George O. White III, JD, LLM, PhD

George O. White III, JD, LLM, PhD

Visiting Research Professor

EXPERTISE

Strategic Management, Business & Corporate Strategy, Global Strategy, International Business, International Management

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Global Strategy, Nonmarket Strategy, Legal and Regulatory Environment, Political Ties

George O. White III, JD, LLM, PhD

Visiting Research Professor

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND 

  • PhD in International Business, University of Texas at El Paso
  • MBA in General Management, University of Texas at El Paso
  • LLM in International Commercial Law, Emory University
  • JD in Concentration in International Law, Western Michigan University
  • Bachelor of Arts in History, University of Alabama

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

  • Professor of Strategic Management, Department of Management and Marketing, School of Management, University of Michigan‒Flint, Flint, MI (2021-Present)
  • Faculty Affiliate, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan (2017-Present)
  • Visiting Professor, NIDA Business School, NIDA, Bangkok, Thailand (2019-Present)
  • Honorary Professor, College of Law & Politics, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China (2004-Present)
  • Non-Resident Research Fellow, Asian Institute of Management (2018-2022)
  • Core Faculty, International & Global Studies Program, University of Michigan- Flint (2017-2022)
  • Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Department of Management and Marketing, School of Management, University of Michigan- Flint (2017-2021)
  • Associate Professor of Strategic Management & International Business, Departments of Management and International Business, Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University (2016-2017)
  • Assistant Professor of Strategic Management & International Business, Departments of Management and International Business, Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University (2010-2016)

EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Multinational Business Review, Associate Editor (2022-Present)
  • Journal of International Management, Consulting Editor (2022-Present)
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Editorial Review Board Member (2019-Present)  
  • Journal of World Business, Editorial Review Board Member (2018-Present)  
  • Management International Review, Editorial Review Board Member (2021- Present)  
  • Asian Business & Management, Editorial Review Board Member, (2021-Present)
  • European Journal of International Management, Editorial Review Board Member (2021-Present)
  • Journal of Asia Business Studies, Editorial Review Board Member (2015-Present)
  • Journal of Asia-Pacific Business, Editorial Review Board Member, (2013-Present)
  • Journal of International Management, Editorial Review Board Member (2019-2022)  
  • Multinational Business Review, Editorial Review Board Member (2019-2022) 
  • Multinational Business Review, Guest Editor (2018-2021)

AFFILIATIONS, AWARDS AND HONORS

  • Golden Apple Award in teaching excellence, Thompson Center for Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan–Flint, Winter (2019)
  • Golden Apple Award in teaching excellence, Thompson Center for Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan–Flint, Winter (2018)
  • Hagerman Faculty Entrepreneurship & Innovation Award, School of Management, University of Michigan – Flint (2017)
  • Nominated, Aalto University School of Business “That’s Interesting!” Award, Academy of International Business Annual Conference (2016)
  • Shining Star Award in teaching excellence, Old Dominion University, Fall (2015)
  • Nominated, Best Paper, Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference (2015)
  • Nominated, Best Paper, Academy of Management Annual International Conference (2015)

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

  • White, G. O., Rajwani, T., & Krammer, S. M.S. (2022). Legal distance and entrepreneurial orientation of foreign subsidiaries: Evidence from Southeast Asia. Journal of World Business, 57(6), 101382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101382
  • Dieleman, M., Stanislav, M., Rajwani, T., & White, G. O. (2022). Revisiting institutional voids:  Advancing the international business literature by leveraging social sciences. Journal of International Management, 28(3). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1075425322000102
  • White, G. O., &Rajwani, T. (2022). Regulatory uncertainty and foreign subsidiary strategic proactiveness. European Journal of International Management,18(2/3), 329-350. doi: 10.1504/EJIM.2022.10046561
  • White, G. O., Chintakananda, A., & Rajwani, T. (2022). Seeds of corruption? The contingent role of ties to politicians and foreign subsidiary relations with government-sponsored financial institutions. British Journal of Management. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8551.12589
  • White, G. O., Rajwani, T., & Lawton, T. C. (2021).Open for business in a closed world: Managing MNE nonmarket strategy in times of populism and geopolitical uncertainty. Multinational Business Review, 29(4), 441-450. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-06-2021-0077
  • White, G. O., Hemphill, T. A., Rajwani, T., & Boddewyn, J. J. (2020). Does context really matter? The influence of deficient legal services on the intensity of political ties in the regulatory and legal arenas. Multinational Business Review, 28(3), 277-305. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-05-2019-0046
  • Galang, R. M. N., Lavado, R., White, G. O., & Francisco, J. P. S. (2020). Imposing cooperation: the impact of local institutions on the efficiency of cooperatives in the Philippines. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 14(4), 421-440. https://doi.org/10.1108/JABS-05-2019-0135
  • White, G. O., Boddewyn, J. J., Rajwani, T., & Hemphill, T. A. (2018). Regulator vulnerabilities to political pressures and political tie intensity: The moderating effects of regulatory and political distance. Management International Review, 58, 743-769. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-018-0351-5
  • White, G. O., Fainschmidt, S., & Rajwani, T. (2018). Antecedents and outcomes of political tie intensity: Institutional and strategic fit perspectives. Journal of International Management, 24(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2017.06.001
  • White, G. O., Hemphill, T. A., Weber, T., & Moghaddam, K. (2018). Institutional origins of WOFSformal contracting: A judicial arbitrariness perspective. International Business Review,27(3), 654-668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2017.11.002
  • Lee, S. H., Bao, S., & White, G. O. (2016). The influence of business ties and national culture on foreign subsidiary capability building in an emerging market. Journal of Asia-Pacific Business, 17(4), 318-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2016.1235957
  • White, G. O., Guldiken, O., Hemphill, T. A., He, W., & Khoobdeh, M. S. (2016). Trends in international strategic management research from 2000 to 2013: Text mining and bibliometric analyses. Management International Review, 56, 35-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-015-0260-9
  • Hemphill, T. A., & White, G. O. (2016). The world economic forum and Nike: Emerging ‘shared responsibility’ and institutional control models for achieving a socially responsible global supply chain? Business and Human Rights Journal, 1(2), 307-313. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2016.3
  • White, G. O., Boddewyn, J. J., & Galang, R. M. N. (2015). Legal system contingencies as determinants of political tie intensity by wholly owned foreign subsidiaries: Insights from the Philippines. Journal of World Business, 50(2), 342-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2014.10.010
  • White, G. O., Chizema, A., Canabal, A., & Perry, M. J. (2015). Legal system uncertainty and FDI attraction in Southeast Asia. International Journal of Emerging Markets,10(3), 572-597. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJoEM-11-2013-0184