Michael A. Witt - Faculty Profile | INSEAD

Michael A. Witt

Strategy

Michael A. Witt

Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy and International Business

Contact

Email: michael.witt@insead.edu
Phone: +65 6799 5253
Campus: Singapore

Research Areas

International Business, National Business Systems/Varieties of Capitalism, East Asia (esp. China, Japan and Korea)

Teaching Areas

Strategies for Asia-Pacific, International Political Analysis, Blue Ocean Shift, Various Executive Education Modules

Biography

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 and teaching focuses on international business, global strategy, and Blue Ocean Shift.

Professor Witt has published five major books, including Asian Business and Mangement (2019, Macmillan), The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems (2014, Oxford U. Press), The Future of Chinese Capitalism (2007, Oxford U. Press), and Changing Japanese Capitalism (2006, Cambridge U. Press). His academic research has appeared or is forthcoming in leading publications, including the Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of World Business, Management and Organization Review, Socio-Economic Review, and Business Ethics Quarterly.

Professor Witt is former Editor-in-Chief of Asian Business & Management, a major academic journal on business and management in the Asian context, and serves as Consulting Editor of the Journal of International Business Studies as well as Senior Editor of the Management and Organization Review. Honors received include a prestigious Humboldt Fellowship.

At INSEAD, he is the Program Director of a range of executive development programs, including International Management in Asia Pacific, a senior executive open-enrollment program on succeeding in business in Asia.

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, Korea, Singapore, and the United States.

For up-to-date research and teaching details and access to papers, please click on "Personal Website" on top of this page or visit his ResearchGate profile profile.

Publications

Witt M. A., Fainshmidt S., Aguilera R. V., Verbeke A. (2020). The Contributions of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to International Business Research. Journal of International Business Studies, 51(4)

Witt M. A. (2019). China's Challenge: Geopolitics, De-Globalization, and the Future of Chinese Business. Management and Organization Review, 15(4)

Witt M. A. (2019). De-Globalization: Theories, Predictions, and Opportunities for International Business Research. Journal of International Business Studies, 50(7)

Witt M. A., Kabbach de Castro L. R., Amaeshi K., Mahroum S., Bohle D., Saez L. (2018). Mapping the Business Systems of 61 Major Economies: A Taxonomy and Implications for Varieties of Capitalism and Business Systems Research. Socio-Economic Review, 16(1)

Witt M. A., Adegbite E., Zattoni A., Chen J. J., Rivas J. L., Gabrielsson J., Van Ees H., Yamak S., Puffer S., Judge W. Q., Lewellyn K., Hu H. W., Fassin Y., Talaulicar T., Fainshmidt S., Shukla D., Lopez F. (2017). Does Board Independence Influence Financial Performance in IPO Firms? The Moderating Role of the National Business System. Journal of World Business, 52(5)

Witt M. A., Jackson G. (2016). Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Comparative Advantage: A Test and Reinterpretation. Journal of International Business Studies, 47(7)

Miska C., Witt M. A., Stahl G. (2016). Drivers of Global CSR Integration and Local CSR Responsiveness: Evidence from Chinese MNEs. Business Ethics Quarterly, 26(3)

Witt M. A., Stahl G. (2016). Foundations of Responsible Leadership: Asian Versus Western Executive Responsibility Orientations Toward Key Stakeholders. Journal of Business Ethics, 136(3)

Redding G., Witt M. A. (2015). Advancing Indigenous Management Theory: Executive Rationale as an Institutional Logic. Management and Organization Review, 11(2)

Judge W. Q., Witt M. A., Zattoni A., Talaulicar T., McCarthy D., Van Ees H., Yamak S., Lewellyn K., Hu H. W., Fassin Y., Fainshmidt S., Bell R. G., Gabrielsson J., Rivas J. L., Chen J. J., Shukla D., Lopez F. (2015). Corporate Governance and IPO Underpricing in a Cross-National Sample: A Multi-Level Knowledge-Based View. Strategic Management Journal, 36(8)

Witt M. A., Zattoni A., Chen J., Rivas J. L., Gabrielsson J., Judge W. Q., Adegbite E., Talaulicar T., Lopez-Iturriaga F., Wei Hu H., Shukla D., Quttainah M., Kibler B. (2015). Configurations of Capacity for Change in Entrepreneurial Threshold Firms: Imprinting and Strategic Choice Perspectives. Journal of Management Studies, 52(4)

Witt M. A., Redding G. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems.

Witt M. A., Redding G. (2013). Asian Business Systems: Institutional Comparison, Clusters and Implications for Varieties of Capitalism and Business Systems Theory. Socio-Economic Review, 11(2)

Witt M. A., Redding G. (2012). The Spirits of CSR: Senior Executive Perceptions of the Role of the Firm in Society in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Socio-Economic Review, 10(1)

Witt M. A. (2012). Asian Business and Management (eight volume set in the SAGE Library in Business and Management).

Witt M. A., Redding G. (2009). Culture, Meaning, and Institutions: Executive Rationale in Germany and Japan. Journal of International Business Studies, 40(5)

Witt M. A., Redding G. (2009). China's Business System and its Future Trajectory. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 26(2)

Witt M. A. (2008). Crossvergence Ten Years on: Impact and Further Potential. Journal of International Business Studies, 39(1)

Witt M. A., Lewin A. (2007). Outward Foreign Direct Investment as Escape Response to Home Country Institutional Constraints. Journal of International Business Studies, 38(4)

Redding G., Witt M. A. (2007). The Future of Chinese Capitalism: Choices and Chances.

Witt M. A. (2006). Changing Japanese Capitalism: Societal Coordination and Institutional Adjustment.

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