Professionals

Professor Matthew Allen is a distinguished academic in International Business at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, where he also leads the International Business Knowledge Platform. His extensive career in higher education includes previous leadership roles such as Head of the Business and Marketing Group at Bangor University, Professor of International Business and Strategy at Essex Business School, and Senior Lecturer at Alliance Manchester Business School.

His research focuses on the strategies of multinational companies—examining how they generate competitive advantages through corporate governance, innovation capabilities, and effective human resource management practices. Professor Allen is particularly interested in state capitalism and the circular economy. His work has been widely published in top-tier journals including the Journal of International Business Studies, British Journal of Management, Sociology, Socio-Economic Review, and the International Journal of Human Resource Management, where he also serves on the editorial board.

Professor Allen’s research has secured funding from renowned organizations such as DANIDA, the German Academic Exchange Service, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and UKRI. Currently, he is spearheading a DANIDA-funded project to accelerate the transition to a circular economy in Bangladesh’s garment industry.

Dedicated to mentoring future scholars, he actively supervises doctoral and DBA students, inviting research on topics such as multinational enterprises’ strategies, innovation capabilities, human resource management practices, and state capitalism.