Dr Malcolm Cone

BA PhD PGDipArts(Otago) MNZAC
Senior Lecturer

Malcolm teaches and researches international management and comparative approaches to management and business in the Asia Pacific. He worked in business in New Zealand for a number of years before coming to tertiary education. Since then he has worked in a number of countries in the Asia Pacific as a consultant in cross-cultural communication, and a researcher into the effects of culture on organisational behaviour. He has published studies on cross-cultural dilemmas faced by European firms in joint ventures in China, business ethics in Islamic business practice, knowledge distribution networks in Chinese organisations and the limitations of new-classical economic analysis in developing non-western environments. His current research interests are the modernisation and development in the Asia Pacific, particularly China, and the effects of economic change on self-description and motivation in non-western cultures in the Asia Pacific. As part of his research in China, Malcolm has produced the first of a trilogy of films on network capitalism in rural China called Releasing the Dragon. He is the Director of the Asia Institute, which aims to establish a better understanding of the Asian business environment and what it means to compete in North East Asia.

Teaching Interests

Management in Asia

Teaching Responsibilities

MANT 102: Business Environment (Semester 1 & 2)
MANT 341: Management in Asia Pacific
MANT 439: Management in Asia
MANT 440: Management in Latin America

Research Interests

Cross-cultural communication
Sociologies of knowledge
Social constructions of the self
Modernisation of Asian societies

Current Supervisions

MCom

Eleanor Hinds (current). Comparing the cultural patterns of China and India. (Supervisors: Malcolm Cone, André Everett)

Recent Completions

Kupka, B. (2007). Creation of an instrument to assess intercultural communication competence for strategic international human resource management. (Supervisors: André Everett, Malcolm Cone)

Raja Yusof, R. N. (2010). Internationalization strategies and operations of international retailers: Comparison of Asia and Europe. (Supervisors: André Everett, Malcolm Cone)

Diane Ruwhiu (2009). Maori business development: Examining the role of social, cultural and economic capital. (Supervisors: Colin Campbell-Hunt, Malcolm Cone)

Pavel Štrach (2007). Exploring relationships between parent companies and their subsidiaries: The case of Japanese multinationals. (Supervisors: Malcolm Cone, Tony Garrett)

Sunaryo, L. (2009). Chinese social institutions imitating nature? Strategic action in pursuit of self-actualisation. (Supervisors: André Everett, Malcolm Cone)

Recent Publications

For a list of recent publications, please click on the corresponding item:
Book Chapters
Cases
Conferences
Journal Articles
Research Reports
Teaching Notes
Other

Contacts

Room 8.15
Tel 64 3 479 8130
Fax 64 3 479 8173
Email malcolm.cone@otago.ac.nz