School of Business - Malaysia : Staff

Professor Ron Edwards
Dip.Edu, G.Dip. (Comp. Edu), B.Comm (Hons), M.A., PhD (Melb)

Professor Ron Edwards was appointed Head of School in June 2006. He brings a wealth of experience to the School and the Malaysian campus. Prior to joining Monash Malaysia, Prof Edwards was Head of the Faculty of Business & Economics at the Peninsula campus. From 1999 to 2005 he served as Course Director of the Bachelor of Business and Commerce degree.

Professor Edwards has authored over 30 articles in refereed journals and chapters in scholarly books. He has published in leading international business journals including the Journal of International Business Studies.

His research interests focus on the strategies of international firms and he has a special interest in the internationalisation of Australian firms. He is a member of the review panel for the Journal of International Business Studies and International Business Review.

Research Interest
International Business

Selected Publications

No	Research Publications
1.	Edwards, R., Gut, A. and Mavondo, F. (2007), Buyer Animosity in Business to Business Markets: Evidence from the nuclear tests, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 483-492.
2.	Freeman, S., Edwards, R. and Schroeder, W. (2006), How Smaller Born-Global Firms Use Networks, Journal of International Marketing, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 33-63
3.	Edwards, R., Evans, D. and Smith, A. (2006), Wage Negotiations in the Asia Pacific: Does globalisation increase the wage gap? Asia Pacific Business Review, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 95-108.
4.	Jack, R., As-Saber, S. and Edwards, R. (2006), Service Embeddedness and its Impact on the Value Chain and Firm Internationalisation: In Search of a Framework. International Journal of Value Chain Management, Vol. 1, No.1, pp. 33-43.
5.	Lim, N-C., Edwards, R. and Tee, D.D. (2004), Are Multinationals Relocating Manufacturing from Southeast Asia to China? Case Studies from Malaysia, Journal of Asian Business, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 1-12.
6.	Edwards, R., Abraham, A., Petrovic-Lazarevic, S. (2004), ‘Neuro-Fuzzy Modelling of Export Behaviour of Multinational Corporation Subsidiaries Computational Intelligence’, Neural Parallel & Scientific Computations, Vol. 12, Issue One, pp. 21-26.
7.	Edwards, R. (2003), ‘Plant Relocation: when is it a viable threat?’ Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 23-34.
8.	Fenwick, M., Edwards, R. and Buckley, P. (2003), ‘Is Cultural Similarity Misleading? The Experience of Australian Manufacturers in the UK’, International Business Review, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 297-310.
9.	Edwards, R., Ahmad, A., and Moss, S. (2002), Subsidiary Autonomy: The Case of Multinational Subsidiaries in Malaysia, Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 183-191.
10.	Edwards, R. Ahmad, A. and Moss, S. (2001), ‘Export Roles of MNC Subsidiaries: Implications for Subsidiaries in Malaysia’, Journal of Asian Business, Vol. 17, No. 2 pp 1-13.