EDMAN JESPER CARL GOERAN

Jesper Edman's research focuses on how firm's strategies are shaped by - and shape - the external environment. Drawing primarily on theories from organizational sociology, Edman has examined how regulations and laws, cultural norms, and media discourse influence foreign market entry strategies, innovation, and the emergence of new industries. He is particularly interested in how Japanese firms are responding to institutional change resulting from globalization, and how these responses are in turn re-shaping Japanese markets and industries.

Edman's PhD dissertation on the Japanese banking industry received the Gunnar Hedlund Dissertation Award from the European International Business Association, as well as the Farmer Dissertation Award from the Academy of International Business. His subsequent has appeared in the Journal of International Business Studies, the Journal of Management Studies, and Research on the Sociology of Organizations, among others. He has also produced consulting reports for both major private Japanese firms, and government associations, including the European Union. Edman serves on the editorial review boards of the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of International Business Studies, and the Global Strategy Journal.