Affiliation: Auckland University of Technology
Bio: Matt obtained his PhD from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and is now an associate professor of international business & strategy at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. He is also a guest professor at Zhejiang University in China (PIEGL Master’s program) and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Prior to moving to New Zealand, Matt was a Fulbright Fellow at Harvard University, FAS Sociology (2017).
Matt’s research interests are at the intersection of economic sociology and international business, where he works with social identity theory, social cognitive theory and institutional theory. His research focuses on non-market aspects of multinational strategy, particularly related to corruption, populism and wicked problems. He also does diversity, equity and inclusion research.
Matt started as an Executive Board member of the AIB-CEE chapter and was Co-Chair of the 2017 AIB-CEE chapter conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He was Vice-President Marketing at the Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (2020-2023) has also served as Vice-President of Digital Communications within the AIB Teaching & Education SIG. Matt was also track co-chair of the Gender & Diversity track at the 2023 and 2025 annual AIB conferences. His academic leadership experience also includes a role as Interim Head of Department at Auckland University of Technology and as Academic Programme Lead for the Executive MBA at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
Matt currently serves as Managing editor for the International Journal of Emerging Markets, a Reviewing editor for AIB Insights and an Associate editor for Cross-Cultural & Strategic Management and the Asia Europe Journal. He has published in the Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Business Policy, Journal of Business Research, Multinational Business Review, Critical Perspectives on International Business, Cross-Cultural & Strategic Management, European Journal of International Management and Industrial Marketing Management. Matt is also co-author of a 2017 book Understanding a Changing China: Key Issues for Business with Routledge.