About the Author

Oded Shenkar holds degrees in East-Asian studies and sociology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a PhD from Columbia University, where his dissertation on the Chinese bureaucracy involved work in sociology, business, and East-Asian studies. 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. Professor Shenkar has also taught at the University of Cambridge, the University of Birmingham, Peking University, University of International Business and Economics (Beijing), IDC (Israel), and the International University of Japan, among many others.

He has published nearly one hundred articles in leading journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Relations, Journal of International Business Studies, and Strategic Management Journal, among many others. His books include Organization and Management in China 1979–1990 (M.E. Sharpe), International Business in China (Routledge, with L. Kelley), Global Perspectives on Human Resource Management (Prentice-Hall), The Handbook of International Management Research (University of Michigan Press, with B. J. Punnett), International Business (Wiley; Sage [2nd ed.] with Yadong Luo), The Handbook of Strategic Alliances (Sage, with Jeff Reuer), and The Chinese Century (Wharton School Publishing), which has been translated into twelve languages.

His work has been cited by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Daily Mail (UK), Liberation (France), International Herald Tribune, Time, BusinessWeek, Economist, Chief Executive, 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 (e.g., Reuters, ABC, Canadian Business TV, Korean TV, Bloomberg).

Professor Shenkar has been an adviser to firms (e.g., Battelle, Diamond Power International, Netafim, Wal-Mart) in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, China, and Israel, governments (e.g., Department of Business and Economic Development, State of Hawaii), international institutions (e.g., International Labor Office), and universities (e.g., the Chinese University of Hong Kong). He appeared before the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission and the Western Governors’ Association, among others, and is a past vice president and fellow of the Academy of International Business.