Joanne Roberts
Joanne Roberts is Professor in Arts and Cultural Management at Winchester School of Art (WSA), University of Southampton. She joined WSA in 2013 from Newcastle Business School, University of Northumbria, where she was Professor in International Business and Academic Leader of the International Business subject group. Prior to this Joanne held academic posts at Newcastle University and Durham University.
Her research interests include the internationalization of knowledge intensive business services, new information and communication technologies and knowledge transfer, and critical perspectives on knowledge in organization and economy. Joanne has participated in a number of research projects including a European-wide investigation into 'Patents in Services' funded by the European Union. Most recently she has completed research on Communities of Practice in collaboration with members of the European Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe (DIME) network of Excellence.
Joanne is author of Multinational Business Services Firms (Ashgate, 1998) and co-editor of three books: Knowledge and Innovation in the New Service Economy, with A. Andersen, J. Howells, R. Hull and I. Miles (Edward Elgar, 2000); Living with Cyberspace, with J. Armitage (Berg, 2002); and, Community, Economic Creativity and Organization, with A. Amin (Oxford University Press, 2008).
She is co-founder and co-editor of the academic journal Critical Perspectives on International Business, with Professor George Cairns of RMIT University, Australia. In 2010 this innovative journal was winner of the publisher Emerald's Best New Journal Award. Joanne is also an editor of the academic journal Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation. She is an editorial advisory board member for a number of other journals including the Journal of Global Business Advancement, the Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development and the Management International. She regularly reviews for a range of top international journals including the following: British Journal of Management; Human Relations; International Business Review; Journal of Management Studies; Organization; Organization Science; Organization Studies; and, Research Policy.
Her research interests include the internationalization of knowledge intensive business services, new information and communication technologies and knowledge transfer, and critical perspectives on knowledge in organization and economy. Joanne has participated in a number of research projects including a European-wide investigation into 'Patents in Services' funded by the European Union. Most recently she has completed research on Communities of Practice in collaboration with members of the European Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe (DIME) network of Excellence.
Joanne is author of Multinational Business Services Firms (Ashgate, 1998) and co-editor of three books: Knowledge and Innovation in the New Service Economy, with A. Andersen, J. Howells, R. Hull and I. Miles (Edward Elgar, 2000); Living with Cyberspace, with J. Armitage (Berg, 2002); and, Community, Economic Creativity and Organization, with A. Amin (Oxford University Press, 2008).
She is co-founder and co-editor of the academic journal Critical Perspectives on International Business, with Professor George Cairns of RMIT University, Australia. In 2010 this innovative journal was winner of the publisher Emerald's Best New Journal Award. Joanne is also an editor of the academic journal Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation. She is an editorial advisory board member for a number of other journals including the Journal of Global Business Advancement, the Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development and the Management International. She regularly reviews for a range of top international journals including the following: British Journal of Management; Human Relations; International Business Review; Journal of Management Studies; Organization; Organization Science; Organization Studies; and, Research Policy.
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Assembling the foremost scholars in this innovative, distinctive, and expanding subject, internationally well-known critical theorists John Armitage and Joanne Roberts present a ground-breaking aesthetic, design-led and media-related examination of the relations between historical and, crucially, contemporary ideas of luxury.
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Assembling the foremost scholars in this innovative, distinctive, and expanding subject, internationally well-known critical theorists John Armitage and Joanne Roberts present a ground-breaking aesthetic, design-led and media-related examination of the relations between historical and, crucially, contemporary ideas of luxury.
neighbouring countries. Using Dunning’s (1989, 1988) eclectic approach as a mechanism with which to assess the evidence supporting this argument, ICT is explored both as an ownership specific capacity, as a locational specific factor influencing the
geographical pattern of international expansion, and as a facilitator of the internalization of cross-border banking networks. Through an investigation of the significance of digital technologies in the cross-border expansion of South African
banks, including case studies of Stanbic and ABSA, this chapter highlights the opportunities and challenges confronting such organizations. In so doing, the chapter will contribute to the understanding of intra-African foreign direct investment in the
banking sector and the emerging digital economy in developing countries.