Roger Fon is an Assistant Professor of International Business at Newcastle Business School, ϲ. He holds a Ph.D. in Management from the University of Kent, UK; an MSc in International Business and Economic Development from the University of Reading, UK.
Prior to joining ϲ, Roger was a Lecturer in International Business Management at the University of Manchester and thereafter a Fellow in Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science where he taught international business courses at the undergraduate, graduate and executive levels. Roger's research focuses on the internationalisation strategies of emerging market multinational enterprises (with particular emphasis on the African context, formal and informal institutions). His research has been published in international business journals such as International Business Review, Thunderbird International Business Review and Journal of International Business Policy.
His research has been nominated for and received prestigious awards including the 2018 Danny Van Den Bulcke Best Paper Award at the Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy and nominated for the 2023 International Management Division GWU-CIBER Best Paper in Emerging Markets Award at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Management.
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