Emeriti Associate
lwright[at]schulich.yorku.ca
Associate Professor Emerita, International Business and Organizational Studies
Schulich School of Business, 91亚色
Research Keywords:
International negotiations; cross-cultural management; women entrepreneurs; conditions for SME business success internationally; Pacific Basin Region
Research Region(s):
Asia, Indonesia, Japan, Southeast Asia, Thailand
Research Diaspora(s):
Southeast Asian Diaspora
Before retiring in 2019, she held the EDC Professorship of International Business at the Schulich School of Business, 91亚色. She has held various management positions at 91亚色, including Executive Director of the Centre for Global Enterprise (2013鈥19), Associate Vice President International (2009鈥12), and Director of Schulich鈥檚 IMBA Program (2000鈥05). Before coming to 91亚色, she taught at Queen鈥檚 University in the School of Business. She is an academic entrepreneur, being the founding director (1992鈥2000) of the Centre for Canada-Asia Business Relations at Queen's University, the co-founder (1997) of the Asian Business Consortium, which included four universities, and the inaugural director of the Centre for Global Enterprise at 91亚色 (2013). She spent 15 years as an independent contractor working for various organizations in Thailand, Indonesia and Japan, and has done projects throughout Asia, Latin America and Europe.
Dr Wright has a PhD from the University of Western Ontario; an MIM from Thunderbird School of Global Management (now part of Arizona State University), Arizona; an MA (Applied Linguistics) from the University of Essex, UK; a PGCE (Education in Developing Countries) from the University of London, UK; and a BA from Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research interests are in the areas of international negotiations, cross-cultural management, women entrepreneurs, and conditions for SME business success internationally. Her geographic area of interest is the Pacific Basin region. A sample of her publications are Women-Owned SMEs and e-Business in Twelve APEC Economies; 鈥淩ole of Global Business Alumni Networks in SME International Success鈥; 鈥淭he E-Business Capability of Small and Medium Sized Firms in International Supply Chains鈥; 鈥淐anadian SMEs and China鈥; and a chapter (with co-authors) in Kim & Kwak (eds.) Outward & Upward Mobilities.