The Competitive Advantage of Regions and Nations (ePub)

Boris Ricken is responsible for internal projects and process management at PPCmetrics AG, a leading Swiss consulting firm for institutional investors. Dr Ricken has an academic background in the field of business administration (PhD, University of Zÿrich) as well as political science (Masters, University of Constance, Germany). He has published various books and peer-reviewed papers for international conferences. At Napier University, Edinburgh, UK, he teaches a Technology Transfer and FDI module on the Investment Promotion and Economic Development MSc. programme. He gained practical experience in FDI and technology transfer while being employed at an investment promotion agency. In addition, he was involved in numerous FDI projects working four years as a Senior Strategy Consultant for one of the world's leading building material suppliers, employing some 80'000 people with production sites in around 70 countries. George Malcotsis has a Bachelors and Masters in Engineering from the Universities of Surrey and London and a Doctorate in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, England. He began his career in a teaching and research position at the University of Cambridge. From 1976 to 1990 he worked for a major internationally active engineering consulting firm in Switzerland eventually becoming president. In 1990 he joined KPMG Switzerland, as a partner at director level, to head the international management consulting division. He was managing director of SOFI, the Swiss Organisation for Facilitating Investments. He is visiting professor at the Napier University Business School in Edinburgh, Scotland. His special field of research and teaching is business planning and intercultural business negotiations. Through managing business operations in over 80 countries, Dr Malcotsis has gained extensive international experience and an ability to operate across cultural barriers. In 2007 he became Partner of DIAS.

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