International Business

Dr. Andrew Spicer is an associate professor of international business in the Sonoco International Business Department in the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.  He was named Director of the Sustainable Enterprise and Development Initiative in July 2008.   In this role, he will work closely with members of the Moore School faculty and staff to develop curricula and courses on this theme, identify and support related research and forge relationships with relevant institutions and organizations.

He received his Ph.D. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998.  He previously taught at the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Business, University of California, Riverside.

His research and teaching focuses on the intersection of business and society in a global economy.  His research has examined privatization policies and outcomes in Russia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland as well as the role of Western ideas and international organizations in shaping market reform policies in transition economies.  He has also studied the effects of national context and national identity on managers' ethical evaluations and behaviors in international business settings.  He has published articles on these topics in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Advances in Strategic Management, Industrial and Corporate Change, Research in the Sociology of Organizations and Strategic Organizations.

He teaches a core class on globalization and corporate social responsibility to IMBA students as well as an introductory course on globalization to undergraduate international business majors.  He also serves as lead instructor for the survey course on international business offered through the Moore School's Faculty Development in International Business (FDIB) program. 

Education

• Ph.D., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1998
• B.A., Yale University, 1990

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