We advance the understanding of globalisation, foreign business structures and different cultures.  We focus on the implications of globalisation on organisational strategies, structures and processes.  We promote effective ways to deal with the challenges of global business by providing sound and relevant education, rigorous and relevant empirical research, and thorough yet speedy advice to private and public sector practitioners.

Diversity is important at our Institute. We look for complementarities in backgrounds, viewpoints and capabilities. Thus our team includes experienced senior faculty as well as young doctoral students. Many colleagues have a distinct academic interest yet some colleagues rather have a stronger practice orientation. Most importantly, we never have one dominant nationality.

The team is led by Professor Winfried Ruigrok (NL) who is the director of the Institute. Winfried is at the same time the Dean of the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law (ES-HSG) at the University of St.Gallen.

Our Team