Gabriel Robertstad Garcia Benito
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My Background
I'm on the faculty of the Department of
Strategy and Logistics at the BI Norwegian School
of Management, one of the largest business schools in Europe. It is also
increasingly been recognized as one of the best business schools in this part of
the world. BI Norwegian School of Management is a private, non-profit
institution founded in 1943. In 2005, the school moved its new main campus to Nydalen, in Oslo,
the capital of Norway. I'm a graduate (Siviløkonom)
from BI, but moved
to Bergen, Norway, for further
studies at the Norwegian School of Economics and
Business Administration, where I received my Master and Doctor degrees.
I joined BI in 1997, where I have held the
position of Professor of International Strategy since 1999. I came back to Oslo
after having spent a couple of very enjoyable years in Copenhagen, Denmark, at
the Copenhagen Business School. After a
sabbatical year (2002-2003) spent in Valencia,
Spain, I re-joined the Department
of International Economics and Management at Copenhagen Business School for
a few more years. I returned to BI on a full-time basis at the end of 2005.
In addition to my position as Professor at
BI, I’m Director of the Centre
for International Strategy, and Dean of BI’s Doctoral
Studies. I’m also Adjunct Professor (Professor II) at University of Agder. I
was Head of the Department of Strategy and Logistics in 2006 and 2007.
Academic Interests
My research has particularly dealt with foreign direct investment and
divestment, the structure and behaviour of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and their foreign subsidiaries, and foreign operation
methods. I’m currently involved in several projects, including one about the
foreign relocation of divisional headquarters among Norwegian MNEs, and one about new ways of conceptualizing and
modelling how companies organize and manage their cross-border activities.
My research has appeared in various books and in journals such as Journal
of International Business Studies, Journal of Economic Geography,
Journal of Management Studies, Managerial and Decision Economics, Applied
Economics, Management International Review, Journal of Business
Research, Journal of International Marketing, International Trade
Journal, International Studies of Management and Organization, Scandinavian
Journal of Management, and International Business Review. I
co-authored (w/ L.S. Welch and B. Petersen) Foreign
Operation Methods: Theory, Analysis, Strategy
(2007, Edward Elgar), and co-edited (w/ R. Narula) Multinationals on the Periphery (2007,
Palgrave) and (w/ H.R. Greve) Progress in International Business Research, Vol. 1 (2007,
Elsevier).
As president (2005) of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) I was Chair of the 2005 EIBA Annual
Conference, which was held in Oslo, Norway, December 10-13. I also served on
the Board of EIBA from 1997 to 2007. I served as Officer (representative-at-large
2008-2010) for the Global Strategy Interest Group in Strategic Management Society.
In 2000-2004, I lead a research program called Globalization and
Internationalization of the Norwegian Economy. Based on funding from NFR,
the Research Council in Norway, the program was set up in 2000 together with
the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Culture
(TIK) at the University of Oslo and the Norwegian Institute of International
Affairs (NUPI). The program comprised several projects - in particular five
doctoral projects - dealing with a variety of issues related to globalization
and its impact on small countries such as Norway. The book Multinationals on the Periphery (2007, Palgrave), which I co-edited
with R. Narula, is partly a result of that research
program.
In 1999-2000, I was involved in the project A Value Creating Norway,
a large research venture about the most important industrial clusters in
Norway. I was responsible for the sub-project about the Norwegian maritime
cluster.
Those of you who want
more details may of course take a look at my CV.
Teaching
I do most of my teaching in our Master of Science and PhD Programs. My
current courses at BI include GRA 6833 Corporate and Global Strategies, GRA6331
The International Firm, and GRA 6337 Foreign Operation
Methods.
At University of Agder, I teach the course
IN-601 Research Issues in International Strategy.
BI Norwegian School of Management,
Created March, 1999
Last updated February, 2011