• Professorial Research Fellow (Management)

email: Pavlos.Dimitratos@glasgow.ac.uk

Research interests

SME Internationalisation, Entrepreneurship in Multinational Subsidiaries, International Entrepreneurship and Management

Biography

Holding four degrees from three different countries, Pavlos is a Professor in Management/ Business School of the University of Glasgow; and, a Co-Director of the Centre of Internationalisation and Enterprise Research (CIER). Previously he has served at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece and the University of Strathclyde, UK. His research interests are in international entrepreneurship, international management and international strategy. His publications include 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 4 guest-editorials, 1 book, 6 edited books, 23 book chapters and more than 60 international conference proceedings. His publications appear in journals such as the British Journal of Management, Business History, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Environment and Planning, International Business Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management, International Small Business Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of World Business and Management International Review. He is cited as one of the leading researchers in international entrepreneurship (in the article 'Transnationalizing Entrepreneurship: A Critical Agenda for Economic Geography', author Yeung H.W.-C., Progress in Human Geography, 33(2), 2009, 210-235). His paper 'Does Confucian Dynamism Complement the OLI Framework? A Study of Chinese Private Firms' coauthored with Dr Junzhi Ji was awarded the Best Paper Award on Emerging Markets at the 36th European International Business Academy Conference, December 2010, Porto, Portugal. Pavlos has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international business, international entrepreneurship, global business environment, management of multinational subsidiaries and international/export marketing. He has served as supporting supervisor to PhD students in themes such as entrepreneurship in multinational subsidiaries, management of multinational enterprises, international decision-making, international mergers and acquisitions, learning in internationalised small firms and networking in internationalised small firms. He is a member of the Executive Boards of the Academy of International Business (Secretary of the AIB - UK & Ireland Chapter) and the European International Business Academy (EIBA). He has been coordinator and investigator in several international business research projects collaborating with colleagues across the world; while served as a consultant to organisations such as the European Union, Scottish Enterprise and UNCTAD.

Qualifications

• PhD Business Administration (University of Manchester, UK)
• MBA (University of Rochester, USA)
• BBA (Athens University of Economics and Business)
• BSc Business Administration (American College of Greece)

Entrepreneurship in Multinational Subsidiaries: With S. Young & I. Liouka (University of Glasgow), S. Zahra (University of Minnesota), J. Birkinshaw (London Business School) - funding by Economic and Social Research Council.

Global and Micromultinational Small and Medium Sized Firms in UK, USA and Greece: With S. Young & S. Prashanthan (University of Glasgow), J. Johnson (St Mary’s University, USA) - funding by Scottish Enterprise, St Mary’s University & Athens University of Economics and Business.

Internationalisation Process of Small Firms in the Scottish Medical Products Industry: With M. V. Jones & G. Vlachos (University of Glasgow) and C. Wheeler (University of Portsmouth) - funding by Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, Synergy Fund & University of Portsmouth.

Phd supervision areas

Pavlos is interested in co-supervising PhD researchers in the area of International Entrepreneurship and International Management.  Potential themes include the internationalisation of small firms and the management of multinational subsidiaries.

International business, international entrepreneurship, global business environment, management of the multinational enterprise and subsidiaries, and international/export marketing

More than 470 citations exist to his publications (source SCHOLARGOOGLE); 80 according to ISI WEB.

Regular reviewer for journals including the British Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, International Business Review, International Journal of the Economics of Business, International Journal of Management Reviews, International Small Business Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of World Business, Long Range Planning, Management International Review, Organization Studies, Progress in Human Geography and Regional Studies; and, academic conferences (European International Business Academy conferences, Academy of International Business conferences, European Marketing Academy conferences, Academy of Management, European Academy of Management  conferences). Regular reviewer of research grant applications for the ESRC, EU, Swiss National Science Foundation, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada), Greek Ministry of Development and Qatar National Research Fund.

Excellent command of English and Greek. Working command of German and French.