Adam R. Cross is Professor of International Business and Inaugural Head of the Department of International Relations at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), Suzhou, China. Before joining this new department in April 2018, Adam served for more than four years as Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching at the International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), XJTLU, during which time IBSS became the youngest business school in the world to receive accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) as well as by EQUIS. Previously, Adam worked for 17 years at the Centre for International Business University of Leeds (CIBUL), UK. Adam has co-edited four books, and has contributed to more than fifty book chapters and articles in international peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, International Business Review, and Management International Review. His most recent textbook on International Business, co-authored with Profs. Peter Buckley (University of Leeds) and Peter Enderwick (Auckland University of Technology), was published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in 2018. Adam’s 2007 article, co-authored with colleagues at CIBUL, entitled “The determinants of Chinese outward foreign direct investment”, was chosen for the 2017 Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) Decade Award. Adam’s research currently focuses on the internationalization of Asian multinational firms, cross-border licensing and management of intellectual property, start-up ecosystems, technology adoption, and user innovation, with China serving as a country context for much of this work.

Nimesh Salike is Associate Professor in International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). He joined XJTLU as lecturer in June 2011 and served as Head of Economic Division from Feb 2014 to Apr 2017. Prior to that, he was Research Associate at Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo, Japan (2009-2011). He had been an adjunct lecturer at Sophia University and International Christian University, both in Tokyo. He also served as consultant for the World Bank, Kathmandu office (1999). He obtained his PhD and MA from Waseda University, Tokyo. He also holds MBA in Finance from Kathmandu University, Nepal and had been an exchange student at Brandeis University, US. His research interests lies on international and development economics, primarily focusing on trade, foreign direct investment and Asian integration.