
RSM
Research School of Management
Strategic management (Multimarket competition; mutual forbearance; strategic alliances); International Business (FDI; knowledge spillovers)
Alex Eapen is an Associate Professor of Strategy. His research interests include strategic management and international business. Alex has explored knowledge transfers in strategic alliances between firms and their impact on the choice between contractual and equity forms of alliance governance. He has also researched knowledge spillovers from foreign multinational enterprises to local firms in the host country, exploring both the conditions conducive to these positive spillovers and the empirical estimation techniques needed to accurately estimate their size. Alex is currently working with his PhD students to understand how intermediaries and Government financial assistance helps catalyse the innovation efforts of Australian businesses, the impact of environmental strategies on firms’ R&D productivity, and how multipoint competition influences businesses’ rate of new product launches. Some of Alex’s work has received financial support from funders including the Australian Department of Defence and the Commonwealth Department of Employment, while his publications have appeared in leading journals such as Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Economic Modelling, and Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.