Peter Jennings Buckley (born 11 July 1949) is

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of International Business at the

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and director of the Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL). Buckley was educated at Ashton-under-Lyne Grammar School and graduated from the University of York with a BA in social sciences (

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) in 1970. He also has an MA in development economics from the

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and a PhD in economics from the

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. In 2010 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Economics at

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, Sweden. Buckley's interest lies in the theory of multi-national enterprise and international business. In 1976, he and Mark Casson wrote the

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of the multinational enterprise.

Honours

Buckley was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2012. In 2014 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's

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for the humanities and social sciences. In September 2014, he was elected a

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buckley, Peter 1949 births Living people People educated at Ashton-under-Lyne Grammar School Alumni of the University of York Alumni of the University of East Anglia Alumni of Lancaster University Academics of the University of Bradford Academics of the University of Leeds British economists Officers of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences