Doctoral Consortium

Gary Knight is Professor and the Helen Jackson Chair at Willamette University in Salem and Portland, Oregon, USA. He is a Fellow and former President of the Academy of International Business. He has co-authored six books, including a textbook on international business and a book on international marketing research. He has authored or co-authored some 60 refereed articles in academic journals, including the leading journals in international business. He is consistently ranked among the top-cited scholars in international marketing and international business. He obtained his PhD at Michigan State University, and MBA at the University of Washington.

Peter Magnusson is a Professor and Department Chair of the Department of Marketing at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

His research specializes in the areas of international marketing strategy and international consumer behavior, with a particular interest in the influence of culture and institutional factors on cross-cultural differences in consumer behavior and international marketing strategy. His research has been published in, among others, the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of International Marketing, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, International Business Review, and International Marketing Review. Dr. Magnusson is also an Associate Editor for the Journal of International Marketing and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of International Business Studies, International Marketing Review, and Global Strategy Journal.