Nigel Driffield

I am a Professor of International Business at Warwick Business School, and I am also Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for Regional Engagement. As well as pursuing academic research, I also work with a number of stakeholders, both locally and nationally on issues relating to inward investment and economic development. I am on the editorial review board of the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business and Global Strategy Journal and was a member of the Management and Business Panel for REF2014. More generally, I have held 5 ESRC awards, and have carried out research and consultancy projects for UNCTAD, OECD, World Bank, European Commission, and in the UK several Government Departments including UKTI and BIS, and several local Regional Development bodies in the UK and elsewhere.

Publications

• Becker, B., Driffield, N. L., Lancheros, S. and Love, J. H. (2020) "FDI in hot labour markets : the implications of the war for talent", Journal of International Business Policy
• Glaister, K. W., Driffield, N. L. and Lin, Y. (2020) "Foreign direct investment to Africa : is there a colonial legacy", Management International Review
• Driffield, N. L. and Karoglou, M. (2019) "Brexit and foreign investment in the UK", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society) , 182, 2, 559-582
• Bhaumik, S., Driffield, N. L., Gaur, A., Mickiewicz, T. and Vaaler, P. (2019) "Corporate governance and MNE strategies in emerging economies", Journal of World Business
• Bailey, D., Driffield, N. L. and Kispeter, E. (2019) "Brexit, foreign investment and employment : some implications for industrial policy?", Contemporary Social Science, 14, 2, 174-188
• Driffield, N. L., Pereira, V. and Temouri, Y. (2019) "Does offshore outsourcing impact home employment? Evidence from service multinationals", Journal of Business Research, 103, 448-459
• Delis, A., Driffield, N. L. and Temouri, Y. (2019) "The global recession and the shift to re-shoring : myth or reality?", Journal of Business Research, 103, 632-643
• Bhaumika, S. K., Driffield, N. L. and Zhou, Y. (2016) "Country specific advantage, firm specific advantage and multinationality – sources of competitive advantage in emerging markets : evidence from the electronics industry in China", International Business Review, 25, 1, 165-176
• Crotty, J., Driffield, N. L. and Jones, C. (2016) "Regulation as country specific (dis-)advantage : smoking bans and the location of FDI in the tobacco industry ", British Journal of Management, 27, 3, 464-478
• Temouri, Y., Driffield, N. L. and Bhaumik, S. K. (2016) "A strategic perspective of cross-listing by emerging market firms : evidence from Indonesia, Mexico, Poland and South Africa", Journal of International Management, 22, 3, 265-279
• Driffield, N. L., Mickiewicz, T. and Temouri, Y. (2016) "Ownership control of foreign affiliates : a property rights theory perspective", Journal of World Business, 51, 6, 965-976