Oded Shenkar
Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business ManagementProfessor at Fisher College of Business
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- Fisher College of Business
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Background
Oded Shenkar holds degrees in EastAsian (Chinese) Studies and Sociology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a PhD from Columbia University, where his dissertation on the Chinese bureaucracy involved the department of Sociology, the Graduate School of Business, and the EastAsian Institute. He is the Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management and Professor of Management and Human Resources at the Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, where he heads the international business area, and is also a member of the Centers for Chinese Studies and for Near East Studies. Professor Shenkar has been a Senior Fellow at the University of Cambridge, and has taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Peking University, University of International Business and Economics (Beijing), and the International University of Japan, among others.
Professor Shenkar has published more than hundred scholarly articles in leading journals such as The Academy of Management Review, the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Relations,Journal of International Business studies, Strategic Management Journal, and the Harvard Business Review, among many others. His books include_Organization and Management in China 19791990 (M.E. Sharpe), _International Business in China (Routledge, w. L. Kelley), Global Perspectives on Human Resource Management (PrenticeHall), The Handbook of International Management Research (Blackwell/ University of Michigan Press, with B.J. Punnett), International Business (Wiley/Sage, with Yadong Luo), the Handbook of Strategic Alliances (Sage, with Jeff Reuer), The Chinese Century (Wharton School Publishing; 12 foreign editions), The Great Deleveraging (Financial Times Press, with H. Dickson), and Copycats: how smart companies use imitation to gain a strategic edge (Harvard Business Press; 11 foreign editions).
Prof. Shenkar’s work has been cited by The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Daily Mail (UK), Liberation (France), International Herald Tribune, Time, Business Week, Compass, the Economist, Chief Executive magazine, Associated Press, Reuters, Nikkei Financial Daily,China Daily, Reference News (China), _and _China Business Weekly, as well as on radio (e.g., NPR, CBS) and TV (BBC, CNN, CCTV, Reuters, ABC, Canada Business TV, Bloomberg).
Professor Shenkar has been an advisor to firms (e.g., Battelle, Citigroup, Diamond Power International, Discern, Ford Motor, Geely /Volvo, Netafim, OEConnection, PIC, Shepherd Coloring, WalMart Stores, Zeraim Gdera / Syngenta), governments (e.g., Department of Business and Economic Development, State of Hawaii; USPS / OIG), international institutions (e.g., ILO) and universities (e.g., Chinese University of Hong Kong) worldwide. He appeared before the USChina Economic & Security Review Commission, among others, and is a past Vice President and Fellow of the Academy of International Business.
Areas of Expertise
International Business and Management Chinese Management Systems International Strategic Alliances Japanese Management Systems Organization Theory and Design
Education
PhD, Columbia University MPhil, Columbia University MSc, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem BA, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Courses
BUSMHR 7010 Advanced topics in Multinational Business
Examination of topics in international business, including the role of cultural and political systems, trade and FDI, and multinational enterprise. Prereq: MBA 6261 (820). Not open to students with credit for BusAdm 856.
MBA 6260 Global Environment of BusinessEMBA
Political, economic, social and technological forces shaping today's global business environment. Prereq: Enrollment in Executive MBA program, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 820.
BUSMHR 7525 Global Innovation and Entrepreneurial Leadership
Field study projects to introduce venture capital, private equity, technology commercialization and new venture strategy.
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