Emeritus Professor Stephen Nicholas
Qualifications
PhD (honoris causa) Superior University, Pakistan 2010, BA (Syracuse), MA (Iowa), Fellow of the Academy of Social Science of Australia.
Research Interests
International business strategy; strategic management; Multinational Enterprises and Foreign Direct Investment in Australia, China and Japan; business history; diversity management.
Profile
Professor Nicholas is a Emeritus Professor of International Business at University of Newcastle. He was elected to the Academy of the Social Science in Australia in 1997.
He is Yunshan Chair Professor at the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Guest Professor at Beijing Normal University, Beijing University of Foreign Studies and Nanjing University of Finance and Economics. Professor Nicholas is a member of the Board of Trustees of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Chair of the Governing Council, Williams Business College, Sydney. He served as the Inaugural President of the Australian-New Zealand International Business Academy; President of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand; and Member of the International Economic History Association Executive. He has been Visiting Professor at Nagoya University, Research Fellow at the Australian National University, a Visiting Fellow at Economics, Reading University and a visitor at the London School of Economics, Business History Unit.
Professor Nicholas's research focuses on the development of whole societies with a focus on how a society interacts with its economic (business firms and unions), political (political parties and non-government organisations) and social (families and churches) organisations to ensure economic development while maintaining the right of individuals to exercise economic, social and political choices. His current research includes studies of restructuring of foreign subsidiaries in Guangdong and Shandong provinces and the health and well-being of China's population and labour force.
Professor Nicholas has significant consulting experience with such major players as Rio Tinto, National Australia Bank, GM-Holden, Ford, IBM, Westpac and the Federal and State governments in Australia.
Professor Nicholas has published over 120 refereed journal articles, book chapters and edited books in international business, knowledge and diversity management, international human resource management, and business history, economic history and anthroprometric history. His recent publications include Journal of International Business Studies, Management International Review, International Studies in Management and Organizations, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management and Oxford Economic Papers.
Contact Details
Emeritus Professor Stephen Nicholas
Professor of International Business
Faculty of Business and Law
University of Newcastle
Telephone: +61-2-492 17979
E-mail: Stephen.Nicholas@newcastle.edu.au