Faculty Profile
Elizabeth Alexander, Ph.D.
Specialty: Management
- Ph.D., George Washington University, 2006.
- M.B.A., University of Strathclyde Graduate Business School, 1987.
- B.A., Oxford University, 1980.
| Office: | DOU 301F |
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| Phone: | 253-692-5632 |
| E-mail: | alexanel@u.washington.edu |
Elizabeth Alexander earned her doctorate in Strategic Management and Public Policy with an interdisciplinary minor in political economy and international business from the School of Business at the George Washington University, Washington D.C. Dr. Alexander brings prior experience in both business and in the education field. She worked in management consulting in KPMGs Economics and Strategy Group in Scotland as well as ran her own consulting business. She has experience of working with SMEs to develop and implement strategy and with public sector agents to develop strategies for economic development. She taught undergraduate strategic management and business for many years in the U.S. before joining the faculty of UWT.
Specialty
Dr. Alexander's current scholarship explores how firms seek to acquire technological knowledge through collaborative strategies with other organizations in their search for innovation. She is investigating whether the form of the collaboration is relevant to the performance outcome of that collaboration across different types of national institutional environment. She is also investigating the extent to which multinational firms can source knowledge effectively from their global operations and collaborations.
Working Papers
- Alexander, E. A. The effect of the legal environment on innovation performance of collaborative external knowledge strategies.
- Alexander, E. A. National institutional environments: Challenge and change in technology standards-setting in the cellular telephone industry.
Honors and Awards
- Autumn 2006 and Spring 2007 - Letters of Commendation from the UW Tacoma Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for excellence in teaching the undergraduate Capstone class, TBUS400
- Doctoral research funding award (2005) George Washington Center for the Study of Globalization
Affiliations
- Strategic Management Society
- Academy of Management
- Academy of International Business
- Northwest International Business Educators Network
Professional Service
- Conference reviewer for Academy of Management 2002-8 (International Management and Business Policy Divisions)
- Conference reviewer for Academy of International Business 2007
- Kent County (MD) Chamber of Commerce Education Committee (Member, 2003-2006)
