Assistant Professor

Western Washington State University
College of Business and Economics
Parks Hall
Bellingham WA 98225-9077

TEL: (360) 650-4809
FAX: (360) 650-4844
E-MAIL: tom.roehl@wwu.edu

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  aerospace industry; business administration and management; competitive strategy; distribution; industrial and manufacturing competitiveness; industrial organization; international business relations; international direct investment; Japanese corporations in the US; joint ventures; marketing, distribution; pharmaceuticals industry; sogo shosha (general trading firms); strategic planning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Professor of International Business, University of Illinois, 1992 - 99; Visiting Assistant Professor of International Business, University of Michigan, 1989-92; Assistant Professor of International Business, University of Washington, 1983-89.

IN JAPAN: 1977 - Fulbright; 1969-71 - employment; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

"What Makes Management Style Similar and Distinct Across Borders? Growth, Experience and Culture in Korean and Japanese Firms," Journal of International Business Studies, 2000; "How Companies Develop Assets and Capabilities: Japan As a Leading Market," (with Johansson) Emerging Trends in Japanese Management (ed. Beechler et al.) (JAI Press, 1994); "Influences on R&D Growth Among Japanese Pharmaceutical Firms, 1975-1990," (with Michell) Journal of High Technology Management (1995); "The Role of International R&D in the Competence -Building Strategies of Japanese Pharmaceutical Firms," Dynamics of Cometence-Based Cometition (ed. Sanchez et al.) (Elsevier Science, 1996); "Strategy and Organizational Response to Environmental Change: Japanese Pharmaceutical Firms 1975-1990," (with Mitchell et al.) Engineered in Japan (ed. Liker) (Oxford University Press, 1995); Mobilizing Invisable Assets (with Hiroyuki Itami) (Harvard University Press, 1987).