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Dr Dylan Sutherland, BSc, MPhil, PhD

Lecturer in Management in the Business School
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 45394
Fax: +44 (0) 191 33 45201
Room number: 210 Ushaw College

Contact Dr Dylan Sutherland (email at dylan.sutherland@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

Dr Dylan Sutherland has a broad range of research interests related to contemporary East Asian business, with a specific focus on Chinese business. His current research looks at explaining the emergence of Chinese business groups and MNEs in light of current economic and business theory.  He has lived and worked in China for several years, where he has undertaken extensive fieldwork. He has previously worked as a lecturer in Development Studies at Cambridge University, as well as in Chinese Studies at Nottingham University.   

Teaching

He currently teaches undergraduate and postgraduate modules on East Asian business (Asia and Pacific Rim, BUSI 3041 and East Asian Business & Management, BUSI 5A815).

Research Groups

Business School

Research Interests

  • East Asian business/development
  • Business groups, including their positive and negative attributes and understanding these in light of current business and management theory
  • Understanding emerging market MNEs in the light of current International Business theory
  • Globalisation, international business and national development policies

Publications

Books: authored

Books: edited

  • Yao, S.Y., Morgan, S., Sutherland, D. & Wu, B. (2010). Sustainable Reform and Development in Post-Olympic China. Routledge.

Books: sections

  • Sutherland, D., Ning, L. & Wang, J. (2012). An Exploration of Pyramidal Business Groups in China. In Rising China in the Changing World Economy. Wang, L. Routledge. 138-162.
  • Sutherland, D. & Whelan, G. (2010). Corporate Social Responsibility in China’s Largest TNCs. In Sustainable Reform and Development in Post-Olympic China. Shujie, Y., Wu, B., Morgan, S. & Sutherland, D. Routledge. 144-171.
  • Ning, L. & Sutherland, D. (2010). On the Internationalization of China's Big Business Groups after Three Decades of Reform. In Thirty Years of China’s Economic Reform: Institutions, Management Organizations and Foreign Investment. Wang, Y. & Ramburuth, P New York: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Sutherland, D. (2009). Income Inequality and China’s HIV Epidemic: Is there a relationship? In Governance of HIV/AIDS: Making Participation and Accountability Count. Harman, S. & Lisk, F. Routledge.
  • Sutherland, D. (2006). Applying the Scientific Concept of Development to HIV/AIDS in China. In Kexue fazhan yu zhongguo xinxing gongyehua lilun. Chen, Q. Xiamen University Publishing House.
  • Sutherland, D. (2001). Policies to build national champions: China’s "National Team" of enterprise groups. In China and the global business revolution. Nolan, P. Palgrave Macmillan. 67-139.

Journal papers: academic

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