Elizabeth L. Rose is the Pro Vice Chancellor at IFHE Hyderabad. A dual citizen of New
Zealand
and the United States, her previous academic appointments have been in the U.K., New
Zealand,
Finland, and the U.S. She holds a BSE (Civil Engineering) from Princeton University and an
MSE
(Civil Engineering), an AM (Statistics), and a PhD (Business Administration, emphasis in
Statistics and Management Science), all from the University of Michigan.
Beth's research addresses various aspects of how firms internationalise and compete across borders; her work is at the intersection of international business, entrepreneurship, and strategy. She has ongoing interests in the internationalisation activities of smaller firms, especially those operating in emerging and developing markets. Beth's work has appeared in a variety of top-tier, international journals, including the Journal of International Business Studies. She is an elected Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB), which is an honour reserved for a small percentage of the association’s membership.
Beth has held leadership roles in several academic professional organizations. She served as a Vice President for Administration for the AIB. She was the founding chair of the AIB's Australia and New Zealand Chapter (now AIB-Oceania), and is a past President of both the Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) and the Association of Japanese Business Studies (AJBS). She has also been Chair of the Strategic Management Society's Global Strategy Interest Group, as well as the Academy of Management's International Management Division. Currently, she serves on the AIB-Africa Taskforce, and works with the Academy of Management’s Community Accelerator Program.
Beth also has considerable editorial experience. She is an Area Editor (Research Methods) for Journal of International Business Studies and Deputy Editor for Academy of International Business Insights. She was a founding Co-Editor-in-Chief for Academy of Management Collections and is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Review of International Business and Strategy.
Some of Beth’s key publications:
Kashyap, R., A. Schotter, P. Satyavageeswaran, and E.L. Rose (2026). High involvement-low investment foreign operating mode: Considering Indian MNEs in emerging markets. Journal of International Business Studies, forthcoming.
Cronin, M.A., B.M. Galvin, E. George, M. Gruber, D. Lindebaum, G.D. Markman, C.C. Miller, E.L. Rose, S.M.B. Thatcher, and G.T. Wood (2025). From a portfolio of journals to a system of knowledge production. Academy of Management Journal, 68(1): 11-18. Also published in Academy of Management Discoveries (2024, 10(4): 513-520); Academy of Management Review (2025, 50(2): 181-188); Academy of Management Annals (2025, 19(9): 1-8); Academy of Management Collections, doi.org/10.5465/amc.2025.0001; Academy of Management Learning and Education (2025, 24(4): 1-8); and Academy of Management Perspectives (2025, 39(3): 357-364).
Plakoyiannaki, E., E. Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, M. Hassett, P.W. Liesch, U. Andersson, and E.L. Rose (2024). Time matters: Rethinking the role of time in the philosophical, conceptual and methodological domains of international business. Journal of World Business,59(2), 101521.
Nachum, L., C. Stevens, A. Newenham-Kahini, S. Lundan, E.L. Rose, and L. Wantchekon (2023). Africa rising: Opportunities for advancing theory on people, institutions, and the nation state in international business. Journal of International Business Studies, 54, 938-955.
Rammal, H.G, E.L. Rose, P.N. Ghauri, P.D. Ørberg Jensen, M. Kipping, B. Petersen, and M. Scerri (2022). Economic nationalism and internationalization of services: Review and research agenda. Journal of World Business, 57(3), 101314.
Aliasghar, O., E.L. Rose, and K. Asakawa (2021). Sources of knowledge and process innovation: The moderating role of perceived competitive intensity. International Business Review, 31(2), 101920.
Rose, E.L. (2021). The decline of US manufacturing: Issues of measurement. Management and Organization Review, 17(1), 24-28.
Zander, I., P. McDougall-Covin, and E.L. Rose (2015). Born globals and international business: Evolution of a field of research. Journal of International Business Studies, 46(1), 27-35.
Gerschewski, S., E.L. Rose, and V.J. Lindsay (2015). Understanding the drivers of international performance for born global firms: An integrated perspective. Journal of World Business, 50(3), 558-575.
Gunawan, J. and E.L. Rose (2014). Absorptive capacity development in Indonesian exporting firms: How do institutions matter? International Business Review, 23(1), 45-54.
Ito, K. and E.L. Rose (2010). The implicit returns on domestic and international sales: An empirical analysis of cross-subsidization. Journal of International Business Studies, 41(6), 1074-1089.
Rose, E.L. and K. Ito (2008). The international investment patterns of Japanese automobile manufacturers. Journal of International Business Studies, 39(5), 864-879.
Maitland, E.T., E.L. Rose, and S.J. Nicholas (2005). How firms grow: Clustering as a dynamic model of internationalization. Journal of International Business Studies, 36(4), 435-451.
Ito, K. and E.L Rose (2002). Foreign direct investment location strategies in the tire industry. Journal of International Business Studies, 33(3), 593-602.
Ito, K. and E.L. Rose (1994). The genealogical structure of Japanese firms: Parent-subsidiary relationships. Strategic Management Journal, 15(Summer), 35-51.
