Frithjof Arp
Assistant Professor
Department of International Business and Management (IBM)
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
China
Biography
Dr Frithjof Arp is Assistant Professor of International Business at Nottingham University Business School (NUBS), China. Born and educated in Germany, his professional and academic career spans three continents and includes positions as Managing Director in Malaysia and Singapore (1995-2004; two companies concurrently), Australia (2004-2008) and Regional Manager Europe for a large Singapore conglomerate (1991-1995). In the latter role, he was involved in the internationalization of Singapore’s government-linked service and manufacturing companies (now part of Temasek Holdings), and the promotion of Singapore’s industrial parks in Suzhou and Wuxi (Jiangsu province, China) to European companies. Dr Arp’s public speaking engagements include workshops, conference presentations and guest lectures on China’s Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks. Prior to joining NUBS, Dr Arp lectured at Monash University and La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He assists small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from Europe, Asia and Australia with their internationalization, develops market entry and operation strategies, and offers cross-cultural negotiation assistance.
Research Interest
Dr Arp’s research focuses on international and cross-cultural business topics. He is particularly interested in the linkage between organisational strategy and human resource management. Dr Arp’s work is published in leading academic journals including the FT45-listed Human Resource Management(ABS level 4), the policy-oriented journal of the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD Transnational Corporations), and journals that publish work on critical new business phenomena (such as the Journal of Global Mobility and the German Journal of Human Resource Management). He is the recipient of the Emerald 2014 JGM Outstanding Paper Award.
Publications
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Arp, F. (2014). Emerging giants, aspiring multinationals and foreign executives: Leapfrogging, capability building, and competing with developed country multinationals. Human Resource Management, 53(6), 851-876, DOI:10.1002/hrm.21610 (Wiley, ISSN 0090-4848, FT45-listed, ABDC-ranked A*, ABS level 4)
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Arp, F., & Lemanski, M. (2016). Intra-corporate plagiarism? Conceptualising antecedents and consequences of negatively perceived mobility of ideas. Journal of Global Mobility, 4(3), 257-275, DOI:10.1108/JGM-05-2016-0020 (Emerald, ABDC level B)
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Arp, F., Ardisa, A., & Ardisa, A. (2017). Microfinance for poverty alleviation: Do transnational initiatives overlook fundamental questions of competition and intermediation? Transnational Corporations, 24(3), 103–117, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD/DIAE/IA/2017D4A8, ISSN 1014-9562; ISBN 978-92-1-112919-9 eISBN: 978-92-1-362709-9.
