Eric Thun

Eric Thun is a Tutorial Fellow in Management at Brasenose College and the Peter Moores Associate Professor in Chinese Business Studies at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. He has taught at Princeton University and joined Oxford in 2005, focusing on undergraduate management education and executive programs.

Thun holds a BA from Princeton University (1990) and a PhD from Harvard University (1999). He served as a postdoctoral fellow at MIT’s Industrial Performance Center before returning to Princeton as an Assistant Professor in the Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Politics.

His research interests center on China’s political economy, particularly how industrial structures and policies influence firm capabilities and competition. Thun has extensively studied China’s automotive industry, multinational corporations, and the integration of China into global production networks. More broadly, he explores strategies of indigenous and multinational firms in emerging markets and the impact of digital transformation on global value chains.

Thun’s recent articles (2021–2025) highlight themes of modular ecosystems, state-market dynamics, and challenges in reshoring supply chains. Earlier works (2019–2000) emphasize innovation, policy impacts on GVCs, and sustainability in global trade.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed. While he teaches and advises across multiple programs, no formal advisees or grants are detailed in the provided texts. His affiliations include Brasenose College and Saïd Business School, with no lab or team affiliations mentioned.