Tony Frost
Associate Professor, Business, Economics and Public Policy at Ivey Business School
Schools
- Ivey Business School
Links
Biography
Ivey Business School
Tony Frost is an associate professor of international business, and the former MBA Program Director at the Ivey Business School. Frost received his Ph.D. from MIT's Sloan School of Management. His thesis "The Geographic Sources of Innovation in the Multinational Enterprise" received the inaugural Gunnar Hedlund Award for the best doctoral dissertation in international business. Before earning his Ph.D., Frost completed the first year of Sloan's MBA program and worked as an intern at Microsoft Corp. in Redmond, Washington. His undergraduate degree (BComm) is from the University of British Columbia.
Frost's research interests revolve around strategy and competition in a global context. The main focus of his research is on the capacity of foreign subsidiaries to assimilate, utilize and transfer geographically localized knowledge during the process of technological innovation. Papers from this research stream have been presented at various academic conferences and published in leading academic journals. More recently, Frost has embarked on a research project looking at competitive dynamics between multinationals and local firms in emerging markets. A paper from this project, co-authored with Ivey's Niraj Dawar, was recently published in Harvard Business Review. Frost's research has been funded by various organizations including Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Center for European Studies at Harvard University, Industrial Performance Center at MIT, and Carnegie Bosch Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
Since joining Ivey in 1996, Tony Frost has taught Ph.D., MBA and undergraduate courses in Business, Economics and Public Policy and strategic management. He has also taught on several Ivey executive programs, including the recently launched Accelerating Management Talent program. He is currently Program Director of the Erasmus program in partnership with the Rotterdam School of Management. Frost also teaches specialized executive programs for emerging market companies in various locations around the world.
Teaching
- Global Environment of Business
- General Management
- Business Policy Special Fields I & II
Education
- BCom, UBC
- SM, MIT
- PhD, MIT
Recent Refereed Articles
- Frost, T. S.; Zhou, C., 2005, "R&D Co-practice and 'Reverse' Knowledge Integration in Multinational Firms", Journal of International Business Studies, November 36(6): 676 - 687.
- Frost, T. S.; Birkinshaw, J. M.; Ensign, P. C., 2002, "Centers of Excellence in Multinational Firms", Strategic Management Journal, January 23(11): 997 - 1018.
- Frost, T. S., 2001, "The Geographic Sources of Foreign Subsidiaries' Innovations", Strategic Management Journal, January 22(2): 101 - 123.
- Frost, T. S.; Zhou, C., 2000, "The Geography of Foreign R&D within a Host Country: An Evolutionary Perspective on Location-Technology Selection by Multinationals", International Studies of Management and Organization, January 30(2): 10 - 43.
- Dawar, N.; Frost, T. S., 1999, "Competing With Giants: Survival Strategies for Local Companies in Emerging Markets", Harvard Business Review, January 77(2): 119 - 129.
Experience
- Associate Professor, Ivey Business School, Western (2004-Present)
- Assistant Professor, Ivey Business School, Western (1996-2004)
- Teaching Assistant, Sloan School of Management, MIT (1991-1994)
Read about executive education
Other experts
Tiffany N Basciano
Expertise Topics Human Rights International Crimes and Tribunals Refugees and Migration Rule of Law Background and Education Tiffany Basciano is the Associate Director of the International Law and Organizations Program. As Associate Director, she has organized and led several Starr Foundation ...
Ted London
Ted London is vice president and senior research fellow at the William Davidson Institute and a member of the faculty at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. An internationally recognized expert on the intersection of business strategy and poverty alleviation, his research focus...
Metin Sengul
Professor Metin Sengul is an Associate Professor of Management and Organization at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. His research explores the drivers of organization design choices in complex organizations. Much of his work focuses on strategic decisions by managers of multiuni...
Popular Courses
Leading Digital Transformation
ESMT
Berlin, Germany
May 28
Private Equity: Investing and Creating Value
The Wharton School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Sep 8
The Positive Leader: Deep Change and Organizational Transformation
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Jun 23
Leading People and Teams
ESMT
Berlin, Germany
May 28
Leading Strategic Growth and Change
Columbia Business School
New York, New York, United States
Jun 10
The Manchester Leadership Development Programme
Alliance Manchester Business School
Manchester, United Kingdom
Jul 1
Looking for an expert?
Contact us and we'll find the best option for you.