CURRICULUM VITAE Gabriel R. G. Benito
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CURRICULUM VITAE Gabriel R. G. Benito January 2009 Personal Details Name: Gabriel Robertstad Garcia Benito Date of Birth: April 16, 1960 Married with Marianne Vahl, two children Private Address: Carl Kjelsens vei 47, N-0874 Oslo, Norway Work Address: Department of Strategy and Logistics, BI Norwegian School of Management, N-0442 Oslo, Norway Telephone: +47 4641 0455 E-mail: [email protected] Education Doctor Oeconomiae (PhD), Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), 1995. Dissertation: Studies in the Foreign Direct Investment and Divestment Behavior of Norwegian Manufacturing Companies. Committee: Kjell Grønhaug (Supervisor), Torger Reve (Chair), Jesper Strandskov, Geir Gripsrud Høyere avdelingsstudium/Cand.merc. (equivalent to MSc/MPhil), Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), 1992. Siviløkonom (Master of Business and Economics), BI Norwegian School of Management, 1984. Work experience • Head of Department, Department of Strategy and Logistics, BI Norwegian School of Management, Oslo (from January 2006 to December 2007). • Visiting Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen (August 2003- December 2005). • Professor, International Strategy, BI Norwegian School of Management, Oslo (from October 1999). • Associate Professor (førsteamanuensis), BI Norwegian School of Management, Sandvika, (from January, 1997 to September, 1999). • Research Associate Professor (forskningslektor), Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen (from July to December, 1996). • Visiting Associate Professor (gæstelektor), Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen (from August, 1995 to June, 1996). • Assistant Professor (amanuensis), BI Norwegian School of Management, Sandvika, (1994-95). • Assistant Professor (amanuensis), Østfold University College, Halden, (1992- 94). • Research Fellow (forsker), Norwegian Institute for Research in Marketing, Sandvika (1990, part-time 1991). 1 • Research Associate (stipendiat), Norwegian Institute for Research in Marketing, Sandvika (1989). • Research Associate (stipendiat), Norwegian Fund for Market and Distribution Research, Oslo (1986-1988). • Teaching/Research Assistant (vit.ass.), Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen (1986). • Research Assistant (vit.ass.), Norwegian Research Council for Sciences and the Humanities/Norwegian Data Services for the Social Sciences, Bergen (1985- 86). • Assistant, Research Institute of the Norwegian Research Council for Sciences and the Humanities, Oslo (full time 1979-80, occasionally 80-84). Other appointments • Director, Center for International Strategy, BI Norwegian School of Management. • Professor II (Adjunct Professor), Agder University, from January 2007. • Associate Dean, PhD program in strategic management, BI Norwegian School of Management, from February 2006. • Head of program, “Globalization and Internationalization of the Norwegian Economy” (project 139982/510), a 4-year research program (2000-2004) funded by the Research Council of Norway. • Visiting professor, Institute of International Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Valencia, Spain, October 2002-July 2003. • Visiting research scholar, Australian Centre for International Business, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne, Australia, October- December 1998. • Head of section, International Business, Department of Marketing and Logistics, BI Norwegian School of Management (1997-1998). • Program director, MSc program in International Business, BI Norwegian School of Management (1997-1999). • Program director, MSc program in International Marketing and Strategy, BI Norwegian School of Management (1994-1995). Teaching and Related Activities Courses taught Agder University: • Research Issues in International Strategy (doctoral), 2007 BI Norwegian School of Management: • Foreign Operation Methods, (grad.), 2008- • Corporate and Global Strategy (grad.), 2006-2008 • International Strategy (EMBA), 2004-2007 • Internationalization: Economic Theories (doctoral), 2002 • International Strategy II: Foreign Operation Methods (doctoral), 2000 • The International Firm (grad.), 2002-2005, 2007- • Management and Control Issues in MNEs (grad.), 1999-2002 • Global Business Policy (grad.), 1998-2001 • International Business: Issues and Theories (grad.), 1997-2000 • Seminar in International Business (grad.), 1999-2000 • Servicing International Markets (grad.), 1997-1999 • Interorganizational Relations (grad.), 1995 • Introduction to International Management (grad.), 2002 2 • International Business Development (grad.), 1997-1999 • Thesis seminar in International Business (grad.), 1998-2000 • Thesis seminar in Strategy (grad.), 2000 • Strategic Management (undergrad.), 2001 • Seminar on Globalization (undergrad.), 1995 • International Marketing Strategy (undergrad.), 1995 I have also been involved (e.g. given occasional lectures) in several doctoral courses and in Executive Education Programs, including MBA and EMBA, primarily in the areas of Corporate Strategy and International Business. Copenhagen Business School: • Corporate Strategy and Control (grad.), 2005 • International Business Strategy (Diploma-program), 1996 • International Business Strategy (undergrad.), 2004 • International Business Management and Control (grad.), 1995-1996 • Applied Microeconomics (undergrad.), 1996 Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration: • International Management (grad.), 1986 University of Valencia: • III Valencia Summer School in Business and Economics (doctoral.), 2008 Østfold University College: • International Business Strategy (undergrad.), 1993-1994 • Marketing (undergrad.), 1992-1994 • Introduction to Business (undergrad.), 1992 • International Economics (undergrad.), 1992 Invited seminars, talks and lectures: Held occasional lectures, talks and seminars (invited staff seminars) on a variety of topics, including Globalization, International Strategy, Divestment, Dynamics of International Distribution Channels, Mergers and Acquisitions, International Trade and Investment Theory, Recent Research on the Multinational Enterprise, Collection and Use of Information in International Business Operations, Transaction Cost Economics, International Market Entry and Expansion, and Foreign Direct Investment Theory at: Academic institutions: Agder University (2005) Copenhagen Business School (1995-1997, 2002-2005, 2007) Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration (1996) BI Norwegian School of Management (1990-2008) Oslo University College (2001) Southern Denmark Business School (University of Southern Denmark) (1996) University of Melbourne (1998) University of Oslo (1999, 2000, 2001) University of Tilburg (2005) University of Valencia (2004) 3 Business and governmental: Eksportfinans (2006) Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries (2000) Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry (2001, 2008) Norwegian Research Council (2000, 2001) Other teaching related activities, especially at doctoral level: • National coordinator, 1999-2003, for Norway in the NORD-IB program, a inter- university cooperation in the Nordic countries providing doctoral courses in International Business. The program has been partly funded by NorFA, the Nordic Research Academy. • Co-supervisor, doctoral dissertation, Qunyong Xie, University of Agder. Completion expected end 2009. • Co-supervisor, doctoral dissertation, Mursali Milanzi, University of Agder. Completion expected end 2009. • Supervisor, doctoral dissertation, Sverre Tomassen, who defended his thesis in December 2004, BI Norwegian School of Management. • Supervisor, doctoral dissertation, Birgitte Grøgaard, who defended her thesis in May 2006, BI Norwegian School of Management. • Member of examination committee, Keson W. Loke’s PhD thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, September 2006. • Member of examination committee (betygsnänmd), Magnus Persson’s PhD thesis, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, September 2006. • Examiner, European PhD certificate, Marta Ortiz de Urbina Criado, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain, May 2006. • Member of examination committee and "opponent", Brian Portelli’s PhD thesis, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway (defended February 2006). • Member of advisory and examination committees and “opponent”, Mons L. F. Svendsen’s PhD thesis, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, Norway (defended November 2005). • Chairman of examination committee, Carmine Gioa’s PhD thesis, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark (defended November 2005). • Member of examination committee, Sara McGaughey’s PhD thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (completed October 2003). • Member of examination committee, Mette Østerlund’s PhD thesis, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002. • Member of examination committee, Tahir Rizwan’s licenciate dissertation, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland (completed June 2001). • Member of examination committee and "opponent", Patrick Furu's doctoral dissertation, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland (defended April 2000). • Advisor and/or examiner for numerous Master theses, BI Norwegian School of Management (1992-), Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (1994-), Agder University (1996-), Copenhagen Business School (2004-), and Bodø University College (2006-) Grading committees: Served as grader/examiner in a numerous subjects including International Strategy, Organizational Economics, International Management, Global