C. Annique Un

Education

• PhD Strategy and International Management, Sloan School, MIT
• MBA Finance and International Business, University of Notre Dame
• BBA Finance and Japanese Studies, University of Notre Dame

Selected Publications

• Cuervo-Cazurra, A., Rodriguez, A., Un, C. A. (2020). Internationalization of Emerging Markets Multinationals. Chapter in Mellahi, K., Meyer, K., Narula, R., Surdu, I. & Verbeke, A. (eds.). Internationalization of Firms: Entry, Growth, Exit, and Re-Entry. Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198868378.013.12.
• Asakawa, K., Cuervo-Cazurra, A., Un, C. A. (2019). Frugality-based advantage. Long Range Planning, 52(4): 1-13.
• Un, C. A. (2019). Innovation in foreign and domestic firms: The advantage of foreignness in innovation and the advantage of localness in innovation. In Tuncdogan, A. Lindgreen, A., Van Den Bosch, F., & Volberda, H. (Eds) Handbook of Strategic Renewal: Core Concepts, Antecedents, and Micro-Foundations, Routledge. Pages 252-276.
• Un, C. A. and Rodriguez, A. (2018). Local and global knowledge complementarity: R&D collaboration and innovation of foreign and domestic firms. Journal of International Management, 24(2): 137-152.
• Un, C. A. and Rodriguez, A. (2018). Learning from R&D outsourcing vs. learning by R&D outsourcing. Technovation, 72-73: 24-33.
• Un, C.A. (2017). Absorptive Capacity and R&D outsourcing. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 43: 34-47.
• Un, C. A. (2016). The liability of localness in innovation. Journal of International Business Studies, 47(1): 44-67.
• Un, C. A. and Asakawa, K. (2015). Types of R&D collaborations and process innovation: The benefit of collaborating upstream in the knowledge chain. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 32(1): 138-153
• Un, A. (2011). The advantage of foreignness in innovation. Strategic Management Journal, 32(11), 1232-1242.
• Un, C. A., Cuervo-Cazurra, A., and Asakawa, K. (2010). R&D collaborations and product innovation. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 27(5): 673-689.
• Cuervo-Cazurra, A., Un, C. A. (2010). Why some firms never invest in formal R&D. Strategic Management Journal, 31(7): 759-779.
• Un, C. A. (2010). An empirical multi-level analysis for achieving balance between incremental and radical innovations. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 27(1-2): 1-19.
• Un, C. A. and Montoro Sanchez, A. (2010). Public funding for product, process and organizational innovation in service industries. Service Industries Journal, 30(1): 133-147.

Selected Presentations

• Un, C. A. 2021. “Not-Invented-Here”: Foreign Knowledge, Exporting, and Innovation. Academy of International Business Annual Meeting. Miami, Florida. July.
• Un, C. A. 2019. Refugees’ success in skill development: The advantages of foreignness and refugeeness. Academy of International Business Annual Meeting. Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Rodriguez, A., Un, C. A. 2019. Inward internationalization: Sourcing country and modes selection. Academy of International Business Annual Meeting. Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Un, C. A. 2018. Learning from and learning by exporting. Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting. Paris, France. September.
• Un, C. A. and Rodriguez, A. 2018. The direct and indirect effects of R&D outsourcing on innovation. Academy of International Business Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota. June.
• Un, C. A. and Rodriguez, A. 2017. Local and global knowledge complementarity: R&D collaboration and innovation of foreign and domestic firms. Strategic Management Society Special Conference on Collaborative Strategies: New Thinking about Alliances, Mergers, and Acquisitions. San Jose, Costa Rica. December.
• Un, C. A. 2017. Export, skills, and innovation. Academy of International Business Annual Meeting. Dubai, United Arab of Emirates. July.
• Un, C. A. 2016. Learning from R&D outsourcing and learning by R&D outsourcing. Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting. Berlin, Germany. September.
• Un, C. A. 2015. Overcoming the liability of localness in innovation. Academy of International Business Annual Meeting. Bangalore, India. June.
• Cuervo-Cazurra, A. and Un, C. A. 2015. Country-of-origin, government-based and consumer-based advantage and disadvantage of foreignness, and foreign investment. Academy of International Business Annual Meeting. Bangalore, India. June.
• Un, C. A. 2014. Skills and innovation of small foreign and domestic firms. Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting. Madrid, Spain. September.
• Un, C. A. 2014. R&D collaborations and innovation: A comparison between subsidiaries of foreign MNEs and domestic firms. Academy of International Business Annual Meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. June.

Research & Teaching Interests

Un’s research interests include comparing innovativeness of foreign and domestic firms, how R and D investments, R and D collaborations, R and D outsourcing, and the management of people influence innovation. She has taught international business courses at PhD, MBA, and undergraduate levels.

Industry & Academic Experience

Prior to joining Northeastern University, Un was a faculty member at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and the University of South Carolina’s Moore School of business. Before earning her doctorate from MIT, she was a financial analyst for the Ford Motor Company.

Services to the Profession

• Editorial Board Member, Global Strategy Journal, 2017-present.
• Track Chair of Conference Theme, Academy of International Business Northeast, 2017.
• Chair, Academy of International Business Special Interest Townhall Sessions, 2016.
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 2014-present.
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of World Business, 2014-present.
• Editorial Board Member, Organization Studies, 2003-2013.
• Elected Representative, Global Strategy Interest Group, Strategic Management Society, 2010-2011.

Awards & Recognition

• Research Grant, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain. 2020-2024.
• Research Grant, Ministry of Economics and Competitiveness, Spain, 2017-2019.
• Publication Award. Northeastern University, D’Amore-McKim School of Business. 2017.
• Outstanding Service Award, Academy of International Business, 2016.
• Research Grant, Ministry of Education, Spain, 2009-2016.
• Strategic Summer Research Award, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, 2015 & 2016.