Dr. Ziko Konwar
- Position: Assistant Professor of International Business
- Areas of expertise: Institutionalism and institutional theory. Global strategy of multinational enterprises.
- Email: Z.Konwar@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 8022
- Location: 2.08 10-12 Cromer Terrace
- Website: LinkedIn | Googlescholar
Profile
I am an Assistant Professor of International Business at Leeds University Business School and currently the LUBS Research Lead for Cheney Fellowship Project (24-26). Prior to this, I served as the Departmental Director for Internationalisation (21-24), Programme Director for MSc International Business@Leeds (2019-22), a Senior Teaching Fellow and completed a LITE Transformation Fellowship. Before Leeds, I was a Lecturer in International Business based in Sheffield Business School and was the PhD Academic Support tutor and MRes Course leader.
Before embarking on an academic career, I worked in the corporate sector - having worked in IBM and with United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), New Delhi.
Responsibilities
- LUBS Research Lead - Cheney Fellowship (24-26)
Research interests
My research interests are centered around two broad areas
a. Internationalisation to and from emerging markets,
b. MNE global strategy and institutional/ systemic approaches.
Grants: Cheney Fellowship (2024-26): details here.
LUBS Challenge Fund-II, 2020-21 (Lead investigator); “Uncovering Challenges to Innovation Adoption and Sustainability Practices at the Bottom-of-the Pyramid” please see details here
Michael Beverley Innovation Fellowship, 2020-21 (Co-investigator); “Creating environmental harmony within soybean production in Indonesia” please see details here
I have published in R&D Management, Industrial Marketing Management, International Marketing Review among others and review regularly for leading IB journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Journal of International Business Policy among others, as well as for annual AOM and AIB conferences.
I am a member of the Editorial Review Board of Journal of International Business Studies.
Qualifications
- PhD (International Business): Bradford University
- MSc (Management): Sheffield University
- MA (Politics): Jawaharlal Nehru University
- BA (Politics): University of Delhi
Professional memberships
- Academy of Management
- Strategic Management Society
- Academy of International Business
- European International Business Academy
- Fellow (Higher Education Academy)
Student education
I deliver (or delivered in the past) international business and and international strategy modules for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students.
LUBS5719 International Business Management (MBA)
LUBS5232 International Strategic Management (MSc)
LUBS5911 International Business Dissertation (MSc)
LUBS5999 IB PG Study Abroad (MSc)
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds