Dr Christiaan Roell

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Christiaan Röell is a lecturer in International Business at the UNSW Business School, Department of Management and Governance. His research is focused on the political strategies of multinationals in international environments, especially in Southeast Asia. He is interested in government affairs managers as individuals, and his research seeks to unpack corporate political strategizing at a deeper, complex, human level. Christiaan is also interested in how multinationals collaborate with government agencies to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Management Studies and the Journal of World Business.

Phone

0402305916

E-mail

c.roell@unsw.edu.au

Location

Business School Building (E12) Level 5 Room 542

Journal articles | 2023

Arndt F; Roell C; Kumar V, 2023, 'Mature MNE Subsidiaries in Emerging Markets: An Old Phenomenon with a New Research Agenda', AIB Insights, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.46697/001c.72797

Journal articles | 2022

Röell C; Arndt F; Kumar V, 2022, 'A Blessing and a Curse: Institutional Embeddedness of Longstanding MNE Subsidiaries in Emerging Markets', Journal of Management Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joms.12817

Journal articles | 2022

Röell C; Osabutey E; Rodgers P; Arndt F; Khan Z; Tarba S, 2022, 'Managing socio-political risk at the subnational level: Lessons from MNE subsidiaries in Indonesia', Journal of World Business, 57, pp. 101312 - 101312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101312

Media | 2022

Roell C, 2022, How companies should respond to U.S.-China tensions and global supply chain disruptions, , https://theconversation.com/how-companies-should-respond-to-u-s-china-tensions-and-global-supply-chain-disruptions-175507

Media | 2022

Roell C, 2022, What can we learn about managing MNE-government relations from century-old subsidiaries in Indonesia?, , https://managementstudiesinsights.com/what-can-we-learn-about-managing-mne-government-relations-from-century-old-subsidiaries-in-indonesia/

SSHRC Insight grant 2023-25 'Overcoming adversity in cross-sector partnerships: A micro-level study of commitment. $95,278

BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants SRG 2021-22 'Tackling grand challenges: cross-sectoral collaborations to contribute to the Sustainable Development
Goals' £10,000

Best paper award at the 6th Global Strategy and Emerging Markets (GSEM) conference in Vancouver (2022). Title: 'Sowing the Seeds for Political Influence: Aligning CSR Strategies with the Sustainable Development Goals'

Best Paper Award at the 38th Euro-Asia Management Studies Association's (EAMSA) annual conference (2022) in Tokyo 'Sowing the seeds for political influence: Incorporating the UN SDGs into the MNE’s nonmarket strategy'

Working papers

Relocation and technology sourcing in the era of decoupling
Technology transfer potential in local and foreign-owned firms in emerging economies
Covert allyship: Implementing LGBT+ policies in an adversarial context
Political strategies and the UN SDGs in emerging markets
Constructing business-to-government relationships in emerging markets
From an authoritarian regime to a decentralized democracy: Nonmarket strategy in Indonesia
When stigma harms legitimacy: Managing the dynamics of stigmatization and legitimization of MNEs