Andrew John

Andrew John joined Melbourne Business School in 2009 and is currently Professor of Economics and Associate Dean Faculty.

After completing his Ph.D. at Yale University, Andrew held assistant professor positions at Michigan State University and University of Virginia and was Affiliate Professor/Senior Research Fellow at INSEAD, working at both the France and Singapore campuses. Andrew has extensive consulting experience in South-East Asia and Europe from his time as the Managing Director of AJK Consulting between 2002 and 2008.

Andrew’s research has been published in leading academic journals, including American Economic Review, Journal of Marketing, Management Science, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, and Sloan Management Review. His research topics include macroeconomics, consumer boycotts, the economics of language, and economic growth and environmental quality.

Andrew teaches Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Business Economics in the MBA, Executive MBA, and Senior Executive MBA programs; he also teaches for MBS Executive Education.

Andrew is currently Associate Dean, Faculty (Melbourne Business School), and Head of Department of Business Administration (Faculty of Business of Economics, University of Melbourne) - positions that he also held from 2016-2019.

Books

• Economics: theory through applications, Cooper, R & John, A, Flat World Knowledge, 2011.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D., Yale University;
• B.A., University of Dublin, Trinity College

Specialisation:

• Economics

Topics:

• Macroeconomics, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics of Language, Environmental Economics, Consumer Boycotts, English as The Lingua Franca of Business