Professor Thomas Brandstaetter
Professor of International Business
Professor Thomas Brandstaetter is an active consultant in the field of international procurement and internationalization strategies, developing market-entry strategies for European companies in Asia and the Middle East. He has contributed to consulting projects for SMEs in various industries.
Currently, Professor Brandstaetter is a PhD candidate at the University of Liverpool, carrying out research concerning management-systems in the Middle East with particular interest in Jordan, where he has considerable experience. Professor Brandstaetter holds a Degree in International Business Studies from Kufstein University of Applied Sciences in Austria.
Professor Brandstaetter has spent a visiting year studying and working at Korea University in Seoul, where he focused on Asian management systems and internationalization strategies. Professor Brandstaetter has also participated in research dealing with trade policies of developing countries as a research fellow at the central bank of Ecuador in Quito.
Academic Positions Held
- Professor of International Business, UGSM-Monarch Business School, Switzerland
- Research Fellow, Central Bank Ecuador
Academic Credentials
- Ph.D., University of Liverpool, UK (in Progress)
- Diplom (FH); University of Applied Sciences Kufstein, Austria
Main Academic Interests
- International Management
- Institutional Economics
- Middle Eastern Business
- Islam and Management
- Trust, Innovation and Management
Associations And Memberships
- Member, ACBSP-Accreditation Council For Business Schools & Programs, USA
- Member, ECBE-European Council For Business Education, Switzerland
Languages
- English
- German
- Spanish
Selected and Recent Publications
- Brandstaetter, T. (2010) Wasta and Guanxi; Facilitators of collective action in the Middle East and China, Conference paper, International Conference for Applied Business Research, 2010, Dubai
- Brandstaetter, T. (2006) Instrumentalisation of social obligations in Chinese management systems, Conference paper, Euro Asian Managements Studies Association – Annual Conference, 2006, Seoul
