Alex Settles
- Clinical Associate Professor
Location
- Warrington College of Business
- Management Department
- Master of Science – Entrepreneurship
- Master of Science – Management
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center
- Bryan Hall 133L
Dr. Settles is a Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Business in the Department of Management at the Warrington College of Business, University of Florida. Previously he was an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and an Instructor in the Department of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School, an Instructor at Nevada State College, a Professor of Corporate Governance and Strategic Management and the Deputy Director of the Corporate Governance Center at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia, and Assistant Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware. During the 2005-2006 academic year Dr. Settles was a Fulbright Scholar in Russia.
Dr. Settles’ research focuses on three areas: the role that non-market forces shape the international process of firms, emerging market multinationals and management practices in emerging market firms with a specialization in Russian firms, and entrepreneurship education practices and development of entrepreneurial intent of university students.
Expertise and interest areas
- Emerging Markets
- Entrepreneurship
- International Business
- Mergers and Acquisitions
News
Fire Neural Network wins UF AI Days Pitch Competition – November 7, 2022 – GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Fire Neural Network rose to the top of the business ideas presented at the inaugural UF AI Days Pitch Competition. Fire Neural…
UF Warrington management department highlights new research at co-hosted conference with Shanghai Jiao Tong University – August 15, 2019 – GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In early summer 2019, the University of Florida Warrington College of Business’ Department of Management worked with faculty from one of China’s…
Courses taught
- Advanced DBA Research (MAN7978)
- Creativity in Entrepreneurship (ENT6616)
- DBA Doctoral Dissertation/Defense (MAN7985)
- Entrepreneurial Opportunity (ENT6008)
- Entrepreneurship and Venture Finance (GEB5114)
- Global Strategic Management (MAN6636)
- Global Strategic Management (MAN6637)
- Individual Work in Entrepreneurship (ENT6905)
- Individual Work in Management (MAN4905)
- Special Topics (GEB6930)
- Strategic Management (MAN4723)
Education
- PDBP – Entrepreneurship and International Business, University of Florida, 2014
- PhD – Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, 2007
- MPA – Public Finance, University of Delaware, 1996
- BA – Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, 1992
- BS – Economics, University of Delaware, 1991
PhD students advised
- Christian Doeringer — 2024 — Current
- Anthony Shaw — 2024 — 2024
- Michael Monis — 2023 — 2024
- Pratibha Singh — 2023 — 2024
- Theodore Santiesteban — 2022 — 2023
Professional service
- Ad Hoc Reviewer — 2024 to Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer — 2024 to Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Academy of International Business — 2023 to Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, British Journal of Management — 2024 to Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Business and Politics — 2022 to Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, European Financial Management — 2023 to Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, International Journal of Emerging Markets — 2013 to Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Asia Business Studies — 2020 to Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Business Research — 2020 to Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Managerial Finance — 2019 to Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Thunderbird International Business Review — 2019 to Present
- Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of International Management — 2020 to Present
- Committee Chair, International Management Division, AOM — 2019 to Present
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of East-West Business — 2011 to Present
- Editorial Review Board Member, Academy of Management Perspectives — 2024 to 2027
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of World Business — 2023
- Outside Reviewer, KU Leuven — 2022
- Track Organizer, Northeast Chapter of the Academy of International Business — 2019 to 2022
- Outside Reviewer, LUT University — 2021
Book chapter publications
- Entrepreneurship is so much more than just making money: Reclaiming the space of Entrepreneurship in society
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2021
- Authors: Alexander Settles, Arturo Osorio
Conference proceeding publications
- Non-market Strategies in Response to Political Disruption of International Business Ties: Response to Sanctions on Russia Firms
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2022
- Authors: Alexander Settles, Juha Väätänen, Roman Teplov
Journal article publications
- Understanding Cultural Differences Among Family Pods: Cultural Inclusion in Development of Entrepreneurship Curricula
- Status: Published
- Journal: Unknown
- Published Year: 2023
- Authors: Alexander Settles, Arturo Osorio
- Do Economic Sanctions Work? Evidence from Russia-Ukraine Conflict
- Status: Published
- Journal: Journal of Management Studies
- Published Year: 2023
- Authors: Alexander Settles, Ajai Gaur, Roman Teplov