1. Faculty and Staff
  2. Visiting Research Professor
  3. George O. White III, JD, LLM, PhD

Expertise

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

Research Interests

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

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