Robert Jack

Robert Jack is a Senior Lecturer in International Business at Macquarie University's Department of Management, serving as Course Director for the Master of Management program. His academic career spans institutions including Monash University, Swinburne University of Technology, City University of Hong Kong, with visiting positions at Copenhagen Business School and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

His research focuses on international business dynamics with specialization in:

• Internationalization processes of firms (particularly Chinese multinationals and born global enterprises)
• Indigenous entrepreneurship and adversity quotient in marginalized communities
• Service sector internationalization and value co-creation mechanisms
• Human resource management implications in cross-border expansions

Analysis of his 36 research outputs reveals consistent emphasis on emerging market multinationals, institutional constraints in internationalization, and Indigenous entrepreneurship frameworks, with recent work pivoting toward digital empowerment of Indigenous female entrepreneurs through WIL programs.

He holds editorial roles at the Journal of Business Research (ABDC-A) and European Journal of International Management, and has served in executive capacities at the Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy since 2011.

His current research portfolio includes:

• Acen Grant: Digitally empowering Indigenous female students through WIL (2024-2025)
• Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs project exploring identity formation (2021-2023)
• Chinese service firm internationalization studies (2016-2017)