Dr Noemi Sinkovics
- Senior Lecturer in International Business (Management)
Biography
Noemi Sinkovics (PhD, The University of Manchester, UK) is Senior Lecturer in International Business at Glasgow University, Adam Smith Business School, UK. Prior to that, she worked at The University of Auckland, NZ and The University of Manchester, UK. Her research interests are theoretical and practical issues around entrepreneurship (including international and social entrepreneurship) and social, environmental and economic upgrading in global value chains. Her work has been published in International Business Review, International Marketing Review, Journal of Business Research, Journal of World Business, Management International Review, Journal of International Management, European Journal of International Management, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Critical Perspectives on International Business and as chapter contributions to edited volumes.
Research interests
Noemi is a member of the International Business and Enterprise (IBE) research cluster.
Research interests & areas of expertise:
The driving force behind my research is to make a contribution to knowledge production at the business-society interface. My research focuses on how organisations can conduct business in an environmentally and socially sustainable way without risking financial viability.
My current research projects are centring around the following themes:
- The contribution of business to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Theoretical and practical issues related to entrepreneurship and implications for international business
- Entrepreneurial business model design and capability development
- Theory building and methodological issues
Grants
Grants received
- Sinkovics, Noemi (2021), “Developing research on sustainability and circularity” NZ Performance based research fund (PBRF), NZ$ 6,500.
- Sinkovics, Rudolf, Antje Fiedler, Benjamin Fath, Grigorij Ljubownikow, Noemi Sinkovics, Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor (2020-2021), “Developing a research group on responsible business”, “Covid-19 and business model reconfiguration in exporting SMEs”, “Industry 4.0 awareness and readiness in NZ SMEs”. NZ Performance based research fund (PBRF), NZ$ 13,000.
- Sinkovics, Rudolf (PI) and Mo Yamin, Noemi Sinkovics, Khalid Nadvi, Martin Hess (Co-I’s) (2015), “Responsible business and global production network”, Lord-Alliance Strategic Research Investment Funds, Ref# LA-SRIF AA14179, £230,000.
- Sinkovics, Noemi and Rudolf R Sinkovics (2015), “SCERAT – Social and commercial enterprise resilience assessment tool”, UoM ESRC-IAA Award Ref# ES/M500392/1, fEC £42,000.
- Sinkovics, Noemi (2014), “Social value creation in International Business”, Alliance Manchester Business School Research Project Funding. £5,000
- Sinkovics, Noemi (2013), “Voluntary Servitude”, Fairness at Work Research Centre (FairWRC) @ University of Manchester project funding. £2,000
Supervision
Supervision opportunities and themes
I welcome PhD applications that fall within the broader research themes listed below.
- Migrant and refugee entrepreneurship
- Circular economy
- Firm contributions to the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
- Social and environmental issues in global value chains (GVCs), e.g. Modern slavery, sustainable innovation, circularity
- Diversity and inclusion in GVCs, e.g. indigenous people, gender issues
PhD supervision - current
- Abeysaykara Balagae, Denanjalee
Sustainability in the Apparel Industry - Peng, Dengyue
Establishing social trust mechanism for AI technology -- Bas
PhD supervision - completed
- 2021 - Employability Skills for Workforce Relevance
- 2020 - The drivers of successful partnerships between business and civil society organisations
- 2020 - Beyond CSR in the Sri-Lanka textile industry
- 2019 - Social value creation in different development contexts
- 2016 - Supplier strategies towards economic and social upgrading: the drivers and implications for workers
Teaching
Current (2022)
- MGT5045 - Internationalisation of SMEs
Additional information
Editorships
- Editor-in-chief for Data in Brief (Elsevier), 2022-
- Associate editor, Critical perspectives on international business (cpoib), Emerald, 2022-
Editorial review board member
- International Business Review (IBR), Elsevier, since 2021
- European Management Journal (EMJ), Elsevier, since 2021
- Transnational Corporations (TNC), United Nations, since 2018
- Critical perspectives on international business (cpoib), Emerald, 2020-2021
- Data in Brief, Section editor (Elsevier), 2021
Special issue editor
- Noemi Sinkovics, Vieira Marques, Luciana, and Rob van Tulder (2020), “Working towards the Sustainable Development Goals in earnest – critical perspectives on international business (in progress)
- Guest editor, Sustainability (2021), "Sustainable business model innovation: Review, analysis and impact on society"
- Guest editor, Critical perspectives on International Business (2020), "Social value creation in international business"
Ad-hoc reviewer for various journals
- see Publons records
Track chair
- Track Grand Challenges and Sustainability (2021), Academy of International Business Oceania Chapter Annual Research Symposium
- Track Critical Perspectives and International Business with Mehdi Boussebaa (2020), 47th Academy of International Business UK & Ireland Chapter (AIB UKI) conference, Glasgow UK, 2-4 April
- Track Networking and relationships (2018), 44th European International Business Association (EIBA) conference, Poznan Poland, 13-15 December
Academic leadership service for academic bodies
- Executive Board Member and Communications Officer of the Women in AIB (WAIB) Shared Interest Group, since 2021
- Vice President Communications of the Academy of International Business Oceania Chapter (AIB Oceania), since 2021
- Social Media Editor, critical perspectives on international business, since 2019
- Executive Board Member and Communications Officer, Academy of International Business UK and Ireland Chapter, 2018-2021
Public engagement, knowledge transfer and capacity building
Presentations at practitioner conferences and public talks
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Sinkovics, Noemi (2021), “Contextual analysis of migrant work and migrant entrepreneurship”, United Nations 75 dialogue platform organized by Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
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Sinkovics, Noemi (2021), “Migrant Entrepreneurship: Classifications and Narratives”, presented in Competing Narratives in the Global Disorder debate: Migration and Integration – British Academy Deep Dive
- Sinkovics, Noemi (2020), “Migrant Entrepreneurship: A Multifaceted Phenomenon”, United Nations 75 dialogue platform organized by Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
- Sinkovics, Noemi (2020), “Covid 19 – climate and sustainability: social and economic effects?”, online panel exploring the Covid 19 landscape from immediate changes to future opportunities, The Sustainability Society, New Zealand
- Sinkovics, Noemi (2017), “The path to resilience: tackling constraints to social enterprise versus encouraging social entrepreneurialism”, Prometheus: Executive Leadership Education for the 3rd Sector conference, University of Manchester, UK
- Sinkovics, Noemi (2016), “Recognizing the fundamental nature of business environments – a constraint-based view. The challenge the 3rd Sector faces in identifying internal organizational constraints”, Prometheus: Executive Leadership Education for the 3rd Sector conference, University of Manchester, UK
- Sinkovics, Noemi (2015), “How to position yourself in the market”, Prometheus: Executive Leadership Education for the 3rd Sector conference, University of Manchester, UK
- Martikke, Susanne and Noemi Sinkovics (2015), “Skills for Change”, Local Area Research and Intelligence Association (LARIA) conference, Manchester, UK
- Sinkovics, Noemi (2014), “Community and business development”, Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association (KYTA) conference, London, UK
- Sinkovics, Rudolf and Noemi Sinkovics (2014), “How can the Higher Education sector enhance its engagement and contribution to the Social Economy”, Higher Education and the Social Economy, public seminar at the University of Manchester, UK
Capacity building and mentoring
- 2021, Workshop for Executive DBA students, “Approaches to data analysis with NVivo”, Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
- 2021, Mentoring for PhD students and early career researchers at the AIB 2021 Online Conference (organised by WAIB)
- 2021, Workshop for Faculty and PhD researchers, “The art of literature review in the age of information overload”, Birla Global University (BGU), Bhubaneswar
- 2021, Journal of International Business Studies Paper Development Workshop Mentor, 48th AIB-UKI Online Conference - "International Business: Mega Trends and the need of rethinking current terminologies"
- 2021, Doctoral Colloquium Mentor, ANZIBA Online Conference – “International business in a virtual world: People, prospects and resilience”
- 2020, Journal of International Business Studies Paper Development Workshop Mentor, 46th EIBA Online 2020 Conference - "International Business in the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Era"
- 2020, critical perspectives on international business Paper Development Workshop Mentor, 46th EIBA Online 2020 Conference - "International Business in the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Era"
- 2020, Doctoral Colloquium Mentor, 46th EIBA Online 2020 Conference - "International Business in the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Era"
- 2020, Workshop for Faculty, PhD researchers, and master students, “The art of literature review in the age of information overload”, University of Bayreuth, Germany (33 participants)
- 2019, Doctoral Colloquium Mentor, 46th AIB-UKI 2019 Conference – Multinational Enterprises and their Non-market Social and Political Strategies, Brighton, UK: University of Sussex
- 2019, Workshop for Faculty and PhD researchers, “Theorizing and theory building with SmartPLS”, The University of Manchester, UK
- 2019, Workshop for Faculty and PhD researchers, “The art of literature review in the age of information overload”, The University of Nottingham, UK / University of Murcia, Spain / The University of Nottingham Ningbo China / S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research Business school in Mumbai, India / Utkal University PMIR department and Parameter Software, Bhubaneswar, India
- 2017, Workshop for Faculty and PhD researchers, “From theorizing to model building” organized by The Centre for Responsible Business (CRB) in collaboration with TERI University and The India and Sustainability Standards Conference, New Delhi, India
- 2017, Workshop for Faculty and PhD researchers, “Theory building and theory testing in Business and Management” sponsored by SmartPLS, AIB-UKI, BAM, IBNorthWest, and The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- 2015, Doctoral Colloquium Mentor, 42nd AIB-UKI 2015 Conference – International Business Research: For the bookshelf or the board room and corridors of power?, Manchester, UK: Manchester Metropolitan University