Professor of International Business

lilach.nachum@baruch.cuny.edu
Selected Scholarly Works

Education:

BA	Tel Aviv University	Arts	1985
MBA	Tel Aviv University	Business Administration (Concentration in International Marketing)	1990
PhD	Copenhagen Business School	International Business and Management	1994

Areas of Expertise:

Management of Multinational Companies; International Business strategy; Globalization and its consequences for firms and countries; Emerging markets; Technology and value creation across distance.

Selected Publications:

L. Nachum and S.Y. Song, The MNE as a portfolio: Interdependencies in MNE growth trajectory. Journal of International Business Studies, 2011, Vol. 42, issue 3, pp. 381-405.

L. Nachum, The home-based advantages and a hierarchy of location resources: Do foreign location resources shape affiliates advantages? In C.G. Asmussen, T. Devinney, T. Pedersen and L. Tihanyi (Eds.), Advances in International Management: Dynamics of Globalization: Location-specific Advantages or Liabilities of Foreignness? Emerald Publications, 2011, pp. 55-85.

L. Nachum, Organization of foreign affiliates as a distinctive choice between markets, hierarchy and networks. In R. Ramamurti and N. Hashai (Eds.), The Future of FDI: Essays in Honor of Yair Aharoni. Emerald Publishing, 2011.

L. Nachum, Foreignness, multinationality and inter-organizational relationships. Strategic Organization 2010, Vol. 8, issue 3, pp. 230-254. (SSRN's Top Ten download list for Strategy & Economics, 2008). 

L. Nachum, When is foreignness an asset or a liability? Explaining the performance differential between foreign and local firms. Journal of Management May 2010

L. Nachum, S. Zaheer and S. Gross. Does it matter where countries are? Distance from knowledge, markets and resources and MNE location choices. Management Science 2008, Vol. 54, Issue 7

R. Laud, A. Grein and L. Nachum. Global learning hubs: Move beyond markets to find growth from major cities. MIT Sloan Management Review Summer 2008 (Intelligence section)

L. Nachum and S. Zaheer, The persistence of distance? The impact of technology on MNE investment motivations. Strategic Management Journal 2005, Vol. 26, Issue 8, pp. 747-768. (Reprinted in J.A. Krug and J.D. Daniels (Eds.), Multinational Enterprise Theory, Sage Publications, 2007, Vol. 1).

L. Nachum and C. Wymbs, Product differentiation, external economies and MNE location choices: M&As in global cities. Journal of International Business Studies, 2005, Vol. 36, Issue 4, pp. 415-434.

L. Nachum, Geographic and industrial diversification of developing country firms. Journal of Management Studies 2004, Vol. 41, No.2, pp. 273-294

L. Nachum, Liability of foreignness in global competition? Financial service affiliates in the City of London. Strategic Management Journal 2003, Vol. 24, Issue 12, pp. 1187-1208

L. Nachum and D. Keeble, Neo Marshallian nodes and global networks: The external linkages of media firms in Central London. Long Range Planning 2003, Vol. 36, issue 5, pp. 459-480

L. Nachum, Does nationality of ownership make any difference, and if so under what circumstances? Professional service MNEs in global competition. Journal of International Management 2003, Vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1-32 (lead article)

L. Nachum, G.G. Jones and J.H. Dunning, The international competitiveness of the UK and its multinational corporations. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 2001, Vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 277 - 294

L. Nachum, Economic geography and the location of TNCs: Financial and professional service FDI to the US. Journal of International Business Studies 2000 Vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 367-385 (lead article)

Y. Aharoni and L. Nachum (eds.), The Globalisation of Services: Some Implications for Theory and Practice 2000, Routledge, London and New York, 338 pp.

L. Nachum, The Origins of the International Competitiveness of Firms: The Impact of Location and Ownership in Professional Service Industries 1999, Edward Elgar, Aldershot and Brookfield

Academic Activities:

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Management Studies, 2011-2013

Editorial Review Board Member, African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 2011 -

Editorial Board Member and Consulting Editor, Journal of International Business Studies, 2007 – 2012

Editorial Board Member, Journal of International Management, 2010-2012

Editorial Board Member, Global Strategy Journal (of the Strategic Management Society), 2010 -

Consulting Editors Board Member, Journal of International Business Studies, 2009 -

Visiting research and teaching positions at universities in Austria, China, Hong-Kong, Israel, Italy, Poland, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK.

Senior research fellow at Cambridge University, 1997-2002

Senior staff member of the research division on Foreign Investment and Transnational Corporations of the United Nations 1994-1997

Editorial Board Member, Journal of International Business Studies, 2007 – 

Editorial Board Member, Management International Review, 2007 – 

Book Review Board Member, Journal of International Business Studies, 2005 – 6.

Board Member and Book Review Editor, Transnational Corporations (published by the Division on Transnational Corporations and Investment, United Nations) 1996-1998

Associate Member, International Research Program on ‘The Concentration of Economic Activity in World Space’, organized by Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and financed by the French Ministry of Research, 2004 -

Advisor, Board of Advisors on Foreign Direct Investment, the Development Gateway Community, MIGA, World Bank, 2003

Associate Member, Center for International Business and Management (CIBAM), Cambridge University, Judge Institute of Management, 2001 -

Professional Activities:

Consultant to UNCTAD on issues related to Multinational Corporations and Foreign direct investment

Consultant to the division on business services, The European Commission, the international competitiveness of business service firms.

Consultant, London's Westminster City Council, The international competitiveness of London's film producers

Awards, Honors, etc.:

Recipient, Teaching Excellence Award, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, 2011

Recipient, Bright Idea Award in Management [of the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University and the NJPR (New Jersey Public Policy Research Foundation)], R. Laud, A. Grein and L. Nachum. Gaining advantage through global  learning hubs, 2011.

Recipient, Best Paper Award, AIB MENA Chapter, L. Nachum, But how does distance affect FDI and why does it matter? Dubai, December 2010

Finalist, Israel Strategy Conference Best Paper Award, L. Nachum and S. Song, The MNE as a portfolio: Path-dependence and interdependencies in MNE location choices. Tel-Aviv December 2008.

JIBS Best Reviewer Award, Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), 2008

Finalist, the Temple/AIB Best Paper Award, Academy of International Business, L. Nachum, The impact of nationality of ownership on the networking intensity of firms. Indianapolis 2007.
 
Outstanding Reviewer Award, International Management Division, Academy of Management, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008

Finalist, Excellence in Service Presidential Award, Baruch College, 2007

Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, International Management Division, L. Nachum, What constitutes the liability of foreignness? Atlanta, Georgia, August 2006

Faculty Recognition Award, Baruch College, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Finalist, the Temple/AIB Best Paper Award, Academy of International Business, L. Nachum, S. Zaheer and S. Gross, Does it matter where countries are? Distance from knowledge, markets and resources and MNE location choices. Beijing 2006.

Finalist, William H. Newman Award for outstanding papers, Academy of Management, International Management Division, L. Nachum and D. Keeble, Networking of foreign affiliates as a distinctive alternative to markets and hierarchies: Foreign and local professional service firms in Central London. New Orleans, August 2004

Finalist, Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award, Academy of Management, L. Nachum and D. Keeble, The linkages of foreign and indigenous firms in the media cluster of Central London. Washington D.C., August 2001

Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, International Management Division, L. Nachum and D. Keeble, The linkages of foreign and indigenous firms in the media cluster of Central London. Washington D.C., August 2001

First prize in the R.M. Siegel Fund's annual competition for student research in marketing, Tel- Aviv University, Israel 1990.

Selected recent invited talks:

2010: Sabanci Universit, National University of Singapore, Cambridge University, Columbia University.

2009: Northeastern University, Virginia Tech, The Pamplin College of Business, Bocconi University,
University of Bologna, Hong-Kong University of Science and Technology, Chinese University of Hong-Kong

2008: Technion Israel,Georgia State University, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Tilburg University, National University of Singapore, Rutgers Business School, Brandeis Business School