Makino Shige

Biography

Shige Makino is Professor of Management and the Director of the Center for International Business Studies at the CUHK Business School in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Shige has LLB and MBA degrees from Keio University, and PhD from Ivey School of Business, Western University (University of Western Ontario). His current research focuses on strategy and performance of multinational corporations. He is especially interested in exploring non-economic based motivations on economic activities and their performance consequences in international business. His research has appeared in a number of leading journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal. He is Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB) and currently serves as a Treasurer of the Fellows and is the former President of the Association of Japanese Business Studies. He has been serving as a senior editor of Global Strategy Journal and Oxford Research Review and as an editorial and advisory board member of fifteen international journals. In 2005, he was ranked by a journal among top 15 most prolific international strategic management researchers worldwide. He has also received many teaching awards at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, including the Vice Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award. He holds the title of the “Outstanding Fellow” of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Research Interest

International Strategic Alliances, Theory of Foreign Direct Investment; Corporate Strategy