Professor Margaret Fletcher

Professor of International Business (Management)

email: Margaret.Fletcher@glasgow.ac.uk

Management,, Adam Smith Business School, Adam Smith Building, 2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, G11 6EY

Biography

Margaret joined the Adam Smith Business School in 2009 after she completed her PhD and ESRC post-doctoral studies in International Business at Glasgow. She was a member of the School's Senior Leadership Team and Head of Management Subject (2021-24). Margaret led the School’s Athena Swan Gender Equality application, which was awarded in 2019.

Her research interests are in the field of International Business and International Entrepreneurship. Her research is on the internationalisation process of firms and learning, and has a strong policy focus.

Margaret has a wide range of lecturing and supervision experience and specialises in experiential learning pedagogy in International Business and team based learning.

She is currently vice chair of Teaching Innovations for the Teaching and Education special interest group at the Academy of International Business and has served on the executive board of the AIB UK and Ireland chapter as doctoral convenor and DEI officer.

Research interests

Margaret is a member of the International Business and Enterprise research cluster.

Areas of expertise:

International business
International entrepreneurship
Internationalisation of the firm
SME internationalisation policy
Engaged scholarship

Publications

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2025

Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Calixto, Cyntia (2025) Innovative teaching strategies in international business. AIB Insights, 25(1), (doi: 10.46697/001c.127916)

2024

Sinkovics, Noemi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5143-6870, Sinkovics, Rudolf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4471-5054, Boussebaa, Mehdi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4283-2468 and Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (Eds.) (2024) International Business and SDG 8: Exploring the Relationship between IB and Society. Series: The Academy of International Business. Palgrave Macmillan: London. ISBN 9783031468018

Sinkovics, Noemi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5143-6870, Sinkovics, Rudolf R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4471-5054, Boussebaa, Mehdi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4283-2468 and Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (2024) International Business and SDG 8: An Introduction to the Theme. In: Sinkovics, Noemi, Sinkovics, Rudolf R., Boussebaa, Mehdi and Fletcher, Margaret (eds.) International Business and SDG 8. Series: The Academy of International Business. Palgrave Macmillan: London, pp. 3-8. ISBN 9783031468018 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-46802-5_1)

2023

Schembri, Joe, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Buck, Trevor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-9309 (2023) To go or not to go? Opportunities as triggers of commitment to internationalisation. Journal of World Business, 58(2), 101388. (doi: 10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101388)

2022

Yu, Honglan, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Buck, Trevor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-9309 (2022) Managing digital transformation during re-internationalization: Trajectories and implications for performance. Journal of International Management, 28(4), 100947. (doi: 10.1016/j.intman.2022.100947)

Yu, Honglan, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Buck, Trevor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-9309 (2022) Learning processes during re-internationalization: A case study of Chinese SMEs. In: International Business in Times of Crisis: Tribute Volume to Geoffrey Jones. Emerald Publishing Limited: Bingley, pp. 131-167. ISBN 9781802621648 (doi: 10.1108/S1745-886220220000016010)

Dieleman, Marleen, Šilenskytė, Aušrinė, Lynden, Karen, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Panina, Daria (2022) Teaching Innovations in the Field of IB: insights from the Academy of International Business Teaching Innovation Award 2021 finalists. Journal of Teaching in International Business, 33(4), pp. 174-180. (doi: 10.1080/08975930.2022.2137280)

Dieleman, Marleen, Šilenskytė, Aušrinė, Lynden, Karen, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Panina, Daria (2022) Toward more impactful International Business education: a teaching innovation typology. Journal of Teaching in International Business, 33(4), pp. 181-202. (doi: 10.1080/08975930.2022.2137279)

2021

Ji, Junzhe, Li, Nicolas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0746-7802, Liouka, Ioanna, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865, Tang, Yee Kwan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5838-3305 and Slow, Jonathan (2021) “Where to” micromultinationals? A tribute to Professor Pavlos Dimitratos. European Management Journal, 39(4), pp. 404-409. (doi: 10.1016/j.emj.2021.07.004)

Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865, Honeychurch, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9931-6827 and Ikegwuonu, Iyke (2021) Using Team-based Learning in an International Business Programme. Using Team-based Learning in an IB Programme, 17 Jun 2021.

Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865, Harris, Simon and Richey Jr., Robert Glenn (2021) Retrospective and prospective learning: accelerating the internationalization process. Journal of World Business, 56(3), 101191. (doi: 10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101191)

Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Honeychurch, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9931-6827 (2021) Using team-based learning in an International Business Programme. AIB Teaching and Education News, 2, p. 9.

2020

Slow, J., Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Slow, F. (2020) Exporters are Different: the Impact of Coronavirus on Scottish Enterprise Supported Exporting Businesses. ISBE 2020, Cardiff, UK, 04-05 Nov 2020 [Event cancelled]. (Unpublished)

2019

Schembri, Joe, Tang, Yee Kwan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5838-3305, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Dimitratos, Pavlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2106-9683 (2019) How do European trade promotion organisations manage their stakeholders? International Business Review, 28(6), 101595. (doi: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101595)

Slow, J., Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Slow, F. (2019) Moving Beyond Exporting: Strategic Internationalisation Models. ISBE 2019, Newcastle, UK, 14-15 Nov 2019.

2018

Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865, Zhao, Yang, Plakoyiannaki, Emmanuella and Buck, Trevor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-9309 (2018) Three pathways to case selection in International Business: a twenty–year review, analysis and synthesis. International Business Review, 27(4), pp. 755-766. (doi: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2017.12.004)

Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865, Dimitratos, Pavlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2106-9683 and Young, Stephen (2018) How can academic-policy collaboration become more effective? A stewardship approach to academic-policy engaged scholarship: the case of SME internationalisation. Transnational Corporations, 25(1), pp. 23-41.

Slow, Jonathan and Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (2018) Increasing the Number of Scottish International Businesses. Project Report. Scottish Enterprise.

2017

Slow, J. and Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (2017) Increasing the Number of Scottish Exporters: the ACE model and its Application by Scottish Enterprise. ISBE 2017, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 08-09 Nov 2017.

2016

Dimitratos, Pavlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2106-9683, Buck, Trevor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-9309, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Li, Nicholas (2016) The motivation of international entrepreneurship: the case of Chinese transnational entrepreneurs. International Business Review, 25(5), pp. 1103-1113. (doi: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.01.012)

Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865, Young, Stephen and Dimitratos, Pavlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2106-9683 (2016) Making research more policy relevant: A Longitudinal case study of engaged scholarship. In: Tüselmann, H., Buzdugan, S., Cao, Q., Freund, D. and Golesorkhi, S. (eds.) Impact of International Business: Challenges and Solutions for Policy and Practice. Series: Academy of International Business Book Series. Palgrave Macmillan: London, pp. 201-219. ISBN 9781137569455

2015

Plakoyiannaki, Emmanuella, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865, Buck, Trevor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-9309 and Zhao, Yang (2015) Demystifying Case Study Selection in International Business Research. In: British Academy of Management Conference 2015, Portsmouth, UK, 8-10 Sept 2015,

2014

Plakoyiannaki, Emmanuella, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865, Buck, Trevor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-9309 and Zhao, Yang (2014) Demystifying Case Study Selection in International Business Research. In: 40th EIBA Annual Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, 11-13 Dec 2014,

2013

Dimitratos, Pavlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2106-9683, Li, Nicolas, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and D'Angelo, Alfredo (2013) A Review of Current International Business and International Entrepreneurship Research and its Policy-making Implications. Final report. Project Report. Scottish Development International / Scottish Enterprise. (Unpublished)

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865, Harris, S. and Richey, G. (2013) Internationalization knowledge: what, why, where and when? Journal of International Marketing, 21(3), pp. 47-71. (doi: 10.1509/jim.12.0121)

2012

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Harris, S. (2012) Knowledge acquisition for the internationalization of the smaller firm: content and sources. International Business Review, 21(4), pp. 631-647. (doi: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.07.008)

2011

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Loane, S. (2011) Introduction to the Special Issue, International entrepreneurship: areas for future research. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 18(3), pp. 410-428.

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Plakoyiannaki, E. (2011) Case selection in international business: key issues and common misconceptions. In: Marschan-Pierkkari, R. and Welch, C. (eds.) Rethinking the Case Study in International Business and Management Research. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK, pp. 171-192. ISBN 9781848441842

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Prashantham, S. (2011) Knowledge assimilation processes of rapidly internationalising firms: longitudinal case studies of Scottish SMEs. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 18(3), pp. 475-501. (doi: 10.1108/14626001111155673)

2010

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (2010) The role of knowledge and learning in the internationalisation of SMEs: issues for international entrepreneurship. Enterprising Matters, Spring,

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Plakoyiannaki, E. (2010) Sampling in case study research. In: Mills, A.J., Durepos, G. and Wiebe, E (eds.) Encyclopaedia of Case Study Research. Sage: Thousand Oaks, CA, USA, pp. 837-840. ISBN 9781412956703

2009

Jones, Marian V., Dimitratos, Pavlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2106-9683, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Young, Stephen (Eds.) (2009) Internationalization, Entrepreneurship And The Smaller Firm: Evidence From Around The World. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham. ISBN 9781847208309

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (2009) Knowledge assimilation processes of internationalising SMEs: Assimilating new knowledge. In: Fink, M. and Kraus, S. (eds.) Management of Small and Medium Enterprises. Series: Routledge Studies in Small Business (15). Routledge: London, UK, pp. 245-262. ISBN 9780415467247

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (2009) Learning processes in the development of absorptive capacity of internationalising SMEs. In: Jones, M.V., Dimitratos, P., Fletcher, M. and Young, S. (eds.) Internationalization, Entrepreneurship and The Smaller Firm: Evidence From Around The World. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 73-90. ISBN 9781847208309

2008

Bruns, V. and Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (2008) Banks' risk assessment of Swedish SMEs. Venture Capital, 10(2), pp. 171-194. (doi: 10.1080/13691060801946089)

2007

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865, Dimitratos, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2106-9683 and Young, S. (2007) Scottish Enterprise Global Companies Development Programme Longitudinal Research and Evaluation, Final Summary Report. Project Report. Centre for Internationalization & Enterprise Research, University of Glasgow, Glasgow. (Unpublished)

Young, S., Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Dimitratos, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2106-9683 (2007) Scottish Enterprise Global Companies Programme Longitudinal Evaluation Study. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

2006

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Young, S. (2006) Scottish Enterprise Global Companies Development Programme Longitudinal Research and Evaluation, Cohort Two, Phase Two Report. Project Report. Centre for Internationalization & Enterprise Research, University of Glasgow, Glasgow. (Unpublished)

2004

Deakins, David, Ram, Monder, Smallbone, David and Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (2004) Ethnic minority entrepreneurs and the commercial banks in the UK: access to formal sources of finance anddecision-making by their bankers. In: Stiles, Curt H. and Galbraith, Craig S. (eds.) Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Structure and Process. Series: International research in the business disciplines (4). JAI Press, pp. 293-314. ISBN 9780762310333

2002

Deakins, D., Ram, M., Smallbone, D., Baldock, R., Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Jones, T. (2002) Ethnic Minority Businesses in the UK: Access to Finance and Business Support. Project Report. British Bankers' Association. (Unpublished)

Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Harris, Simon (2002) Seven aspects of strategy formation: exploring the value of planning. International Small Business Journal, 20(3), pp. 297-314. (doi: 10.1177/0266242602203004)

2000

Harris, Simon, Forbes, Tom and Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (2000) Taught and enacted strategic approaches in young enterprises. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 6(3), pp. 125-145. (doi: 10.1108/13552550010346217)

1999

Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (1999) Promoting entrepreneurship as a career option - the graduate enterprise programme. Journal of European Industrial Training, 23(3), pp. 127-139. (doi: 10.1108/03090599910261808)

1996

Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (1996) How bank managers make lending decisions to small firms. In: Blackburn, R. and Jennings, P. (eds.) Small Firms: Contributions to Economic Regeneration. Paul Chapman: London. ISBN 1853963399

1995

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (1995) Bank Managers Lending Decisions to Small Firms. Project Report. Scottish Enterprise Foundation. (Unpublished)

Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (1995) Decision making by Scottish bank managers. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 1(2), pp. 37-53. (doi: 10.1108/13552559510090613)

1994

Smith, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (1994) Review of the Graduate Enterprise Programme in Scotland. Project Report. New Ventures Team, Scottish Enterprise. (Unpublished)

Smith, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (1994) Graduate Enterprise Programme. In: Jain, G.J. and Gupta, D. (eds.) New Initiatives in Entrepreneurship Education and Training. Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, pp. 23-40.

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Number of items: 48.

Articles

Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Calixto, Cyntia (2025) Innovative teaching strategies in international business. AIB Insights, 25(1), (doi: 10.46697/001c.127916)

Bruns, V. and Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (2008) Banks' risk assessment of Swedish SMEs. Venture Capital, 10(2), pp. 171-194. (doi: 10.1080/13691060801946089)

Book Sections

Edited Books

Research Reports or Papers

Slow, Jonathan and Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (2018) Increasing the Number of Scottish International Businesses. Project Report. Scottish Enterprise.

Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (1995) Bank Managers Lending Decisions to Small Firms. Project Report. Scottish Enterprise Foundation. (Unpublished)

Smith, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 (1994) Review of the Graduate Enterprise Programme in Scotland. Project Report. New Ventures Team, Scottish Enterprise. (Unpublished)

Conference or Workshop Item

Slow, J., Fletcher, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865 and Slow, F. (2019) Moving Beyond Exporting: Strategic Internationalisation Models. ISBE 2019, Newcastle, UK, 14-15 Nov 2019.

Conference Proceedings

Plakoyiannaki, Emmanuella, Fletcher, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-7865, Buck, Trevor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-9309 and Zhao, Yang (2014) Demystifying Case Study Selection in International Business Research. In: 40th EIBA Annual Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, 11-13 Dec 2014,

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Grants

2016: PI ESRC Festival of Social Science grant, Doing International Business: Acquiring Knowledge, Learning and Networks awarded, £500.

2013: 15 PI British Academy/Leverhulme Grant, Case Study Sampling: A Study of Practices in International Business (£9,511), Ref 40103100, 01/06/2013-31/05/2015.

Supervision

Margaret is interested in the internationalisation of the firm.

Current PhD students

Tang, Tao
Top Management Team Characteristics and MNEs Internationalisation Decisions in the Era of Digital Transformation

Completed PhD students

Rabab Al Hasni
Small and Medium enterprises Access to Bank Lending in Oil based Economies Oman as case study

Yu Honglan
Post-entry Exporting Turnaround: Phenomenon-driven Research Among Chinese SMEs

Nicolas Li
The Internationalisation of Chinese Transnational Entrepreneurial Firms: A Comparative Study with Indigenous Counterparts in Canada and UK

Joe Schembri
The Development of International Opportunities by Knowledge-Intensive Firms from a Small, Peripheral Economy

Xiaofei Zhou
Exploring the Role of Social Capital in Promoting Knowledge Transfer: Evidence from International Collaboration in China's Pharmaceutical Sector

Teaching

Programme leader MSc International Business (2015-20)

Course Co-ordinator:

Market Analysis for International New Venture Creation (MSc)
Specialist research methods for International Business (MSc)
Internationalisation, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MSc)
Export Marketing (MSc in International Strategic Marketing)
Business and Management: Marketing (undergraduate)
Case study methodology (PhD)
Entrepreneurship: Marketing (undergraduate)
Management for Accountants: Marketing (undergraduate)

Additional information

External roles

Member of the executive committee for the Academy of International Business (AIB) UK and Ireland Chapter: Doctoral Colloquium Convener (2013-2017), Equality and Diversity officer and Teaching and Education SIG representative (2018-2024).
Member of AIB (World) IB Teaching and Education SIG: vice chair of Finances (2019-2023), co-chair Teaching Innovations (2023-current).
Co-chair the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (IBSE), Entrepreneurial Learning Practice and Policy Special Interest Group (2013-17). Workshop series: Entrepreneurial Learning Policy and Practice Group.

Margaret hosted two workshops as part of the ISBE series:

Entrepreneurial Learning: Growth and Internationalisation

Video: Entrepreneurial Learning: Growth and Internationalisation workshop

Succeeding in China: Knowledge and Networks

Video: Succeeding in China - Knowledge and Networks

Notes: Succeeding in China – the lessons of experience (pdf)

Awards

Lazaridis Institute / EIBA Conference, SMEs and International Entrepreneurship Best Paper Award, 2020: Yu^,H., Fletcher, M. and Trevor Buck, T.^.(2020). “Re-internationalization and changes in international learning: evidence from Chinese international SMEs”, EIBA online conference, 11-12 December.
Winner of the Journal of International Marketing S. Tamer Cavusgil Award 2013 for the article that advanced the practice of international marketing management. Shortlisted for the 2019 five-year impact Hans B Thorelli Award:Fletcher, M., Harris, S. and Richey, R.G. (2013). “ Internationalization Knowledge: What, Why, Where and When?”, Journal of International Marketing, Vol 21(3), pp 47-71 ,

Guest speaker/ visiting lecturer

2019: University of Pavia, “Retrospective and Prospective Learning for Accelerating the Internationalisation Process”
2018: National Trade Academy Programme - Global Trade and Investment Seminar, “Internationalisation of Companies”
2012-2016: ESCEM Business School, Poitiers, France, “Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Marketing and Export Strategies of SMEs”
2015: PhD Workshop, University of Lancaster, “Case study selection and sampling”
2014: Brunel University research seminar, “Learning for Internationalisation – linking theory and practice”

Assessor

ESRC funding awards
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada grant applications

Dr Margaret Fletcher, Senior Lecturer in International Business

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