Kristin Brandl

Expertise

• Developing countries
• Institutional environments
• National and supranational policy
• International service management
• Global Value Chains
• Innovation and intellectual property

Kristin Brandl is an Associate Professor in International Business at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria, Canada. She has held visiting research positions at the Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK. Prior to joining UVic, she worked as Lecturer/Assistant Professor at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. She is a 2021/2022 Fellow at the Center for Global Studies, University of Victoria.

Dr. Brandl’s research studies the impact of (national and supranational) policy and institutions on global business environments and firm strategy. She is particularly interested in developing countries and how these internal and external factors impact their development processes. She also examines global knowledge sourcing, especially related to service and innovation activities, i.e., she examines international services management and innovation with a focus on production processes, characteristics, structures, and value propositions (Global Value Chains).

Kristin is on the editorial review board of the Journal of International Business Studies and the Global Strategy Journal and edited a special issue at the Journal of World Business. She is a board member at the European International Business Academy and the Academy of International Business-Canada Chapter and is part of the iBEGIN research group. She has won several awards for her research, for example, the EliteForsk Stipend by the Danish Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Higher Education.

Recognition & Awards

• 2021 Best Conference Reviewer Award, SMS Toronto
• 2021/2022 Fellow at the Center for Global Studies, University of Victoria
• 2020 Gustavson Scholar, Excellence in Research Award
• 2019 Best Conference Reviewer Award, Academy of International Business
• 2019 Best Conference Paper Award, Academy of International Business - Latin America Chapter Conference
• 2018 Best Conference Reviewer Award, Academy of International Business
• 2016 Schulze Award, Schulze Foundation
• 2015 Nominated - Temple/AIB Best paper award, Academy of International Business Nominated - William H Newman Award, Academy of Management
• 2013 EliteForsk Stipend, Danish Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Higher Education
• 2012 Travel Stipend, Otto Mønsteds Fond
• 2011 International PhD Competition Winner, University of South Australia
• 2009 Richard C. Malmsten Award, Gothenburg University