Biography

I am Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management and International Business at the Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth. I am the Global DBA course director, and a Phd supervisor. I have led, and participated in Research Programs and International Conferences. My research papers have been published in scientific journals and in edited volumes. 

Research interests

Main scientific interests relate to strategy and international business, specifically in areas related to FDI, institutional influences, sustainability, internationalization decisions, influences of policy and geopolitics.

Theory interests: configurational theorizing, institutional theory, dynamic capabilities theory, resource-based view, signalling theory, theory of social capital.

Research outputs

2025

Explaining Chinese FDI in Africa: A longitudinal configurational approach integrating policy influences to traditional FDI motivations

Garri, M., Beynon, M., Kim, J., Pickernell, D.

26 Nov 2025, In: Management International Review

Research output: Article

Exploring South Korean foreign direct investment motives and state-level location decisions: US evidence 1995–2008

Kim, J., Garri, M., Beynon, M., Pickernell, D.

3 Mar 2025, In: Thunderbird International Business Review, 22p.

Research output: Article

2024

Informal institutions’ influence on FDI flows: A configurational fsQCA analysis of corruption as part of the MNEs’ FDI motivation system

Aluko, O., Garri, M., Owalla, B., Kim, J., Pickernell, D.

13 Aug 2024, In: International Business Review, 20p., 102327

Research output: Article

2023

Women's small businesses development in the post-war period in Ukraine: non-conventional industry sectors

Balan, O., Garri, M., Shepel, M., Balan, A.

15 Nov 2023,

Research output: Conference contribution

Venture and entrepreneur's characteristics as signals of new ventures' access to bank finance: a systemic csQCA approach

Wang, X., Huang, S., Garri, M., Pickernell, D.

6 Sep 2023,

Research output: Conference contribution

Exploring South Korean FDI motives and state-level dynamic views of location decisions

Kim, J. Y., Garri, M., Beynon, M., Pickernell, D.

4 Aug 2023,

Research output: Abstract

2022

MNE’s sustainability strategies in emerging and developing markets

Garri, M.

18 Apr 2022, In: International Journal of Organizational Analysis. 30, 3, p. 743-759, 17p.

Research output: Article

2021

Subsidiaries' behavioural responses to volatile local contexts in emerging African markets: evidence from Nigeria

Ahworegba, A. H., Garri, M., Estay, C.

16 Nov 2021, In: Multinational Business Review

Research output: Article

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