PhD defence: Majbritt Greve

The PhD is about the world’s largest container shipping company, Maersk, and its role in developing country trade and economic development. Despite being a key industry for trade, we know very little about how shipping and logistics foreign direct investment promote or hinder developing country trade. Exemplified by a study of Maersk, the objective of this thesis is to contribute to a better understanding of how the introduction of advanced shipping and logistics services by a foreign investor occurs and the potential effects on developing country export performance.

Primary Supervisor:
Associate Professor Michael Wendelboe Hansen
Department of Management, Society and Communication
Copenhagen Business School

Secondary Supervisors:
Professor Ari Kokko
Department of International Economics, Government and Business
Copenhagen Business School

Associate Professor Henrik Sornn Friese
Department of Strategy and Innovation
Copenhagen Business School

Assessment Committee:
Associate Professor Peter Ørberg Jensen (Chair)
Strategy and Innovation
Copenhagen Business School

Professor Dong Wook Song
Shipping Management and Logistics & Acting Head of Port Management
World Maritime University

Research Associate Jane Lister
Operations and Logistics
UBC Sauder School of Business

Thesis:
The thesis will be available from research.cbs.dk

Reception:
The CBS PhD School will host a reception, which will take place immediately after the defence in Faculty Club (ground floor).