Dimitrios Tsagdis

Dimitrios Tsagdis serves as Associate Professor of International Business at KEDGE Business School, following a distinguished 23-year academic career across UK institutions (Hull, Manchester Metropolitan, Lincoln, Sunderland) and international professorships in Austria, Denmark, France, and Colombia. His primary institutional affiliation centers on KEDGE's Department of International Business within the broader business school framework.

Professor Tsagdis investigates critical interfaces between local and global business ecosystems. His research portfolio spans clusters and regional development, SME internationalization patterns, FDI/M&A dynamics, and multilevel governance structures influencing firm-institution relationships. Additional focal points include growth competitiveness metrics, productivity-wealth linkages, and innovation-entrepreneurship pathways within microfinance and organizational excellence frameworks.

His recent publications (2018-2025) reveal consistent thematic focus on how businesses navigate global-local tensions across diverse contexts. Key trends include government policy impacts on internationalization, climate risk mitigation in infrastructure, political risk management in energy sectors, and knowledge configuration strategies for firms in developing economies. Methodologically, his work combines qualitative case studies (e.g., BP in Angola) with quantitative analyses examining locational advantages and knowledge-based internationalization drivers.