About Pervez Ghauri

Pervez Ghauri completed his PhD at Uppsala University (Sweden) where he also taught for several years. After Uppsala, he joined Oslo Business School (later merged into Norwegian School of Management – BI), as Associate Dean (Academic Affairs) with main responsibility to develop an MBA program. He thus started the first English speaking MBA and Executive MBA programs in Nordic countries that were highly successful.

After Oslo, he worked as Professor of Marketing and International Business at University of Groningen Netherland, where he also served as Academic Dean for that last three years. After moving to UK, he served Manchester Business School and King’s College London as chaired professor of International Business, for several years. Currently, Pervez is Professor of International Business at University of Birmingham (UK).

Pervez is the founding Editor of International Business Review (IBR) and Consulting Editor for Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). He also served as Editor (Europe) for Journal of World Business (JWB) for the period 2007-2014. Pervez is a Fellow of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) and the Academy of International Business (AIB), where he was also Vice President between 2008 and 2010.

Pervez has published more than 30 books including the best seller, Research Methods in Business Studies, now in 5th edition with Cambridge University Press. He has also published more than 100 articles in top level International Business and International Marketing journals. Pervez has also been consulting and running executive training programs with several companies such as, BP, Ericsson and Airbus Industries.