Igor Filatotchev

Igor Filatotchev is a Professor of Corporate Governance and Strategy at Cass Business School, City, University of London. Before coming to Cass in 2007 he held various academic positions at Nottingham University Business School, Bradford University School of Management, King’s College and Birkbeck College (University of London). He earned his PhD in Economics from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (Moscow, the Russian Federation).

His research interests are focused on a fast growing area in the management and economics literature relating to corporate governance effects on entrepreneurship development, strategic decisions and organisational change. Key research programmes currently in progress include analysis of resource and strategy roles of corporate governance; corporate governance life-cycle; and a knowledge-based view on governance development in entrepreneurial firms and IPOs. These projects were supported by research grants from various national and international donors, including Economic and Social Research Council, the UK Department of Trade and Industry, Leverhulme Trust, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and the European Commission.

He has published extensively in the fields of corporate governance and strategy in leading academic journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Perspectives, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of International Business Studies, California Management Review, Journal of Management Studies and Journal of Business Venturing.

Qualifications

BSc and PhD.

Employment

• Visiting Professor, WU Vienna, Sep 2010 – present
• Cecil and Ida Green Honours Professor, M. J. Neeley School of Business, Apr 2007 – May 2009

Visiting Appointments

• Visiting Professor, Department of International Business, Sep 2010 – present
• Cecil and Ida Green Honours Professor, M. J. Neeley School of Business, Apr – May 2009

Memberships of Committees

• Council Member, Society of Advanced Management Studies, Jan 2007 – Dec 2014
• Member, Academy of Management, International Committee, Entrepreneurship Division, 2007 – present
• Council Member, Society of Advanced Management Studies, 2007 – present
• Member, Academy of Management, International Committee, Entrepreneurship Division,, Jan 2007 – present
• Council Member, British Academy of Management, 2004 – 2007
• Council Member, British Academy of Management, 2004 – 2007

Memberships of Professional Organisations

• Chair of Strategic Entrepreneurship Interest Group, Strategic Management Society, Nov 2008 – Oct 2016
• Chair of Strategic Entrepreneurship Interest Group, Strategic Management Society, Nov 2008 – present
• Member of the Council, Society of Advanced Management Studies, Jun 2006 – Jan 2014
• Member of the Council, Society of Advanced Management Studies, Jun 2006 – Jan 2014
• Member, Academy of Management, Aug 1998 – present
• Member, Academy of Management, Aug 1998 – present

Awards

• Cass Business School (2014) Award for an outstanding contribution
• Award for an outstanding contribution through publications in journals of the highest standing.
• Cass Business School (2010) Award for an outstanding contribution
• Award for an outstanding contribution through publications in journals of the highest standing.
• Cass Business School (2008) Award for an outstanding contribution
• Award for an outstanding contribution through publications in journals of the highest standing.

Languages

Russian.

Expertise

Primary Topics

• Corporate Governance
• International Business
• Organizational Behaviour
• Strategic Management

Additional Topics

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

Industries/Professions

venture capital

Geographic Areas

• Americas - North
• Asia - Southeast
• Europe
• Europe - Eastern

Research Topics

Strategy and resource roles of corporate governance

This research is focused on the effects of context factors on the governance-strategy-performance interrelationships. Within this research, particular emphasis is given to the strategic responses to organisational decline in different socio-economic environments. This includes the analysis of the interaction between factors affecting the need to change and managerial capacity to change.

Corporate governance life-cycle

This research deals with dynamic interrelationships between the firm’s corporate governance, strategies and performance. In particular, it analyses strategic decisions concerning the corporate governance mechanism at the initial public offering (IPO) stage of the firm’s life-cycle, their links with pre-IPO governance characteristics, and long-term links between performance and changes/ adjustments in control systems.

Entrepreneurship development and firm innovation

This research concentrates on problems of ‘corporate entrepreneurship’ and the internal and external constraints facing potential entrepreneurs in new and existing enterprises, the development of venture capital, the governance role of outside investors and industrial networks in supporting and developing entrepreneurial expertise.

Privatisation, corporate governance and strategic restructuring

This research includes projects dealing with various elements of comparative analysis based on country case studies in central and eastern Europe, former Soviet republics, China and other emerging market economies. Traditional research on corporate governance problems is extended to the analysis of the roles and responsibilities of different ‘stakeholders’. This research also deals with the corporate governance role of banks and other newly emerging investment institutions (investment funds, venture capital firms, etc.), the development of stock markets in emerging economies.

Books (6)

• Cumming, D.J., Wood, G., Filatotchev, I. and Reinecke, J. (Eds.), (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Sovereign Wealth Funds. ISBN 978-0-19-875480-0.
• Wright, M., Siegel, D.S., Keasey, K. and Filatotchev, I. (Eds.), (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Governance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-964200-7.
• Filatotchev, I. (2010). Corporate Governance and the Business Life Cycle. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84844-231-3.
• Filatotchev, I. and Wright, M. (Eds.), (2005). The life cycle of corporate governance. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84542-214-1.
• Filatotchev, I. and Morrissey, O. (Eds.), (2001). Globalisation and trade. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7146-5159-0.
• Filatotchev, I. and Morrissay, O. (Eds.), (2000). Globalisation and Trade Implications for Exports from Marginalised Economies. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7146-5159-0.

Chapters (26)

• Heidenreich, S., Puck, J.F. and Filatotchev, I. (2014). Complementarity versus substitution among political strategies. In Pedersen, T., Venzin, M., Devinney, T.M. and Tihanyi, L. (Eds.), Book Series: Advances in International Management (pp. 235–262). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-78350-953-9.
• Wright, M. and Filatotchev, I. (2014). Stimulating academic entrepreneurship and technology transfer: A study of Kings College London commercialization strategies. Building Technology Transfer Within Research Universities: An Entrepreneurial Approach (pp. 241–261). ISBN 978-1-139-04693-0.
• Bell, R.G., Aguilera, R.V. and Filatotchev, I. (2013). Corporate governance and configuration research: The case of foreign IPOS listing in London. In Lounsbury, M. (Ed.), Research in the Sociology of Organizations (pp. 159–180). London: Emerald. ISBN 978-1-78190-778-8.
• Filatotchev, I., Allcock, D., Siegel, D.S. and Wright, M. (2013). Corporate Governance in IPOs. In Filatotchev, I. and Keasey, K. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Governance Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-964200-7.
• Filatotchev, I. (2012). Private equity investors, corporate governance and performance of IPO firms. In Cumming, D. (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Private Equity (pp. 445–468). Oxford: OUP. ISBN 978-0-19-539158-9.
• Filatotchev, I. (2012). Corporate governance issues in competitive strategy research. In Dagnino, G.B. (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy (pp. 300–324). EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD. ISBN 978-1-78195-334-1.
• Wright, M., Liu, X. and Filatotchev, I. (2012). RETURNEE ENTREPRENEURS: RESOURCE ORCHESTRATION, CONTEXT AND KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS. In Wang, C.L., Ketchen, D.J. and Bergh, D.D. (Eds.), (pp. 243–263). EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD.
• Bell, G., Filatotchev, I. and Rasheed, A. (2010). Liability of foreignness: New insights from capital markets. In Devinney, T., Pedersen, T. and Tihanyi, L. (Eds.), Advances in International Management, Vol 23 (pp. 293–326). Emerald.
• Wright, M., Buck, T. and Filatotchev, I. (2008). Post-privatization effects of management and employee buy-outs. In Wright, M. and Bruining, H. (Eds.), Private Equity and Management Buy-outs (pp. 306–349). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
• Filatotchev, I. (2006). Corporate governance and business strategies in Russia. In Jain, S. (Ed.), Emerging Economies and the Transformation of International Business
• Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN 978-1-84542-597-5.
• Filatotchev, I. and Mickiewicz, T. (2006). Private benefits of control and debt financing. In Mickiewicz, T. (Ed.), Corporate governance and Finance in Poland and Russia (pp. 159–176). New York: Palgrave McMillan.
• Filatotchev, I. and Toms, S. (2005). Corporate governance and financial constraints on strategic turnarounds�. In Filatotchev, I. and Wright, M. (Eds.), The Life-Cycle of Corporate Governance London, New York: Edward Elgar.
• Filatotchev, I., Wright, M. and Arberk, M. (2005). Venture capitalists, syndication and governance in Initial Public Offerings. In Filatotchev, I. and Wright, M. (Eds.), The Life-Cycle of Corporate Governance London, New York: Edward Elgar.
• Filatotchev, I., Wright, M. and Buck, T. (2004). Privatization: buy-outs, corporate governance abuses and challenges. In McCarthy, D.J., Puffer, S. and Shekshnia, S. (Eds.), Corporate Governance in Russia (pp. 262–286). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
• Filatotchev, I., Wright, M., Buck, T. and Zhukov, V. (2003). Corporate entrepreneurs and privatized firms in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. In Mudambi, S.R. (Ed.), Privatization and Globalization: The Changing Role of the State in Business London, New York: Edward Elgar.
• Filatotchev, I. and Toms, S. (2003). Networks, corporate governance and the decline of the Lancashire textile industry. In Wilson, J. and Popp, A. (Eds.), Industrial Clusters and Regional Business Networks: Theory and Facts in Three British Regions (pp. 68–89). London: Ashgate Publishing.
• Filatotchev, I. (2003). Privatisation and corporate governance in transition economies: theory and concepts. In Parker, D. and Saal, D. (Eds.), Handbook on Privatisation (pp. 323–346). London, New York: Edward Elgar.
• Filatotchev, I. (2003). Privatization and Corporate Governance in Transition Economies: Theory and Concepts. International Handbook on Privatization Edward Elgar. ISBN 978-1-84064-613-9.
• Filatotchev, I., Demina, N., Buck, T. and Wright, M. (2001). Exporting activity in transitional economies: An enterprise-level study. In Morrissey, O. and Filatotchev, I. (Eds.), Globalisation and Trade: The Implications for Exports from Marginalised Economies (pp. 44–66). Frank Cass.
• Filatotchev, I., Nolan, P., Buck, T. and Wright, M. (2001). Exporting, entry modes and transition: A case-comparison between Russia and China. In Hughes, M. and Taggart, J. (Eds.), International Business. European Dimensions (pp. 193–211). London: Palgrave.
• Buck, T., Filatotchev, I., Sharpley, G. and Wright, M. (1999). Employee ownership and employment: The case of Russian privatized firms. In Burton, F., Chapman, M. and Cross, A. (Eds.), International Business Organization. Subsidiary Management, Entry Strategies and Emerging Markets (pp. 238–257). London: Macmillan.
• Wright, M., Filatotchev, I. and Buck, T. (1997). Corporate governance in Central and Eastern Europe. In Keasy, K., Thompson, S. and Wrigh, M. (Eds.), Corporate Governance: Economic, Management, and Financial Issues (pp. 212–233). Oxford: OUP.
• Buck, T., Filatotchev, I. and Wright, M. (1996). Buy-outs and the transformation of Russian industry. In Burton, F., Young, S. and Yamin, M. (Eds.), International Business and European Transition (pp. 145–167). London: Macmillan.
• Buck, T., Filatotchev, I. and Wright, M. (1995). Privatisation buy-outs in Russia. Foreign Trade and Investment Review (pp. 181–191). London: Sterling Publications.
• Wright, M., Filatotchev, I. and Buck, T. (1994). Buy-outs in Russia. In Davies, R. and Brown, A. (Eds.), The International Review for Chief Executive Officers. Russia and the New Republics (pp. 283–291). London: Sterling Publications.
• Filatotchev, I., Buck, T. and Wright, M. (1993). Restructuring Eastern Europe: The case of buy-outs in the USSR. In Clarke, T. and Pitelic, C. (Eds.), The Political Economy of Privatisation (pp. 410–437). London: Routledge.

Course Directorship

• 2009 - 2011, PhD Program, Director

Subject/Academic Leadership

• 2007 - present, Cass Business School Research Committee
• 2008 - present, Cass Business School Board of Studies
• 2009 - present, City University Senate's Research Committee
• 2011 - present, Associate Dean for Research & Enterpeise
• 2011 - present, City University REF Steering Group
• 2012 - present, City University Research and Enterprise workstream

Editorial Activities (13)

• Journal of Management Studies, Editor, 2014 – present.
• Journal of International Business Studies, Member of Editorial Board, 2013 – present.
• Oxford Research Reviews: Business and Management., Member of Editorial Board, 2012 – present.
• Global Strategy Journal, Member of Editorial Board, 2009 – 2016.
• Academy of Management Perspectives, Member of Editorial Board, 2009 – present.
• Strategic Management Journal, Member of Editorial Board, 2008 – 2014.
• Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Member of Editorial Board, 2008 – 2014.
• Corporate Governance International Review, Associate Editor, 2007 – 2014.
• Journal of Strategy and Management, Member of Editorial Board, 2007 – present.
• Journal of Management and Governance, Associate Editor, 2006 – present.
• British Journal of Management, Member of Editorial Board, 2006 – present.
• International Journal of Managerial Finance, Member of Editorial Board, 2004 – present.
• Journal of Management Studies, Member of Editorial Board, 2000 – 2013.