Phillip Nell

Prof. Phillip Nell is a Chaired Professor at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business. He is the head of the Institute for International Business. He is also affiliated with Copenhagen Business School. At WU, he currently services as the Academic Director of WU's flagship program, the Master in International Management/CEMS as well as of the Executive MBA Bucharest Program.

Phillip Nell has studied Business in Germany, France, and Italy. He received his doctorate and habilitation from WU. Before joining academia, he gained considerable industry experience as a strategy consultant with Roland Berger. He has conducted projects and research in cooperation with firms such as A-Tec Industries, Alcatel, Beiersdorf, Boehringer Ingelheim, Mondi, Henkel, dcs+, Oracle, SAP, Gerresheimer, Kone, Raiffeisen Bank International, and T-Systems as well as non-profit organizations such as Diakonie, giving him lots of insights into management practice.

Phillip Nell is widely experienced both in degree-course and executive education and his teaching has received multiple awards such as CEMS course of the year awards. Besides Copenhagen and Vienna, he has taught at ESADE Business School in Spain, and at the universities in Helsinki, Oslo, Padova, Linz, St. Gallen, Prague, Brussels, and Rio de Janeiro.

Research interest

His research interests are centered on the organization of the multinational corporation, the management of subsidiaries, and the strategic role headquarters play in large and complex organizations. His research has been accepted for publication among others in Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Global Strategy Journal, and Research Policy.

Publications

Journal article

• 2019 Schmitt, Jan, Decreton, Benoit, Nell, Phillip C. 2019. How corporate headquarters add value in the digital age. Journal of Organization Design. open access (Details)
  
• 2018 Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd, Ambos, Björn, Nell, Phillip C. 2018. Conceptualizing and Measuring Distance in International Business Research: Recurring Questions and Best Practice Guidelines. Journal of International Business Studies JIBS. 49 (9), 1113-1137. open access (Details)
  
• Decreton, Benoit, Nell, Phillip C., Stea, Diego. 2018. Headquarters involvement, socialization, and entrepreneurial behaviors in MNC subsidiaries. Long Range Planning, , open access (Details)
  
• Klopf, Patricia, Nell, Phillip C. 2018. How "space" and "place" influence subsidiary host country political embeddedness. International Business Review, 27 (1), 186-197. open access (Details)
  
• Valentino, Alfredo , Schmitt, Jan, Koch, Benno , Nell, Phillip C. 2018. Leaving home: An institutional perspective on intermediary HQ relocations. Journal of World Business. open access (Details)
  
• 2017 Decreton, Benoit, Dellestrand, Henrik, Kappen, Philip, Nell, Phillip C. 2017. Beyond Simple Configurations: The Dual Involvement of Divisional and Corporate Headquarters in Subsidiary Innovation Activities in Multibusiness Firms. Management International Review, 57 (6), 855-878. open access (Details)
  
• Nell, Phillip C., Kappen, Philip, Laamanen, Tomi. 2017. Reconceptualising Hierarchies: The Disaggregation and Dispersion of Headquarters in Multinational Corporations. Journal of Management Studies (JMS) 54 (8), 1121-1143. (Details)
  
• Holm, Alison E., Decreton, Benoit, Nell, Phillip C., Klopf, Patricia. 2017. The dynamic response process to conflicting institutional demands in MNC subsidiaries - An inductive study in the Sub-Saharan African e-commerce sector. Global Strategy Journal (GSJ) 7 (1), 104-124. open access (Details)
  
• Müllner, Jakob, Klopf, Patricia, Nell, Phillip C. 2017. Trojan Horses or Local Allies: Host-country National Managers in Developing Market Subsidiaries. Journal of International Management 23 (3), 306-325. open access (Details)
  
• Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd, Nell, Phillip C., Ambos, Björn. 2017. When Do Distance Effects Become Empirically Observable? An Investigation in the Context of Headquarters Value Creation for Subsidiaries. Journal of International Management , open access (Details)
  
• 2016 Kostova, Tatiana, Nell, Phillip C., Hoenen, Anne Kristin. 2016. Understanding Agency Problems in Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships in Multinational Corporations: A contextualized Model. Journal of Management (JOM) , open access (Details)
  
• 2015 Nell, Phillip C., Puck, Jonas, Heidenreich, Stefan. 2015. Strictly Limited Choice or Agency? Institutional Duality, Legitimacy, and Subsidiaries' Political Strategies. Journal of World Business 50 (2), 302-311. open access (Details)
  
• 2014 Hoenen, Anne Kristin and Nell, Phillip C. and Ambos, Björn. 2014. MNE Entrepreneurial Capabilities at Intermediate Levels: The Roles of External Embeddedness and Heterogeneous Environments. Long Range Planning 47 (1-2): S. 76-86. (Details)
  
• 2013 Perri, Alessandra and Andersson, Ulf and Nell, Phillip C. and Santangelo, Grazia D. 2013. Balancing the Trade-Off Between Learning Prospects and Spillover Risks: MNC Subsidiaries' Vertical Linkage Patterns in Developed Countries. Journal of World Business 48 (4): S. 503-514. (Details)
  
• Ambos, Tina Claudia and Nell, Phillip C. and Pedersen, Torben. 2013. Combining Stocks and Flows of Knowledge: The Effects of Intra-Functional and Cross-Functional Complementarity. Global Strategy Journal (GSJ) 3 (4): S. 283-299. open access (Details)
  
• Nell, Phillip C. and Ambos, Björn. 2013. Parenting Advantage in the MNC: An Embeddedness Perspective on the Value Added by Headquarters. Strategic Management Journal 34 (9): S. 1086-1103. open access (Details)
  
• 2012 Mahnke, Volker and Ambos, Björn and Nell, Phillip C. and Hobdari, Bersant. 2012. How Do Regional Headquarters Influence Corporate Decisions in Networked MNCs? Journal of International Management 18 (3): S. 293-301. (Details)
  
• Foss, Kirsten and Foss, Nicolai and Nell, Phillip C. 2012. MNC Organizational Form and Subsidiary Motivation Problems: Controlling Intervention Hazards in the Network MNC. Journal of International Management 18 (3): S. 247-259. open access (Details)
  
• Nell, Phillip C. and Andersson, Ulf. 2012. The Complexity of the Business Network Context and its Effect onSubsidiary Relational (Over-) Embeddedness. International Business Review 21 (6): S. 1087-1098. open access (Details)
  
• 2011 Nell, Phillip C. and Ambos, Björn and Schlegelmilch, Bodo B. 2011. The MNC as an Externally Embedded Organization: An Investigation of Embeddedness Overlap in Local Subsidiary Networks. Journal of World Business 46 (4): S. 497-505. open access (Details)
  
• 2010 Piekkari, Rebecca and Nell, Phillip C. and Ghauri, Pervez. 2010. Regional Management as a System - A Longitudinal Study. Management International Review 50 (4): S. 513-532. (Details)
  
• 2009 Lehrer, Mark and Nell, Phillip C. and Gärber, Lisa. 2009. A National Systems View of University Entrepreneurialism: Inferences fromComparison of the German and US Experience. Research Policy (RP) 38 (2): S. 268-280. (Details)
  
• Chapter in edited volume
• 2016 Nell, Phillip C., Decreton, Benoit, Ambos, Björn. 2016. How does geographic distance impact the relevance of HQ knowledge? The mediating role of shared context. In: Research in Global Strategic Management, Perspectives on Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships in the Contemporary MNC, Hrsg. Tina Ambos, Björn Ambos and Julian Birkinshaw, 275-298. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing. (Details)
  
• 2014 Valentino, Alfredo and Nell, Phillip C. and Hotho, Jasper J. 2014. MNC Headquarters as Global Network Orchestrators: Insights from Headquarters Relocation Patterns in Europe. In: Advances in International Management, issue 27, Hrsg. Torben Pedersen , Markus Venzin , Timothy M. Devinney , Laszlo Tihanyi, S. 299-323. UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. (Details)
  
• 2013 Nell, Phillip, Andersson, Ulf, Ambos, Björn. 2013. Redundancies in External Relationships of Multinational Corporations - A Firm-Level Conceptual Model. In: The Changing Geography of International Business, Vol. 20, Hrsg. Cook, Gary, Johns, Jennifer, 181-199. Houndmills, Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan. (Details)
  
• 2012 Heidenreich, Stefan, Puck, Jonas, Nell, Phillip. 2012. Political Strategies as a Response to Public and Private Stakeholder Pressures. In: Business, Society and Politics: Multinationals in Emerging Markets, Hrsg. Hadjikhani, Amjad; Elg, Ulf; Ghauri, Pervez, 69-83. London: Emerald Group Publishing. (Details)
  
• 2011 Nell, Phillip, Ambos, Björn, Schlegelmilch, Bodo B.. 2011. The Benefits of Hierarchy? - Exploring the Effects of Regional Headquarters in Multinational Corporations. In: Advances in International Management, Vol. 24: Dynamics of Globalization: Location-Specific Advantages or Liabilities of Foreignness?, Hrsg. Asmussen, Christian Geisler, Pedersen, Torben, Devinney M., Timothy, Tihanyi, Laszlo, 85-106. Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. (Details)
  
• 2010 Nell, Phillip. 2010. Opportunity Development and Centrality: The Case of Boehringer Ingelheim. In: The New Role of Regional Management, Hrsg. Ambos, Björn, Schlegelmilch, Brodo B., 180-193. Houndmills, Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan. (Details)
  
• Nell, Phillip, Andersson, Ulf, Schlegelmilch, Bodo B.. 2010. Subsidiary Contribution to Firm-Level Competitive Advantage - Disentangling the Effects of MNC External Embeddedness. In: Progress in International Business Research: Reshaping the Boundaries of the Firm in an Era of Global Interdependence, Vol. 5, Hrsg. Pla-Barber, Jose; Alegre, Joaquin, 173-195. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.