Michele E. M. Akoorie is a New Zealand business academic. She is currently a full professor at the
University of Waikato.[1]
Academic career
After a 1995
PhD titled 'The impact of foreign direct investment and government policy on the internationalisation process of the New Zealand firm' at the
University of Waikato,[2] she joined the
University of Waikato staff, rising to full professor.[3]
In 2003 Akoorie won a national-level teaching award.[4]
Selected works
Peiris, Indujeeva K., Michèle EM Akoorie, and Paresha Sinha. "International entrepreneurship: A critical analysis of studies in the past two decades and future directions for research."
Journal of International Entrepreneurship 10, no. 4 (2012): 279–324.
Marshall, R. Scott, Michèle EM Akoorie, Ralph Hamann, and Paresha Sinha. "Environmental practices in the wine industry: An empirical application of the theory of reasoned action and stakeholder theory in the United States and New Zealand."
Journal of World Business 45, no. 4 (2010): 405–414.
Sinha, Paresha, Michèle EM Akoorie, Qiang Ding, and Qian Wu. "What motivates manufacturing SMEs to outsource offshore in China? Comparing the perspectives of SME manufacturers and their suppliers."
Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal 4, no. 1 (2011): 67–88.
Sinha, Paresha, and Michèle EM Akoorie. "Sustainable environmental practices in the New Zealand wine industry: an analysis of perceived institutional pressures and the role of exports."
Journal of Asia-Pacific Business 11, no. 1 (2010): 50–74.
Enderwick, Peter, and Michele Akoorie. "Pilot study research note: The employment of foreign language specialists and export success–The case of New Zealand."
International Marketing Review 11, no. 4 (1994): 4–18.
Enderwick, Peter, and Michele Akoorie. Fast Forward: New Zealand Business in World Markets. Auckland:
Longman Paul, 1996.