Sarianna M. Lundan
 

I grew up in Finland, but received my higher education in the United States. In 1996 I obtained my Ph.D. from Rutgers University in New Jersey, and thereafter joined what is today the Centre for International Business and Strategy at the University of Reading in England. Since 1999 I have been Associate Professor of International Business Strategy at Maastricht University.

One way or another, much of my work has focused on the interplay between governments, regulatory standards and multinational enterprises.  Earlier on, I did some work on trade and commercial policy, as well as foreign direct investment  in Japan, and Japanese investment abroad. More recently, I have been working on reinvested earnings as  a component of FDI, and the role of taxation as a determinant of affiliate re-investment. I have also edited a volume on knowledge transfer within multinational corporations entitled Network Knowledge in International Business (Edward Elgar, 2002).

I have a particular interest in the issues of multinational environmental strategy and environmental regulation in the global economy, as my dissertation focused on the emergence and international diffusion of chlorine-free bleaching in the pulp and paper industry. In this context, I participated in the preparation of the United Nations World Investment Report 1999, which focused quite extensively on the issues of the environment in the global economy. I also edited a volume entitled Multinationals, Environment and Global Competition (JAI Press/Elsevier, 2004), which contains a number of empirical studies examining the role of multinationals in shaping environmental standards.

Over the past few years, most of my efforts were directed to writing together with John Dunning the second edition of his widely acclaimed book Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy, which was published by Edward Elgar in May 2008. This collaborative effort has also resulted in a new research interest, which concerns the role of formal and informal institutions in influencing the determinants and effects of MNE activity. References to this work can be found in my CV, and some recent and forthcoming papers are also available through SSRN.

In terms of consulting and contract research, I had a chance to contribute to a report on regional competitiveness for the Northern Ireland Economic Council, as well as being the principal investigator in the first comprehensive research project to assess the trade and investment relationships within the British Commonwealth. Related work based on this 'Commonwealth effect' has been ongoing at the Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit. Most recently, I have been a member of an expert group for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on measuring the impacts of FDI.

Since the beginning of 2007, I have had a part-time appointment as an Associate Research Fellow at ETLA, the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, located in Helsinki, where my work touches on different aspects of the role of Finland and Finnish MNEs in the global economy. In 2009 I was appointed Fellow of the European International Business Academy (EIBA).

How to Reach Me:

  • E-mail: s.lundan@maastrichtuniversity.nl

  • Mail:
    Dr. Sarianna M. Lundan
    Maastricht University
    School of Business and Economics
    Department of Organization and Strategy
    PO Box 616
    6200 MD Maastricht
    The Netherlands

  • Telephone: +31-43-388 3776

  • Fax: +31-43-388 4893

Updated: 23 October 2009