James Walker
Professor
International Business and Strategy
Henley Business School University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Professor James Walker is Head of International Business and Strategy. His overall research agenda is characterized by the application of empirical methods to solve real world problems and issues past and present. He has published in journals as diverse as Research Policy and the Journal of Economic History, examining the British and American retail managerial revolution, inferring behaviour from household budget data, the spatial competition in product markets and between firms in automobile markets, academic performance and pay, varieties of capitalism, and attitudes to multinational enterprises. His teaching expertise spans strategy, strategic marketing, entrepreneurship, and applied statistics. He is Programme Director for the International Business and Management with Language programmes (Italian, French, German and Spanish). James is an active member of the Centre for International Business History (CIBH) and the John H Dunning Centre for International Business
Research Interest
We compare panel research assessment and the use of journal ratings We find no evidence of gender differences in RAE outcomes Women who co-author with individuals outside their institution do better than those who do not Women with “individual staff circumstances” are negatively affected by journal ratings There are differences in the quality of journals that men and women publish in across the sub-disciplines
Publications
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Brooks, C., Fenton, E. M. and Walker, J. T. (2014) Gender and the evaluation of research. Research Policy, 43 (6). pp. 990-1001. ISSN 0048-7333 doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.12.005
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Walker, J. T. (2015) Strategic trade policy, competition, and welfare: the case of voluntary export restraints between Britain and Japan (1971–2002). Oxford Economic Papers, 67 (3). pp. 806-825. ISSN 1464-3812 doi:10.1093/oep/gpv026
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Scott, P. and Walker, J. (2015) Demonstrating distinction at ‘the lowest edge of the black-coated class’: the family expenditures of Edwardian railway clerks. Business History, 57 (4). pp. 564-588. ISSN 1743-7938 doi:10.1080/00076791.2014.965384
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Scott, P., Walker, J. and Miskell, P. (2015) British working-class household composition, labour supply, and commercial leisure participation during the 1930s. Economic History Review, 68 (2). pp. 657-682. ISSN 1468-0289 doi: 10.1111/ehr.12074
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Walker, J. (2015) Voluntary export restraints between Britain and Japan: the case of the UK car market (1971–2002). Business History. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076791.2015.1038519
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Scott, P. and Walker, J. (2016) The only way is up: retail format saturation and the demise of the American five and dime store, 1914-1941. Business History Review. ISSN 2044-768X (In Press)
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Scott, P. and Walker, J. (2016) Barriers to “industrialisation†for interwar British retailing? The case of Marks & Spencer Ltd. Business History. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076791.2016.1156088
