Frank McDonald

Biography

Frank McDonald, Professor of International Business, University of Liverpool Management School

Qualifications

B.Sc. Social Science (upper second), Loughborough University, 1975

M.Phil. Economics, University of Glasgow, 1977

NB The MPhil at the University of Glasgow is a taught Master programme.

Professional Activities

Organization of Conferences and Workshops

Co-Track Chair (with L. Biggero) for Sub-theme 37: Industrial Districts’ Evolution and Relocation Processes at the 20th European Group for Organisational Studies Colloquium, Ljubljana University, Slovenia, July 2004.

Co-Chair with H J Tüselmann for the annual conference of the Academy of International Business (UK Chapter) Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, April 2001.

Track Chair for a session on how to publish in international business journals, annual conference of the Academy of International Business, UK and Ireland Chapter, Edinburgh, 2011.

Co-Chair (with Yingqi Wei) for the annual conference of the Academy of International Business, UK & Ireland Chapter, University of York, 2014.

Co-Chair (with Yingqi Wei) of Special Panel on implications of Scottish Independence for FDI, held at Academy of International Business (UK Chapter) Conference, University of York, 2014

Organised a large number of workshops and seminars on topics connected to international business and international management for Academy of International Business, UK & Ireland Chapter and British Academy of Management Special Interest Group – International Business and Management

Scientific Committees and Boards of Conferences

  • Past Chair of the Academy of International Business UK& Ireland Chapter (2007 to 2011)
  • Current Co-Chair of British Academy of Management Special Interest Group – International Business and Management (2012 to date) 
  • Member of the Peer Review College of the ESRC (2010 to date)

External Examiner

Currently external examiner for –

University of Leeds for strategy and international business on BSc programmes (2014 to date) 

University of Newcastle for strategy and international business on MSc programmes (2014 to date)

I have been an external examiner at 10 UK universities

I have been an external examiner for 14 PhDs examinations.  

Teaching Areas

International Business at PG and UG level

Research Interests

Current research interests -

  • Institutional theory and internationalization processes – often centred on the effects of institutions on transactions costs and risk for foreign firms in host locations
  • Institutional entrepreneurship as means of mitigating non-ergodic risk in the internationalization processes of firms
  • The importance of geographical location for internationalization processes – involves examination of the risks associated with spatial factors in foreign locations

Selected Publications 

  • 2015 “ Vive  la Différence? Voice in French MNCs’ overseas workplaces: A comparative study of French, German and US subsidiaries in the UK, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 19(9), 1622-1635  (with H.J. Tüselmann, H.J. Allen, A.)
  •  2012 The impact of changes in subsidiary autonomy and network relationships on performance, International Business Review, 20(5), 1158-1172 (with Gamelgaard, J., Tüselmann, H.J., Dörrenbächer, C. and Stephan, A.)
  • 2010 “The development of industrial clusters and public policy,” in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Vol 1 (ed David Smallbone), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Reading 24 (with Q. Huang and D. Tsagdis).
  • 2008 Varieties and Variability of Employee Relations Approaches in US Subsidiaries: Country-of-Origin Effects and the Level and Type of Industry Internationalisation, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 19(9), 1622-1635 (with H.J. Tüselmann, M. Allen, S. Barrett)
  • 2007 Is there evidence to support Porter-type cluster policies? Regional Studies, 41(1), 39-49 (with D. Tsagdis, Q. Huang and H.J. Tüselmann)