Rebecca Marschan-Piekkari (born Dec. 4, 1967) is a Finnish organizational theorist and Professor of International Business at the

Aalto University Aalto University ( fi, Aalto-yliopisto; sv, Aalto-universitetet) is a public research university located in Espoo, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the He ...

, and Vice Dean of its Department of Management Studies, known for her work on "international business research." and on multinational corporations.

Life and work

Piekkari obtained her MSc in International Business in 1990 at the

Helsinki School of Economics The Aalto University School of Business ( fi, Aalto-yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu; sv, Aalto-universitets handelshögskola), is the largest business school in Finland. Founded in 1911, it is the second oldest business school in Finland and one of ...

, where she also obtained her PhD in International Business in 1990 with the thesis, entitled "New Structural Forms and Inter-unit Communication in Multinationals: The Case of Kone Elevators."CURRICULUM VITAE : PROFESSOR REBECCA PIEKKARI
Accessed 04.02.2015. After her graduation she started her academic career as Visiting researcher at the

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; nl, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a Public university#Continental Europe, public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen (city), Groningen in ...

in 1997 and as Visiting researcher at

INSEAD INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit business school that maintains campuses in Europe ( Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and North America (San ...

and as Visiting lecturer at the

Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School (Danish'': Handelshøjskolen i København'') often abbreviated and referred to as CBS (also in Danish), is a public university situated in Copenhagen, Denmark and is considered one of the most prestigious business schoo ...

in 1998. In 1999 she was appointed Research Associate at the Sheffield University, Management School, and the next year was Lecturer at the University of Bath, School of Management. From 2002 to 2004 she was Research Fellow at the

Hanken School of Economics Hanken School of Economics (Swedish: ''Svenska handelshögskolan,'' also known as Hanken) is a business school in Finland with two locations, Helsinki and Vaasa. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest business school in Finland, and one of the oldest i ...

. In 2004 she was appointed Professor of International Business at the

, Department of Management and International Business. Piekkari's research interests are in the field of "international business; qualitative research methods in international business; organizational structures and control mechanisms in multinational corporations, diversity management; headquarters and foreign subsidiaries in multinational corporations; regional management."

Selected publications

* Marschan-Piekkari, Rebecca, and Catherine Welch, eds. ''Handbook of qualitative research methods for international business.'' Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004. * Marschan-Piekkari, Rebecca, and Catherine Welch, eds. ''Rethinking the case study in international business and management research.'' Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011. Articles, a selection:Google Scholar profile
/ref> * Marschan-Piekkari, Rebecca, Denice Welch, and Lawrence Welch. "In the shadow: The impact of language on structure, power and communication in the multinational." ''International Business Review'' 8.4 (1999): 421-440. * Vaara, E., Tienari, J., Piekkari, R., & Säntti, R. (2005).
Language and the circuits of power in a merging multinational corporation
" ''Journal of Management Studies,'' 42(3), 595-623. * Piekkari, Rebecca, Catherine Welch, and Eriikka Paavilainen.
The case study as disciplinary convention: Evidence from international business journals
" ''Organizational research methods'' (2008). * Welch, C., Piekkari, R., Plakoyiannaki, E., & Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, E. (2011).

" ''Journal of International Business Studies,'' 42(5), 740-762.

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