Welcome

Hi, welcome to my homepage. I am a full professor International Business and Management at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. My research interests are in the fields of international business, institutional economics and comparative economic organization theory. I received my Phd from Tilburg University (The Netherlands) in 2003. My thesis concerned the relationship between culture and economic behavior. In 2004 I had the privilege to visit Copenhagen Business School, the European University Institute in Florence, and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2006 I received a three year research grant of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, that allowed me to spend some time at the Center for Strategic Management and Globalisation in Copenhagen in 2007 and IGIER research institute of Bocconi University (Milan) in 2008.

My research concentrates on three main areas.

1. Institutions and the geography of the multinational firm

2. Culture, institutions and economic performance

3. Innovation, social capital and institutions

My main methodological approach is empirical. For a more detailed overview of my research agenda, please see "research".

 

Sjoerd Beugelsdijk