mmosi

Department of Strategy and Innovation

Michael
Mol
Professor


Room: KIL/14.A-2.97
Tel:
+4538155638
E-mail: mmo.si@cbs.dk
Michael Mol
Presentation
Dr. Michael J. Mol is a Professor of Strategic and International Management in the Department of Strategy and Innovation at Copenhagen Business School. He obtained his PhD in Strategic and International Management from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he also got an MSc degree with double majors in strategy and logistics. Michael further holds a CEMS Master Degree. Prior to joining CBS Michael was a Professor in and Head of the Strategy and International Business Department at Warwick Business School. In the United Kingdom he also worked at London Business School and Henley Business School. Michael is a Dutch national and has worked, studied or been an official visiting scholar at eleven universities in six countries, including the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently holds a part-time professorial appointment at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham (UK).

 

Michael's research focuses on the strategic management of larger firms, with particular interests in innovation, especially management innovation (creation of new management practices) and open innovation, and sourcing strategy, especially offshoring and outsourcing, and strategy in Africa. He tackles these issues from a variety of theoretical and methodical angles. His numerous publications have appeared in among others Academy of Management Review, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, MIT Sloan Management Review, Organization Studies, Research Policy, Strategic Organization, and Strategic Management Journal. He has (co-)authored four books including ‘Outsourcing: Design, Process and Performance’ (Cambridge University Press) and Giant Steps in Management: Innovations that Change the Way we Work (FT Prentice Hall). Michael has won several awards for his research including the prestigious best article award from Academy of Management Review. He has also received a variety of national and international research grants. Michael serves on the editorial boards of seven academic journals, including Africa Journal of Management, Global Strategy Journal, Journal of International Business Studies and Management and Organization Review. He has been the recipient of grants from various (inter)national institutions. He appears regularly on a variety of global media outlets and has acted as a consultant to various firms and national and supranational institutions. He has a broad range of experience teaching at all levels and in program management. Michael's Google Scholar profile is: http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=FLqq3eYAAAAJ&hl=en.

 

Primary research areas
 
 
  • The strategies of large and multinational corporations
  • Sourcing strategy, particularly outsourcing and offshoring strategies
  • Innovation, especially management innovation (the creation of new management practices) and open innovation

 

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www.cbs.dk/en/staff/mmosi
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2024
Sun Hye Lee; Michael J. Mol / International Outsourcing
In: Encyclopedia of International Strategic Management. ed. /Christian Geisler Asmussen; Niron Hashai; Dana Minbaeva. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2024, p. 235–236
Encyclopedia chapter > peer review
Michael J. Mol; Sun Hye Lee / What Produces Corporate Social Irresponsibility in Offshore Outsourcing? : The Effects of Interorganizational Relationship Governance and Institutional Distance.
In: Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 55, No. 5, 7.2024, p. 577-592
Journal article > peer review
2023
Kristin Brandl; Michael J. Mol / Knowledge Services Offshoring
In: Elgar Encyclopedia of Services. ed. /Faïz Gallouj; Camal Gallouj; Marie-Christine Monnoyer; Luis Rubalcaba; Markus Scheuer. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2023, p. 488-489 (Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences)
Encyclopedia chapter > peer review
Marcus M. Larsen; Ben Mkalama; Michael J. Mol / Outsourcing in Africa : How Do the Interactions Between Providers, Multinationals, and the State Lead to the Evolution of the BPO Industry?.
In: Journal of International Business Policy, Vol. 6, No. 4, 12.2023, p. 432-452
Journal article > peer review
Michael J. Mol; Larissa Rabbiosi; Grazia D. Santangelo / Should I Stay or Should I Go? : How Danish MNEs in Russia Respond to a Geopolitical Shift.
In: AIB Insights, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2023, p. 1-8
Journal article > peer review
2021
Adam Lindgreen; C. Anthony Di Benedetto; Ad de Jong; Luigi M. De Luca; Heiner Evanschitzky; Michael J. Mol; Robert E. Morgan; John Nicholson; Tobias Schäfers / Framing a Manuscript
In: How to Fast-track Your Academic Career: A Guide for Mid-career Scholars. . ed. /Adam Lindgreen; C. Anthony Di Benedetto; Joëlle Vanhamme; John Nicholson. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2021, p. 189-203 (How To Guides)
Book chapter > peer review
Selorm Agbleze; Marcus Møller Larsen; Michael J. Mol / How Aspirations Interact to Influence Informal Firms' Decision to Formalize
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2021, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
Conference abstract in proceedings > peer review
Michael J. Mol; Madeleine Rauch / Time : Three Temporal Lenses on International Business Research.
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2021, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
Conference abstract in proceedings > peer review
2020
Sun Hye Lee; Kamel Mellahi; Michael J. Mol; Vijay Pereira / No-Size-Fits-All : Collaborative Governance as an Alternative for Addressing Labour Issues in Global Supply Chains.
In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 162, No. 2, 3.2020, p. 291-305
Journal article > peer review
Andreas Wieland; Lydia Bals; Michael J. Mol; Robert B. Handfield / Overcoming Blind Spots in Global Sourcing Research : Exploiting the Cross-sections Between Supply Chain Management and International Business.
In: Journal of International Management, Vol. 26, No. 1, 3.2020
Journal article > peer review
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Research Projects
Outside activities
Year Name of contractual partner Type of activity
2018-2024 University of Birmingham Since 2015 Part-time professorship
2020-2024 Michael Mol Independent consultant