Saul Estrin
Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Deputy Dean (Faculty and Academic Planning) at London Business School; Director of the CIS-Middle Europe Centre; Programme Director of the Consortium for Executive Development, UK
He is also Director of the CIS-Middle Europe Centre and Programme Director of the Consortium for Executive Development, an innovative benchmarking programme for senior executives in BA, BT, Lloyds TSB, Marks and Spencer and Vauxhall. He has been consultant to the OECD, the World Bank and the European Community as well as a variety of international companies and banks. These companies include: Coopers and Lybrand, Unilever, Barings, ABN-AMRO Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland. He is also an international lecturer and consultant on a number of topics, including: Privatization and Enterprise Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe; Regional Strategic Planning / Investment Opportunities; Management Boards Structure and Priorities. He was previously Lecturer in Economics at London School of Economics, Southampton University and he has held visiting appointments at Cornell University, the European University Institute, Stanford University and the University of Michigan Business School. Professor Estrin received his BA from St. Johns College, Cambridge, his MA from Cambridge and his D.Phil. from Sussex. Saul is an Institutional Micro-Economist with extensive knowledge of several central and eastern European countries, how they work and the process of change within them.
Publications Include
Competition and Corporate Governance in Transition, Journal of Economic Perspectives (2002); Brownfield Entry in Emerging Markets (with K Meyer), Journal of Internation Business Research (2001); Corporate Governance in the Former Soviet Union: an Overview (with M Wright), Journal of Comparative Economics (1999); competition and Competition Policy in the EU (1998); Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe (with K Hughes and S Todd, Cassell, 1997).
Research Interests
Comparative economic systems, economics of transition, development economics.
Other Activities
Academic Panel, Postcomm, Associate Editor, International Journal of Industrial Organisation, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economy, Journal of Comparative Economics, Business.
