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Olivier P. Roche, PhD
Associate Professor
Head, Stephen Zuellig Graduate School of Development Management
C.V. Starr Chair in Corporate Governance
Academic Background
- PhD in Strategy, McGill University Montreal, QC, Canada
- Master in Common Law Studies, Georgetown University Washington DC
- Master of Business Administration, University of North Texas Denton, Texas
- Bachelor in Civil Law & International Law, University of Paris, France
Professional and Academic Experience
- Dean of the School of Business and Economics, Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Associate Dean, Salisbury University, USA
- Director of Global Programs, Salisbury University, USA
- Professor of Management, Salisbury University, USA
- Director of International Business & Global Programs, Salisbury University, USA
- Assistant-Associate Professor, Salisbury University, USA
- Associate Academic Director, McGill University, Canada
- Director/Head of Regional Research (Energy), ABN AMRO Asia Limited, Hong Kong
- Director/Equity Research, Schroders Asia Limited, Hong Kong
- Investment Officer, World Bank- International Finance Corporation, Washington DC
- Assistant to Vice-President of Finance, Pechiney Corporation, Greenwich, CT
Affiliations, Awards, and Honors
- Fulbright Scholar: Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
- Admitted to the New York Bar: Counselor-at-law, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
- Roche, O. P., & Siebold, N. (2024). Strategies for social venture growth: Governing the means-ends dynamics of social impact. Strategic Change. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2592.
- Wahab, S.N., Tan, A., & Roche, O. P. (2024). Identifying supply chain manager leadership skills and competencies gaps in Malaysia. Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning. https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-07-2023-0179.
- Siebold, N., Oelrich, S. & Roche, O. P. (2023). “I Am Your Partner, Am I Not?” An inquiry into stakeholder inclusion in platform organizations in times of crisis. Journal of Business Research, 160, 113776.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113776.
- Wahab, S., Tan, A., & Roche, O. P. (2023). Comparison of cross-border reverse logistics of a fast fashion brand in China. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 16(1), 25-35.
http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm0520370.
- Roche, O. P., Freundlich, F., Shipper, F. & Manz, C. (2018). Mondragon’s amorphous network structure: Making the whole truly greater than the sum of its parts. Organizational Dynamics, 47(3), 155-164.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2018.01.001.
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
- Calo, T. J., Roche, O. P., & Shipper, F. (2014). TEOCO (The Employee Owned Company): Principled entrepreneurship and shared leadership. In F. Shipper (Ed), Shared entrepreneurship: A path to engaged employee ownership (pp. 179-208). USA: Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137405807_11.
- Roche, O. P., Hoffman, R., & Brown, M. (2014). Shared governance: Structure and processes. In F. Shipper (Ed.), Shared entrepreneurship: A path to engaged employee ownership (pp. 43-56). USA: Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137405807_4.
- Roche, O. P. (2009). Corporate governance & organization life cycle: The changing role and composition of the board of directors. USA: Cambria Press.
- Roche, O. P. (2009). The corporatization of the Chinese oil and petrochemical industries: Evolution without revolution. In I. Alon, J. Chang, M. Fetscherin, C. Lattemann, & J. McIntyre (Eds.), China Rules: Globalization and Political Transformation (pp. 101-131). United Kingdom: Palgrave MacMillan.
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274181_5
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