Andrew Johnston

Dr. Andrew Johnston

MSc., MBA, PhD

Affiliations

Assistant Professor

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

Contact information

Phone number

Office: 403.220.5618

Location

Office: SH425

Background

Educational Background

BA (Hons) Social Sciences , Leeds Beckett University , 2007

MSc. Comparative Politics , London School of Economics, 2008

MBA Finance, University of Calgary, 2019

PhD Strategy and Global Management, University of Calgary, 2025

Biography

Dr. Andrew Kent Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business. He earned his PhD in Strategy and Global Management from the University of Calgary in 2025.


Dr. Johnston's research focuses on international business theory, with a primary emphasis on multinational enterprises, emerging market multinationals, and business history.

Research

Areas of Research

International Business, FDI, Strategy, Business History, Merchant Banking, Environmental Negotiations, Oil and Gas Businesses

Awards

  • Best Student Paper - Strategy Division, Administrative Science Association of Canada . 2021

Publications

  • Internationalization decisions in family firms: The impact of bifurcation bias. In The Palgrave Handbook of Family Firm Internationalization. Kano, L., Verbeke, A., & Johnston, A.. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 3-35. (2021)
  • The full canvas: Exploring the bright and dark sides of international business strategy. In The New Frontiers of International Business: Development, Evolving Topics, and Implications for Practice. Verbeke, A., Kano, L., & Johnston, A. K.. Cham: Springer International Publishing.. pp. 13-51. (2022)
  • The Functional and Dysfunctional Properties of Family Governance: Insights from the Rothschilds. In Academy of Management Proceedings . Kano, L. L., & Johnston, A. K. . Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.. Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 15722. (2022)
  • Success and failure in family firm internationalization: The case of Rothschild. Liena Kano, Luciano Ciravegna, Andrew Johnston, & Alain Verbeke. Journal of International Business Studies. (52)477-498. (2026)