Professor Agnieszka (Aggie) Chidlow

Professor Agnieszka (Aggie) Chidlow

The Department of Strategy and International Business
Chair in International Business

Contact details

Address
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

As a Chair (Full Professor) in International Business, Agnieszka is widely recognised as a prominent capacity builder for impactful initiatives and an esteemed advocate for knowledge exchange and engagement in the realm of responsible management education. 

This recognition stems from her leadership in developing and leading strategic initiatives both nationally and internationally, as well as fostering strategic partnerships to advance responsible management education. For instance, in 2016, she founded the Annual Strategy & International Business Symposium, followed by the Responsible Research Methods Symposium in 2019, both held at the Department of Strategy & International Business at Birmingham Business School. Additionally, in 2016, she co-founded the Academy of International Business (AIB) Research Methods–Shared Interest Group (RM-SIG) within the Academy of International Business (AIB). In 2020, she established the Responsible Research in Business and Management on Tour (RRBM on Tour) symposium under the auspices of the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) global network. Her commitment to advocating responsible management education is also evident through her role as an international advisory board member at Woxsen University (India), the Consortium for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA), and as one of the co-founding members of the Academy of International Business Research Methods-Shared Interest Group (AIB RM-SIG). 

Furthermore, Agnieszka served as a secondee to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), an initiative of the UN Global Compact based in New York (USA), for research and PRME Working Groups between 2023-2024. Prior to her secondment, she was a member of the Senior Management Team at Birmingham Business School and the first female Head of the Department of Strategy and International Business before assuming other institutional leadership roles. 

In addition to her role as Chair, Agnieszka is actively engaged in various capacities within academia and accreditation. She serves as an active accreditation accessor for the Accreditation of MBAs and BGA (AMBA/BGA) collaborates with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and holds a position as a working board member of the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) global network. She also serves as a Senior Editor of the International Business Review and is a member of several editorial boards of internationally recognised journals. Additionally, she contributes as a frequent reviewer for leading international business and management journals, annual meetings of leading academic associations, and various funding bodies. 

Agnieszka’s research expertise lies in examining the internationalization processes and location strategies of firms, with a specific focus on sustainable development goals that lead to societal impact. She is also proficient in methodological issues, particularly focusing on the use of responsible methods in international business and management scholarship and practice. By blending theoretical lenses and business models from an interdisciplinary perspective, she assists businesses, governmental organisations, charities, policymakers, and individuals in better understanding how to optimise decisions using rigorous, trustworthy data and analytics to achieve higher returns and socially responsible outcomes. Her data-driven work has been published in highly impactful and leading academic journals in her discipline, which has not only garnered outstanding recognition but also positioned her as a preeminent authority in her discipline on a global scale.

Qualifications

  • PhD (International Business): Staffordshire University (UK)
  • MSc (Management and Marketing - Distinction): University of Szczecin (Poland)
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PgCHE): Staffordshire University (UK)

Teaching

Agnieszka’s specialist teaching is in the areas of international business, strategy and research methodology to undergraduate and postgraduate students across different programs.

She has successfully supervised, taught and examined several PhD students. She has acted as an external examiner at University of Liverpool (UK) and University of Wolverhampton (UK) and the University of Wollongong, New South Wales (Australia).

Her pedagogical experiences in different countries (e.g. Poland, USA, UK, Singapore) and deep interests in high quality teaching and supervision spanning for over 2 decades allowed her to gain a broad pedagogical experience as well as an excellent understanding of the challenges facing Higher Education across different national environments.

She is Accreditation Assessor for the Association of MBAs (AMBAs) and is a working Board Member of the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) global network. 

Postgraduate supervision

Agnieszka has successfully supervised several PhD students to completion. She is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:

  • Internationalisation strategies of firms from/to emerging economies.
  • Location choices of firms with a focus on a sub-national level.
  • Determinants of re-location strategies for sustainable global value chains.
  • Digital globalisation and multinational firms.
  • The role of multinational companies for world sustainable development agenda.
  • Social justice and diversity strategies of firms. 
  • The impact of terrorist incidents and/or resilience on location choices of firms.
  • Language and multi-linguistic challenges in internationalisation strategies of firms.
  • Methodological issues in cross-country research.
  • Ethical and governance data issues in cross-country research.
  • The role and impact of big data/AI on data collection and decision making.

If you are interested in studying any of these subject areas please contact Aggie on the contact details above, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email: a.chidlow@bham.ac.uk.  

For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme.

Research

Interested in examining the internationalisation processes and location strategies of firms. In addition to that she is also interested in methodological issues with a specific focus on using survey "big" data as well as the application of both responsible qualitative and quantitative methods in the international business and management scholarship and practice. In doing so, she does not only study how decision-makers undertake their investment and organisational preferences in different national and international markets at supra-national, national and sub-national levels but also what type of data they use to make such decisions in order to maximise their returns. 

By blending theoretical lenses and business models from international business, economic geography, management and strategy fields with computer sciences and data analytics she aims to help and assist businesses, governmental organisations, charities, policy makers and individuals to better understand how to optimise decisions using credible, rigorous, replicable and trustworthy data to achieve higher returns and socially responsible outcomes. By publishing in the leading peer reviewed academic outlets, she has a nationally and internationally recognised reputation as a senior researcher. Also, by being invited professor and scholar in the USA, Europe and Asia and by presenting at national and international conferences, research events as well as developing innovative symposiums to promote impactful research, she is recognised as an impact capacity builder and a promoter of knowledge exchange, engagement and impact in relation to what responsible science is so that credible and trustworthy knowledge is created to address problems important to business and society.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Aguzzoli, R, Lenger, J, Miller, SR & Chidlow, A 2024, 'Paradigms in Qualitative IB Research: Trends, Analysis and Recommendations', Management International Review.

Knight, G, Chidlow, A & Minbaeva, D 2022, 'Methodological fit for empirical research in international business: a contingency framework', Journal of International Business Studies, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 39–52. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-021-00476-5

Greene, WH, Chidlow, A & Strange, R 2022, 'The use of multinomial choice analysis in international business research', International Business Review, vol. 31, no. 4, 102011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2022.102011

Chidlow, A, Wang, J, Liu, X & Wei, Y 2021, 'A co-evolution perspective of EMNE internationalization and institutions: an Integrative Framework of 5Cs', International Business Review, vol. 30, no. 4, 101843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101843

Pegoraro, D, De Propris, L & Chidlow, A 2021, 'Regional factors enabling manufacturing reshoring strategies: a case study perspective', Journal of International Business Policy. https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-021-00112-x

Miller, SR, Welch, C, Chidlow, A, Nielsen, BB, Pegoraro, D & Karafyllia, M 2021, 'The adoption challenge: an analysis of research methods in JIBS', AIB Insights, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.23472

Conference contribution

Chidlow, A, Pegoraro, D & De Propris, L 2023, The Choice of Manufacturing Home-Shoring for Bolstering MNE’s Global Strategy: A Comparison of Pulling Factors in Three Sub-national Regions. in K Asakawa & T Kiyak (eds), Proceedings of the 65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business "International Business Resilience under Global Disruptions". Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Academy of International Business, pp. 319-319, AIB 2023 Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, 5/07/23. <https://www.aib.world/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AIB-2023-Conference-Proceedings.pdf>

Pegoraro, D, De Propris, L & Chidlow, A 2022, Manufacturing Reshoring as a Strategic Choice in the International Chessboard: Evidence from Veneto, West-Midlands and California. in Proceedings of the European International Business Academy 48th Annual Conference. BI Norwegian Business School, pp. 38-38, 48th EIBA Annual Conference 2022, Oslo, Norway, 8/12/22. <https://www.bi.edu/contentassets/59deeaa048004a87a348faa8b260e2ad/proceedings-eiba-2022.pdf>

Chidlow, A, Aguzzoli, R, Lenger, J & Miller, S 2022, Problematising Paradigms & Qualitative Research in International Business: State of the Field, Thoughts and Ways Forward. in Academy of International Business (AIB), Florida International University, Miami, USA (5-9 July). AIB 2022 Miami, Miami, Florida, United States, 6/07/22.

Miller, S, Arguzzoli, R, Lenger, J & Chidlow, A 2022, Re-thinking Paradigm and Methodology in Qualitative IB Research. in M Richards (ed.), Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business – Southeast US Chapter “Responsiveness in Business Environments: New Ways to Thrive”., 101, Academy of International Business, pp. 56-56, AIB US-Southeast 2022 Chapter Conference, Tallahassee, Florida, United States, 27/10/22. <https://us-se.aib.world/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/10/2022-AIB-SE-Conference-Proceedings.pdf>

Other contribution

Chidlow, A 2023, AIB RM-SIG Panel. Consortium for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA) Research Methods & Better Science Series..

Chidlow, A 2023, Final Selection Committee Member, Dare to Care PGR Dissertation Scholarships ($10,000), Responsible Research in Business & Management (RRBM) Global Network (Belgium)..

Chidlow, A 2023, Let’s Lead Boldly: Elevating the Value of Business Schools. AACSB. <https://www.aacsb.edu/insights/briefings/lets-lead-boldly-elevating-the-value-of-business-schools>

Chidlow, A 2021, In conversation with Anne Tsui. The Research Methodology Shared Interest Group of the Academy of International Business (RM-SIG AIB). <https://aibrmsig.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/rm-sig-news-no-10-jan-2021-final.pdf>

Paper

Aguzzoli, R, Lenger, J, Miller, SR, Aroles, J, Chidlow, A & Bhankaraully, S 2021, 'Problematising Paradigms & Qualitative Research in International Business: State of the Field, Thoughts and Ways Forward', Paper presented at 47th EIBA Annual Conference 2021, Madrid, Spain, 10/12/21 - 12/12/21.

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