
Tina AMBOS
Full Professor
Institute of Management
Director, Innovation and Partnerships
Ph.D., Vienna 玉美人传媒 of Economics and Business
Uni Mail - 3236
+41 22 379 82 03
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Short bio
Tina C. Ambos is Professor of International听Management and the Director of the Institute of Management.听
Before joining the 玉美人传媒 in September 2015, she was a professor听at the 玉美人传媒 of Sussex, where she also served as the Director of Research听and Knowledge听Exchange for the Business and Management Department. Earlier she听held the chair of the Department of International Management at Johannes Kepler听玉美人传媒 Linz (JKU),听Austria as well as positions at Vienna 玉美人传媒 of听Economics and Business (WU Vienna), the 玉美人传媒 of Edinburgh and London听Business School. She studied in Austria,听Australia and Canada and received a听Venia Docendi (Habilitation), a Ph.D. and a Magister (Mag.rer.soc.oec) in听business administration from WU Vienna and a Magister degree听(Mag.phil) in听Philosophy from the 玉美人传媒 of Vienna.
Tina Ambos鈥 research and听teaching interests include knowledge management, innovation and strategic听management of the multinational corporation. During her career she has听worked听with several multinational corporations as well as entrepreneurial technology听firms on case studies, research and consulting projects. Her research in this field is regularly presented at the leading听international conferences and has been published in top international journals,听amongst others听Organization听Science, Journal of International Business听Studies, MIT Sloan Management Review, Long Range Planning, Journal of听Management Studies.听She is the author of the book听鈥淓ffective Knowledge听Transfer in Multinational Corporations鈥 published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Since 2015, Tina is Associate Editor for听Long Range Planning. She also serves on the听Consulting Editors Board of the听Journal of International Business Studies听and the editorial review boards of听Management听International Review, Global Strategy听Journal,听补苍诲听polylog. Zeitschrift f眉r Interkulturelles听Philosophieren.
She is also the听Academic Director of the听International听Organizations MBA (IO-MBA). ().
Research & publications
O鈥橞rien,听D., Sharkey Scott, P., Andersson, U., Ambos, T.C & Fu, N.(2018 forthcoming)听The Micro-Foundations of Subsidiary Initiatives: How Subsidiary Manager听Activities Unlock Entrepreneurship,听Global听Strategy Journal.
Birkinshaw, J., Ambos, T.C., Bouquet, C. (2017): The Corporate HQ as a Boundary Spanner. Insights from a Process Study, Journal of Management Studies, 54 (4), pp. 422-454.
Ambos, T.C. & M眉ller-Stewens, G. (2017):听Rethinking Strategy-Making in the Multidivisional Firm: A Retrospective,听Special Issue Introduction,听Long Range Planning,听50 (1), pp. 8-16.听
Ambos, T.C., Ambos, B., Eich, K.J., Puck, J. (2016): Imbalance and Isolation: How Team Configurations Affect Global Knowledge Sharing,听Journal of International Management,听22 (4), pp. 316-322.
Semrau, T., Ambos, T.C., Kraus, S. (2016): Entrepreneurial Orientation and SME Performance Across Societal Cultures: An International Study, Journal of Business Research, 69, (5) pp. 1928-1932.
Kraus, S., Ambos, T.C., Eggers, F. & Cesinger, B. (2015), Distance and Perceptions of Risk in Internationalization Decisions: A Conjoint Choice Experiment, Journal of Business Research.
Strutzenberger, A. & Ambos, T.C. (2014): Unravelling the Subsidiary Initiative Process: A Multilevel Approach, International Journal of Management Reviews, 16 (3), pp. 314-339.
Ambos T.C., Nell, P. & Pedersen, T. (2013): The Complementarity of Knowledge Stocks and Flows Within and Across Value-Chain Functions, Global Strategy Journal, 3, pp. 183-299.
Ambos, T.C., Andersson, U. & Birkinshaw, J. (2010): What are the Consequences of Initiative-Taking in Multinational Subsidiaries, Journal of International Business Studies, 41 (7), pp. 1099-1118. (lead article)
听Ambos, T.C. & Birkinshaw, J. (2010): How do New Ventures Evolve? An Inductive Study of the Process of Charter Change in Technology Ventures, Organization Science, 21, pp. 1125-1140. (lead article)
Ambos, T.C., Schlegelmilch, B.B., Ambos, B. & Brenner, B. (2009): Evolutions of Organizational Structure in the Internationalization of Banks: The Case of UniCredit Group in CEE, Long Range Planning, 42, pp. 633-653.
Ambos, T.C. & Ambos, B. (2009): The Impact of Distance on Knowledge Transfer Effectiveness in Multinational Corporations, Journal of International Management, 15 (1), pp. 1-14. (lead article)
Ambos, T.C., M盲kel盲, K, Birkinshaw, J. and D鈥橢ste; P. (2008): When does university research get commercialized? Institutional and individual-level predictors of commercial outputs from research-council funded projects, Journal of听Management Studies, 45 (8), pp. 1424-1427.
Birkinshaw, J., Bouquet, C., Ambos, T.C. (2007): Managing Attention in the Global Company, MIT Sloan Management Review, Summer, pp. 39-45.
Ambos, T.C., Ambos, B. & Schlegelmilch, B.B. (2006): Learning from the Periphery: An Empirical Investigation of Headquarters鈥 Benefits from Reverse Knowledge Transfers, International Business Review, 15 (3), pp. 294-312.
Schlegelmilch, B.B & Chini, T.C. (2003): Knowledge Transfer between Marketing Functions in Multinational Companies: A Conceptual Model, International Business Review听12 (2), pp. 215-232.