Jonathan Neale
The Business School

Jonathan Neale

Jonathan Neale

Mr Neale has been CEO of two consultancies and successfully restored over 23 different businesses to profitability before entering higher education. He taught in the UK and Abu Dhabi before coming to Vietnam.

His first degree was from Dalhousie University (Canada), he later completed an MBA at Heriot-Watt University (Scotland) and a PGCE at York St. John University (England).

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD Student (formerly enrolled) (2011 – 2012)
    University of York
    Doctoral research on International Business Strategy (investigating the managerial economics of pursuing international expansion with concentration on foreign direct investment from the UK and Canada into Eastern Europe)
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (2005)
    York St John University
  • Master of Business Administration (1994 – 1996)
    Heriot-Watt University
  • Bachelor of Science (Kinesiology) (1982 – 1985)
    Dalhousie University

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • British University Vietnam (BUV)
    Programme Leader, Student Support; Senior Teaching Fellow (2013-present)
  • Higher Colleges of Technology (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
    Senior Lecturer: Economics (2009-2010)
  • York St. John University (York) (2002 – 2007)
    Senior Lecturer

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Total Factor Productivity as a measure of firm performance
  • Foreign Direct Investment and Strategic Choice
  • International Economic Development; the role of Entrepreneurship

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

  • Foreign Direct Investment into Central and Eastern Europe: Determinants of strategic choice 2006

RESEARCH & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/EXHIBITIONS

  • Presented “Foreign Direct Investment into Central and Eastern Europe: Determinants of strategic choice” to EUNIP 2006
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