Michael Mol

Dr. Michael J. Mol is a Professor of Strategic and International Management in the Department of Strategic Management and Globalization at Copenhagen Business School. He obtained his PhD in Strategic and International Management from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he also got an MSc degree with double majors in strategy and logistics. Michael further holds a CEMS Master Degree. Prior to joining CBS Michael was a Professor in and Head of the Strategy and International Business Department at Warwick Business School. In the United Kingdom he also worked at London Business School and Henley Business School. Michael is a Dutch national and has worked, studied or been an official visiting scholar at eleven universities in six countries, including the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently holds a part-time professorial appointment at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham (UK).

Michael''s research focuses on the strategic management of larger firms, with particular interests in innovation, especially management innovation (creation of new management practices) and open innovation, and sourcing strategy, especially offshoring and outsourcing, and strategy in Africa. He tackles these issues from a variety of theoretical and methodical angles. His numerous publications have appeared in among others Academy of Management Review, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, MIT Sloan Management Review, Organization Studies, Research Policy, Strategic Organization, and Strategic Management Journal. He has (co-)authored four books including ‘Outsourcing: Design, Process and Performance’ (Cambridge University Press) and Giant Steps in Management: Innovations that Change the Way we Work (FT Prentice Hall). Michael has won several awards for his research including the prestigious best article award from Academy of Management Review. He has also received a variety of national and international research grants. Michael serves on the editorial boards of seven academic journals, including Africa Journal of Management, Global Strategy Journal, Journal of International Business Studies and Management and Organization Review. He has been the recipient of grants from various (inter)national institutions. He appears regularly on a variety of global media outlets and has acted as a consultant to various firms and national and supranational institutions. He has a broad range of experience teaching at all levels and in program management.

Primary research areas

• The strategies of large and multinational corporations
• Sourcing strategy, particularly outsourcing and offshoring strategies
• Innovation, especially management innovation (the creation of new management practices) and open innovation

Education

• PhD Rotterdam School of Management (1997 — 2001)
• Masters CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management Education (1995 — 1997)
• Combined B.Sc. / M.Sc Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (1991 — 1997)

Publications

• Adam Lindgreen; C. Anthony Di Benedetto; Ad de Jong; Luigi M. De Luca; Heiner Evanschitzky; Michael J. Mol; Robert E. Morgan; John Nicholson; Tobias Schäfers / Framing a Manuscript
  In: How to Fast-track Your Academic Career: A Guide for Mid-career Scholars. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2021, p. 189-203 (How To Guides)

• Selorm Agbleze; Marcus Møller Larsen; Michael J. Mol / How Aspirations Interact to Influence Informal Firms' Decision to Formalize
  In: Proceedings of the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2021, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)

• Michael J. Mol; Madeleine Rauch / Time : Three Temporal Lenses on International Business Research.
  In: Proceedings of the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2021, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)