Michael A. Witt - Faculty Profile | INSEAD

Michael A. Witt

Strategy

Michael A. Witt

Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy and International Business

Contact

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +65 6799 5253
Campus: Singapore

Research Areas

International Business, Global Strategy

Teaching Areas

International Business, Global Strategy, Blue Ocean Shift

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. He has a special interest in geopolitics and business (decoupling, de-globalization) and in varieties of capitalism.

Professor Witt has published five major books and a range of articles in leading journals including Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of World Business, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Business Policy, Management and Organization Review, and Socio-Economic Review.

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. 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 international 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.

Publications

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., 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., Fainshmidt S., Aguilera R. (2022). Our Board, Our Rules: Nonconformity to Global Corporate Governance Norms. Administrative Science Quarterly, 67(1)

Luo Y., Witt M. A. (2022). Springboard MNEs Under de-Globalization. Journal of International Business Studies

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

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

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. (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)

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

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. (2006). The "Tray of Loose Sand": A Thick Description of the State-Owned Enterprise Sector of China Seen as a Business System. Asian Business and Management, 5(1)

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)

Li P. P., Lewin A. Y., Witt M. A., Valikangas L. (2021). De-Globalization and Decoupling: A Luck of the Draw for India?. Management and Organization Review, 17(2)

Witt M. A., Li P. P., Valikangas L., Lewin A. Y. (2021). De-Globalization and Decoupling: Game Changing Consequences?. Management and Organization Review, 17(1)

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

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

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

Witt M. A., Gabrielsson J., Fassin Y., Hu H. W., Yamak S., Lopez F., Fainshmidt S., Puffer S., Shukla D., Adegbite E., Zattoni A., Chen J. J., Van Ees H., Rivas J. L., Talaulicar T., Lewellyn K., Judge W. Q. (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. (2007). Gut Ding will Weile Haben? Dynamik Institutioneller Anpassungsprozesse und Ihre Wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen (Good Things take Time? Dynamics of Institutional Adjustment Processes and their Economic Impact). Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter, 54(2)

Lewin A. Y., Witt M. A. (2022). China’s Belt and Road Initiative and International Business: The Overlooked Centrality of Politics. Journal of International Business Policy

Hasegawa H., Witt M. A. (2019). Asian Business and Management: Theory, Practice and Perspectives.

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

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

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.

Witt M. A. (2022). Take a Look at Yourself: International Business and the De-globalization Crisis.

Witt M. A., Miska C. (2019). Institutions and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Witt M. A. (2019). The Business System of Japan (2019).

Witt M. A. (2019). The Business System of China.

Witt M. A. (2019). Management in Southeast Asia: a Business Systems Perspective.

Witt M. A. (2018). Asian Business Systems.

Witt M. A. (2016). The Road Ahead for China: Implications from South Korea's Experience.

Witt M. A. (2014). The Business System of Japan.

Witt M. A. (2014). Japan: Coordinated Capitalism Between Institutional Change and Structural Inertia.

Witt M. A. (2014). South Korea: Plutocratic State-led Capitalism Reconfiguring.

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

Witt M. A., Redding G. (2014). Asian Business Systems: Implications and Perspectives for Research on Comparative Business Systems.

Carney R., Witt M. A. (2014). The Role of the State in Asian Business Systems.

Redding G., Witt M. A. (2014). Implications for Business Practice.

Redding G., Bond M. H., Witt M. A. (2014). The Role of Culture in Asian Business Systems.

Witt M. A., Redding G. (2014). China: Authoritarian Capitalism.

Witt M. A. (2012). East Asian Business Systems in Transition.

Witt M. A. (2012). Introduction (Asian Business and Management).

Witt M. A. (2012). Corporate Governance and Initial Public Offerings in Singapore.

Redding G., Witt M. A. (2011). Chinese business systems and the challenges of Transition.

Witt M. A. (2009). Management in Japan.

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