Alex Eapen
MA Cochin PhD Tilburg
Lecturer, MIB Program Director and Postgraduate Coordinator
alex.eapen@sydney.edu.au
Room 440
H10 - Storie Dixson Wing Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9036 6435
Fax: +61 2 9036 5378
Dr. Alex Eapen earned his doctoral degree from Tilburg University, The Netherlands in June 2007, and is currently a lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in International Business at the University of Sydney Business School. He also serves as Director of the Master of International Business (MIB) program.
His research seeks to better understand the impact of multinational enterprises (MNE) on host country firms and economies. The question his research seeks to answer is: what are the conditions that make international expansion of MNEs beneficial to host country firms? This issue has far reaching implications, not only theoretically, but also for practice. To find the right answers, his research has focussed on better understanding (1) the spillover process and (2) the entry and evolution of foreign firms in a host country. His research has been published in journals such as Journal of International Business Studies and Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.
Dr. Eapen has received several international awards for his research. His doctoral thesis was one of the four finalists for the coveted Gunnar Hedlund prize (2007) given by the Stockholm School of Economics for the best dissertation in international business written at universities around the world. He also won the Verity Award for the most outstanding paper published in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences in 2009. Furthermore, the Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy found his research worthy of the best paper prize at their annual meetings in 2006 and 2009.
Research Expertise
- International business strategy