Professor Witt teaches and researches international business at INSEAD and is an Associate in Research at Harvard's Reischauer Institute. He is primarily based in Singapore.

His research explores how doing business varies by country and how firms doing business abroad respond to these differences. Recent publications include two books—The Future of Chinese Capitalism (2007, Oxford U. Press, with Gordon Redding) and Changing Japanese Capitalism (2006, Cambridge U. Press)—as well as articles in journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Asian Business and Management, and Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter.

Professor Witt holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from Harvard University and an A.B. from Stanford University. He has lived in China, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and the United States.

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International Business; Varieties of Capitalism/Comparative Business Systems; Culture and Institutions; Political Economy; East-Asia (specifically China, Japan and Korea); Western Europe (specifically Germany).

Strategies for Asia-Pacific (MBA, EMBA); Comparing the World's Business Systems (MBA); Political Risk Assessment and Management (MBA); International Political Analysis (MBA, EMBA); executive education.