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Vera Kun­czer

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

Emner
Demokrati Nationalisme Politik Internationalisering Multinational virksomhed Globalisering

Primary research areas

Pop­u­lism and demo­cracy
My re­search ex­plores how pop­u­lism, demo­cracy, and glob­al­iz­a­tion in­ter­act to un­der­stand chal­lenges and op­por­tun­it­ies for demo­cracy and in­clus­ive eco­nom­ic de­vel­op­ment.
In­sti­tu­tion­al dy­nam­ics
My re­search ex­am­ines how in­sti­tu­tion­al dy­nam­ics, fo­cus­ing on changes in polit­ic­al and reg­u­lat­ory en­vir­on­ments, in­flu­ence mul­tina­tion­al en­ter­prises and cross-bor­der in­vest­ments.
Spillovers
I study how spillovers - eco­nom­ic, so­cial, and in­sti­tu­tion­al ef­fects from firms - in­flu­ence eco­nom­ic and so­cial de­vel­op­ment.

Shap­ing re­si­li­ent demo­cra­cies and in­clus­ive glob­al growth

I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Economics, Government, and Business. My research interests lie at the intersection of international business, politics, and development. I study how institutional dynamics and political risk shape multinational enterprises’ strategies and global investment flows, and how spillovers from firms influence inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

My research helps companies navigate political risk and institutional change, enabling them to make better global investment decisions while supporting policies that promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth for society.

My work has been published in the Journal of International Business Policy, the Academy of Management Proceedings, and Progress in International Business Research. I serve on the Editorial Review Board of the Global Strategy Journal and review for several management and international business journals.

I have received several academic recognitions, including the AOM IM Division Best Dissertation Award, finalist for the Gunnar Hedlund Award, multiple best paper and reviewer awards, and teaching and research scholarships. I was also awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome.

Publications

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20. februar 2024

The Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters

Vera Kun­czer, Tenure Track Assistant Professor

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2024

Global City Investment

Unravelling the Impact of Immigrants and International Experience as Knowledge Sources

Julia Mittermayr

Vera Kun­czer, Tenure Track Assistant Professor

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2023

The Value of Migrants for International Joint Ventures

Julia Mittermayr

Vera Kun­czer, Tenure Track Assistant Professor

Jonas F. Puck
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Recent research projects

MI­CRO­POP­U­LISM - The mi­cro-found­a­tions of macro-in­sti­tu­tions: an em­pir­ic­al in­vest­ig­a­tion of the co-evol­u­tion of pop­u­list rhet­or­ic and or­gan­iz­a­tions

This EU-fun­ded pro­ject (call: HO­RI­ZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01) stud­ies how pop­u­list rhet­or­ic shapes eco­nom­ic and in­sti­tu­tion­al change by link­ing co-evol­u­tion the­ory and dis­course ana­lys­is, fo­cus­ing on mul­tina­tion­al en­ter­prises' roles.

VAL­POP - Valu­ing Pub­lic Goods in a Pop­u­list World: A Com­par­at­ive Ana­lys­is of Net­work Dy­nam­ics and So­ci­et­al Out­comes

This EU-fun­ded pro­ject (call: HO­RI­ZON-CL2-2024-DEMO­CRACY-01) stud­ies how the rule of law and pop­u­lism shape pub­lic goods cre­ation through “net­worked pop­u­lism” and so­ci­et­al act­or in­ter­ac­tions, in­flu­en­cing so­cio-eco­nom­ic out­comes.
Valuing Public Goods in a Populist World