Dr Samir Balakishi
BSc, MA, PhD
Expertise
Samir is specialised in the fields of international political economy and international business, particularly in assessing the impacts of economic and political disturbance on firms and their business/investment operations.
Current positions
Teaching Associate
School of Management
Contact
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Biography
Samir is a political economist. He has held research and analyst positions at academic, corporate and government institutions in the US, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. Samir is multilingual and holds a PhD in International Political Economy and International Business from the University of Bristol.
Research interests
International Business, Strategy, International Political Economy, Political Economy of Business/Investment, Internationalisation, FDI, State-Business Relations, Energy Business/Politics, Geopolitics, Russian Foreign Economic Policy and Emerging Markets
Publications
0
Recent publications
29/08/2016Eurasian Economic Union: Russia’s New Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus
Working Paper No. 2016/1
Thesis
Russian Multinational Firms and Their Investment Activities in Emerging Economies
Supervisors
Award date
30/07/2020
Teaching
In the School of Management:
• Operations Management and Marketing (EFIMM0148) 2021-2022
• Strategy and Finance and Accounting for Management (EFIMM0146) 2021-2022
• Global Business Environment (EFIM10012) 2019-2020; 2020-2021; 2021-2022
• Quantitative Analysis in Management (EFIM10014) 2021-2022
• Management Science (EFIM20005) 2020-2021
• The Digital Economy (EFIM30040) 2020-2021
• Enquiry, Analysis and Communication (EFIM10021) 2019-2020; 2020-2021
• Strategic Management (MGRCM1001) 2018-2019
In the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies:
• Political Concepts (POLI11101) 2020-2021
• Thinking Politically (POLI10005) 2020-2021
• Theories of International Relations (POLI10003) 2019-2020
• Comparative Government and Politics (POLI11103) 2018-2019
• Issues in World Politics (POLI10001) 2016-2017; 2017-2018
• Operations Management and Marketing (EFIMM0148) 2021-2022
• Strategy and Finance and Accounting for Management (EFIMM0146) 2021-2022
• Global Business Environment (EFIM10012) 2019-2020; 2020-2021; 2021-2022
• Quantitative Analysis in Management (EFIM10014) 2021-2022
• Management Science (EFIM20005) 2020-2021
• The Digital Economy (EFIM30040) 2020-2021
• Enquiry, Analysis and Communication (EFIM10021) 2019-2020; 2020-2021
• Strategic Management (MGRCM1001) 2018-2019
In the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies:
• Political Concepts (POLI11101) 2020-2021
• Thinking Politically (POLI10005) 2020-2021
• Theories of International Relations (POLI10003) 2019-2020
• Comparative Government and Politics (POLI11103) 2018-2019
• Issues in World Politics (POLI10001) 2016-2017; 2017-2018