John Cantwell

John Cantwell is Distinguished Professor of International Business at Rutgers University, NJ, USA since 2002. He was previously Professor of International Economics at the University of Reading in the UK. He has also held various visiting professorships, including at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in Italy. His research takes an evolutionary approach, and focuses on technological innovation and international knowledge networks. His published research spans the fields of International Business, Economics, Economic History, Philosophy, Economic Geography, and Innovation Studies. He has been President of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), Dean of the EIBA Fellows, Program Chair of the Academy of International Business (AIB), and he is an elected AIB Fellow. He  served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) from 2011-16. In 2019 he was named as the Eminent Scholar by the International Management Division of the Academy of Management. He received an honorary doctorate (honoris causa) from Complutense University, Madrid in December 2021.