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Current projects

Title	Funder	Start date	End date
Strategic Crafting of Country-of-Origin-Image: Strengthening Competitive Advantages of Firms in Times of Global Geopolitical and Economic Uncertainty		1 January 2020	31 December 2022
Compliance cascades in global value chains		1 January 2020	31 August 2021
Uncovering Challenges to Innovation Adoption and Sustainability Practices at Bottom-of-the-Pyramid		1 January 2020	31 August 2021
Awareness and attitude towards modern slavery acts by British and Australian small and medium sized enterprises			1 January 2021
Industry’s engagement with and response to the development of modern slavery acts in Australia, France, and the UK			1 January 2021

Past projects

Title	Funder	Start date	End date
The Impact of Country Alliances on International Business: A Commonwealth Perspective		1 February 2019	31 August 2020
Pulling a thread: unravelling the trail of modern slavery in the fashion and textile industry	The British Academy	15 November 2017	15 February 2019
FDI and economic integration in europe and North America
Emerging market global players
Barriers to and policy issues arising from FDI in China
India
Globalisation
Ethnography and International Business
FDI by Chinese Firms Major topics: Motivation for Chinese investment abroad (PJB, ARC)
International Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
Productivity, Innovation and MNEs (MK, PJB, LJC)
The Local Economy
Knowledge Management in Multinational Enterprises
International Mergers and Acquisitions
India - China FDI comparisons
Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe
Strategy of MNES
Property Rights Issues in China Major topic: Intellectual property issues and FDI (LJC, ARC).
Technology transfer and reform in Chinese State owned Enterprises (LJC, PJB).
Knowledge and Technology Transfer and Reform of the Domestic Sector
Knowledge transfer and management in Chinese multinationals (PJB, MJC, LJC).
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China Major topics: Spillover effects from inward foreign direct investment (FDI) (PJB, LJC)