Phillip Christopher Nell

Adjunkt , Ph.d.
Phillip Christopher Nell

Institut for Strategi og Globalisering

Kilevej 14, 2. sal
2000 Frederiksberg

Lokale 2.65

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E-mail: pcn.smg@cbs.dk

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Dr. Phillip C. Nell is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Strategic Management and Globalization at Copenhagen Business School. He is also the current academic director of the CEMS program at Copenhagen Business School.

Phillip holds a European Master of Business Sciences (EMBSc) degree and a Diplom-Kaufmann from University of Bamberg. He received his PhD from WU Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business) and joined Copenhagen Business School subsequently.

Before joining academia, Phillip gained considerable industry experience as a consultant with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and conducted projects in Germany, the US, and in France in several industries such as construction, white goods, glass products, non-profit, and hospitals. His research interests are centered on the organization of the multinational corporation, the management of subsidiaries, and the role headquarters play in large and complex organizations. His research has been accepted for publication in Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Management, Journal of World Business, Management International Review, International Business Review, and Research Policy

He teaches the following courses (graduate level):

Corporate and global strategy
Foundations of Strategy
Global Marketing Research
Data Management and Analysis for Decision Making

Primære forskningsområder

The organization of the multinational corporation (MNC)
Headquarters configurations and headquarters value-added within MNCs
Intermediate levels of organizations and multi-agency relationships (regional and divisional headquarters)
Organizing for effective knowledge transfer within firms
The problem of selective intervention
Intra-organizational and inter-organizational networks in the context of the MNC
Causes and consequences of external embeddedness of MNC units

Administrative funktioner

CEMS Academic Director

Udvalgte publikationer

Nell, P. C., Ambos, B. Forthcoming: “Parenting Advantage in the MNC: An Embeddedness Perspective on the Value Added by Headquarters”. Strategic Management Journal

Nell, P. C. and U. Andersson. Forthcoming. Environmental complexity and its influence on subsidiary relational embeddedness. International Business Review.

K. Foss, N. Foss and P.C. Nell. Forthcoming. MNC Organizational Concepts and Incentive Conflicts: How Can MNCs Control Perceived Center Opportunism. Journal of International Management.

V. Mahnke, B. Ambos, P.C. Nell and B. Hobdari. Forthcoming. How do regional headquarters influence corporate decisions in networked MNCs? Journal of International Management.

Nell, P. C., B. Ambos and B. B. Schlegelmilch. 2012. The MNC as an externally embedded organization: An investigation of embeddedness overlap in local subsidiary networks. Journal of World Business (46), p. 497-505.

Nell, P. C., B. Ambos and B. B. Schlegelmilch. 2011. The Benefits of Hierarchy? – Exploring the Effects of Regional Headquarters in Multinational Corporations, in: Asmussen, C. G., Pedersen, T., Devinney, T.M. , Tihanyi, L. (eds.): Advances in International Management, Vol. 24: “Dynamics of Globalization: Location-Specific Advantages or Liabilities of Foreignness?, p. 85-106.

R. Piekkari, P.C. Nell and P. Ghauri. 2010. Regional Management as a System – A Longitudinal Study. Management International Review. 50, p. 513–532.

M. L. Lehrer, P. C. Nell and L. Gärber. 2009. A National Systems View of University Entrepreneurialism: Inferences from Comparison of the German and US Experience. Research Policy, 38 (2009), p. 268-280.

Sidst opdateret af Pia Elmegård 25.04.2012