Professor Chris Styles
Professor Chris Styles is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Transnational Ventures) at UNSW Sydney and leads the UNSW Group Ventures team. This follows 10 years as Dean, UNSW Business School, and 3 years as Director, AGSM.
Prior to these appointments Chris was Associate Dean and Professor/Chair of the Marketing Department at the University of Sydney Business School.
Chris has been a consultant/executive teacher to major corporations in South-East Asia, India, USA, Europe and Australia, and held regional board/council member positions. His research has focused on international marketing and strategy, and in particular issues relating to the internationalisation process, international alliances and international entrepreneurship.
Chris began his career as a Marketing Manager for Procter & Gamble in Europe and the Middle East and obtained his PhD from London Business School.
- Publications
- Grants
- Qualifications
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- 2007-2011 Determinants of location choice for foreign investment. $210,000 from NSW Department of State and Regional Development.
- 2002-2004 An investigation of export performance determinants across service types. $83,000 ARC Discovery grant
- 2001 Case study analysis to assess drivers of success/failure of Australian service exporters. $40,550 Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
- 1998-2001 A dyadic investigation of the relationship processes leading to successful market entries in East Asian markets. $270,000 ARC SPIRT grant (with Austrade as the industry partner)
- 2013
Graduate, Company Directors Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors - 1996
PhD, London Business School; Dissertation, “Determinants of Export Performance in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: An Empirical Investigation in the UK and Australia” (winner, Academy of Marketing Science Doctoral Dissertation competition) - 1988
Bachelor of Commerce – First Class Honours, University of Western Australia
- 2009: Best paper, International Marketing Review (with Y.Chandra and I. Wilkinson)
- 2006 - 2007: Recognised as one of the 'top 10' reviewers for the International Marketing Review
- 2005: Best Paper, International and Cross-cultural Marketing track, 2005 Australian New Zealand Marketing Academy conference
- 2001: Overall Best Paper, 2001 Australian New Zealand Marketing Academy conference
- 2000: Runner-up, Best Paper 2000, Australian Journal of Management
- 1997: Winner, Academy of Marketing Science (USA) Doctoral Dissertation competition
- 1994: Best Paper 1994, International Marketing Review
- 1994 - 1996: London Business School PhD Scholarship
- 1988: Best Student completing a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours at the University of Western Australia
- 1987: Highest aggregate of marks in the four core marketing subjects of the Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Western Australia
Memberships - Editorial Boards
- International Marketing Review
- British Journal of Management
- Ad hoc reviewer for: Journal of International Business Studies; Journal of Business Venturing; Journal of World Business; Journal of Business Research
- Special Issue editor (with Sid Gray): 'New Perspectives on International Entrepreneurship', International Marketing Review (23:5)
Memberships - Company Boards, Professional Associations
- Previously served as member of the National Advisory Board of the Australian Marketing Institute and was an elected member of the Australian New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC) Executive.
- Served on the Austrade Tertiary Education Advisory Board, which provided advice and conducts projects to improve teaching resources in International Marketing / Business
In the Media
- Australia should be giving start-ups a leg up
- UNSW's Chris Styles shapes the business school of the future
Media Releases
- UNSW Business School awarded five-year AACSB accreditation
- Business School trio awarded professorships
- Disruption to universities will create opportunities and challenges
- Asia-Pacific business school deans arrive at UNSW Sydney
- CSI’s Michael Traill AM appointed Adjunct Professor
- Female entrepreneurs rule at Peter Farrell Cup finals
- 2018 Business School Awards Ceremony
- UNSW Business School does well in QS subject rankings 2018
- UNSW Business ranked in the world’s top 10
- AGSM celebrates 40 years of progress with prominent business leaders, key address by Lucy Turnbull AO
- QS World subject rankings good for UNSW Business School
- Luminis Scholarship recipient Hugh Amos off to a flying start
- Professor Richard Dunford joins UNSW Business School
- AGSM @ UNSW Business School climbs another 12 places in the FT list of world’s best MBA programs
- Chris Adam made Emeritus Professor at UNSW Business School
- UNSW banking conference addressed by Treasurer Scott Morrison
- Appointment of CEO, Centre for Social Impact
- Henry Hutchison ready for Rio
- UNSW in Silicon Valley
- Awards ceremony celebrates top talent
- UNSW experts give their analysis of the 2016 Budget
- Luminis Partners and UNSW to launch $1m scholarship program
- 2016 Alumni Leaders Mentoring Program Kicks Off
- UNSW Business School students the right fit for elite employers
- Welcome to UNSW Business School
- Chris Styles to sit on council of Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools
- Tax and Time Travel the theme for the Australasian Tax Teachers Association Conference
- BusinessThink | Indonesia: landmark panel event shares exclusive insights in Jakarta
- Visit of Indonesian Consul-General
- UNSW’s Geoffrey Harcourt recognised for his contribution to economics
- No Fear, No Embarrassment: Alex Malley Inspires at Career Mentor Closing Ceremony
- UNSW and UGM build knowledge bridges between Australia and Indonesia
- Successful UNSW Innovation Summit has hopes for the future
- Women In Leadership Network makes inaugural launch with UNSW Vice Chancellor
- New partner for UNSW Business School’s BusinessThink.
- UNSW’s Business School of the future
- UNSW Business School leads Australia in Accounting and Finance
- UNSW Business School taps into the social job network
- UNSW Business School’s Audit Researchers still world number 1
- Bear in the Boardroom addresses leading business schools grads
- China’s eBusiness revolution is gathering speed
- Signing Ceremony confirms Australian Graduate School of Management and School of Management, Fudan University joint MBA Program