)
  • The Challenge of BRIC multinationals, (Vol. 11). van Tulder, R., Verbeke, A., Carneiro, J. and Gonzalez-Perez, M.A. (Eds.). Emerald Publishing Limited. (2016)
  • The future of global organizing (Vol. 10). van Tulder, R., Verbeke, A., & Drogendijk, R. (Eds.). Emerald Publishing Limited. (2015)
  • Multinational enterprises, markets and institutional diversity (Vol. 9). Verbeke, A., van Tulder, R., & Lundan, S. (Eds.). Emerald Publishing Limited. (2014)
  • International business and sustainable development (Vol. 8). van Tulder, R., Verbeke, A., & Strange, R. (Eds.). Emerald Group Publishing. (2014)
  • New policy challenges for European multinationals (Vol. 7). van Tulder, R., Verbeke, A., & Voinea, L. (Eds.). Emerald Group Publishing. (2012)
  • Handbook of research on international strategic management. Verbeke, A., & Merchant, H. (Eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing. (2013)
  • Entrepreneurship in the global firm (Vol. 6). Verbeke, A., Lehmann, A. T. T., & van Tulder, R. (Eds.). Emerald Group Publishing. (2011)
  • Handbook on small nations in the global economy: The contributions of multinational enterprises to national economic success. Van Den Bulcke, D., Verbeke, A., & Yuan, W. (Eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing. (2009)
  • Growing the virtual workplace: The integrative value proposition for telework. Verbeke, A., Schulz, R., Greidanus, N., & Hambley, L.. Edward Elgar Publishing. (2008)
  • Analysis of multinational strategic management: The selected scientific papers of Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke. Rugman, A. & Verbeke, A. Edward Elgar Publishing. (2005)
  • Internalization, international diversification and the multinational enterprise: Essays in honor of Alan M Rugman. Verbeke, A. (Ed.). Elsevier (JAI Press). (2005)
  • Moving towards the virtual workplace: Managerial and societal perspectives on telework. Illegems, V., & Verbeke, A. . Edward Elgar Publishing. (2003)
  • Globalization and the small open economy. Van Den Bulcke, D., & Verbeke, A. (Eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing. (2001)
  • The strategic management of high technology contracts: The case of CERN. Competence based and transaction cost perspectives. Nordberg, M., & Verbeke, A. Pergamon. (1999)
  • Beyond the diamond. Rugman, A. M., van den Broeck, J., & Verbeke, A. (Eds.). JAI Press. (1995)
  • Global competition: Beyond the three generics. Rugman, A. M. & Verbeke, A. (Eds.). JAI Press. (1993)
  • Corporate responses to global change. Rugman, A. M., & Verbeke, A. (Eds.). JAI-Press. (1992)
  • Global competition and the European community. Rugman, A. M., & Verbeke, A. (Eds.). JAI-Press. (1991)

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