Dr Liza Jabbour

Dr Liza Jabbour

Department of Management
Senior Lecturer in Business Economics

Contact details

Address
Department of Management
Birmingham Business School
University House
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
Birmingham, B15 2TY
United Kingdom

Liza joined the Business School in 2010. Previously she worked as a lecturer at the Manchester Business School and as a research fellow at the University of Nottingham. She is an external research fellow of the GEP centre and of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Liza gained her PhD at the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. Her main research interest is applied international economics with a special focus on firms’ internationalisation decisions and the interactions between firms’ productivity and international strategies.

Qualifications

  • PhD (Economics, University of Paris I, France)
  • MSc (International Economics, University of Paris I, France)
  • BSc (Economics, Lebanese University, Lebanon)

Teaching

Economics for Business (with Fiona Carmichael); Advanced Business Economics (with Fiona Carmichael); Industrial and International Economics.

Research

  • Business School Group
  • Managerial Economics

Other activities

  • Year Abroad Programme Director
  • Exchange Co-ordinator

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Yin, T, De Propris, L & Jabbour, L 2021, 'Assessing the effects of policies on China’s outward foreign direct investment', International Business Review, vol. 30, no. 5, 101818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101818

Bensassi, S & Jabbour, L 2021, 'Beyond experience and capital. Is there a return to return migration?', Journal of Development Studies, pp. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.1988076

Elliott, R, Jabbour, L & Vanino, E 2020, 'Innovation and the creative destruction of trade: a study of the intensive and extensive margins of trade for French firms', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 180-208. https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12324

Jabbour, L, Tao, Z, Vanino, E & Zhang, Y 2019, 'The good, the bad and the ugly: Chinese imports, European Union anti-dumping measures and firm performance', Journal of International Economics, vol. 117, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2018.12.004

Jabbour, L, Bamiatzi, V & Efthyvoulou, G 2017, 'Foreign vs domestic ownership on debt reduction: An investigation of acquisition targets in Italy and Spain', International Business Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2017.01.008

Jabbour, L & Görg, H 2016, 'Availability of business services and outward investment: evidence from French firms', Review of International Economics. https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12238

Jabbour, L, Elliott, R & Zhang, L 2016, 'Firm productivity and importing: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms', Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue Canadienne d`Economique, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 1086-1124. https://doi.org/10.1111/caje.12226

Jabbour, L & Zuniga, P 2016, 'The Outsourcing of Research and Development in Global Markets: Evidence from France', World Economy. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12373

Bamiatzi, V, Cavusgil, ST, Jabbour, L & Sinkovics, RR 2014, 'Does business group affiliation help firms achieve superior performance during industrial downturns? An empirical examination', International Business Review, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 195-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2013.04.003

Jabbour, L 2013, 'Market Thickness, Sunk Costs, Productivity and the Outsourcing Decision: An Empirical Analysis of Manufacturing Firms in France', Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue Canadienne d`Economique, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 103-134. https://doi.org/10.1111/caje.12007

Jabbour, L 2012, '"Slicing the Value Chain" Internationally: Empirical Evidence on the Offshoring Strategy by French Firms', World Economy, vol. 35, no. 11, pp. 1417-1447. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12001

Jabbour, L 2010, 'Offshoring and Firm's Performance: Evidence from the French Manufacturing Industry', World Economy, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 507-524. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9701.2010.01265

Other contribution

de Amstalden, M, Jabbour, L, Lewis, P, Miri, T, Onyeaka, H, Ögtem-Young, Ö, Pang, G, Shiu, E, Stephens, N & Winnall, L 2023, Written evidence submitted by the University of Birmingham (FSC0011): ‘Fairness in the food supply chain’: University of Birmingham. UK Parliament. <https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/122860/pdf/>

Other report

Fox, T, Sayin, L, Peters, T, Lewis, P & Jabbour, L 2024, The Hot Reality: Living in a +50°C World. University of Birmingham. <https://network.cleancooling.org/news/2084591>

Review article

Onyeaka, H, Duan, K, Miri, T, Pang, G, Shiu, E, Pokhilenko, I, Ögtem-Young, Ö, Jabbour, L, Miles, K, Khan, A, Foyer, C, Frew, E, Fu, L & Osifowora, B 2024, 'Achieving fairness in the food system', Food and Energy Security, vol. 13, no. 4, e572. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.572

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Expertise

The activity of multinational firms with a special interest in international outsourcing and international vertical integration; the impact that international strategies have on the performance of firms.

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