Jeremy Clegg

Professor Jeremy Clegg is Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and International Business Management at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds. He is affiliated with the Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL) and has held academic positions at the University of Bath, University of Reading, University College Swansea, and the University of Exeter prior to joining Leeds in 1996.

His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Reading, funded by the ESRC, with a thesis titled 'The Determinants of International Production: A Comparative Study of Five Developed Countries', supervised by Professor John H. Dunning. He also holds a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from the University of Nottingham.

Professor Clegg's research focuses on international business and European integration, with particular emphasis on foreign direct investment (FDI) into and within the European Union. His work investigates the interplay between market integration and FDI by multinational firms, especially from the US and Japan. He explores cross-cultural dynamics in mergers and acquisitions between German, Polish, and UK firms, as well as the impact of FDI on knowledge transfer and organizational change in liberalizing economies such as Hungary and China. Additional interests include the internationalization of services—particularly telecommunications—and the market entry strategies of multinational banks in Central and Eastern Europe.

Although recent publications are not listed in the provided text, his long-standing research agenda indicates sustained contributions to the fields of international business, FDI, and European economic integration.

• Winner in the International Competition for best Ph.D. Thesis in International Business, awarded by the Academy of International Business, October 1985

Professor Clegg has advised postgraduate researchers, including Roland Maposa. His career has been supported by prestigious appointments, including a Jean Monnet Chair awarded by the European Commission, first at the University of Bath in 1995 and later re-awarded at the University of Leeds, enabling specialized research and teaching in European integration and international business. He has not received mention of external grants in the text, but the Jean Monnet Chair itself is a competitive, grant-like appointment.

He is a core member of the Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL), a leading research institute in international business studies, where he contributes to collaborative research and academic leadership in global business dynamics.