Andrew Johnston

Andrew Johnston

MSc., MBA

Positions

PhD Candidate

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

Sessional Instructor

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

Contact information

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

Biography

Andrew Johnston is a PhD candidate and sessional instructor in strategy and global management at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. His research interests include the impact of home and host country national institutions on the strategies of international firms; and environmental negotiations between large firms, national governments, and Indigenous groups.

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)