Dr James Walker
International Business and Strategy
Deputy Head of International Business and Strategy
Email: j.t.walker@henley.reading.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 118 378 7374
Location: HBS 145, Whiteknights campus
Profile website: http://www.henley.reading.ac.uk/management/research/centres/mgmt-james-t-walker-projects.aspx
Dr James Walker is Deputy Head of International Business and Strategy. His overall research agenda is characterised by the application of empirical methods to solve real world problems and issues past and present. He has published in journals as diverse as Journal of Applied Economics and the Journal of Economic History, examining the spatial competition in product markets and between firms, varieties of capitalism, academic performance and pay, and attitudes to multinational enterprises. His teaching expertise spans strategy, strategic marketing, entrepreneurship, and applied statistics.
Research Centres: Centre for International Business History (CIBH)
By area: Industrial Organisation, Attitudes to MNEs, Academic Performance and Pay, Consumption Patterns, Domesday England
By industry: Cars, Retailing
By geography: US, UK, European
Scott, P. M. and Walker, J. (2011) Sales and advertising expenditure for interwar American department stores. The Journal of Economic History, 71 (1). pp. 40-69. ISSN 1471-6372
Scott, P. and Walker, J. (2011) The British 'failure' that never was? Anglo-American productivity differences in large-scale retailing between the Wars - evidence from the department store sector. Economic History Review. ISSN 1468-0289 (In Press)
Walker, J. T., Vignoles, A. and Collins, M. (2010) Higher education academic salaries in the UK. Oxford Economic Papers, 62 (1). pp. 12-35. ISSN 1464-3812
Requena-Silvente, F. and Walker, J. T. (2009) The survival of differentiated products: an application to the UK automobile market, 1971-2002. The Manchester School, 77 (3). pp. 288-316. ISSN 1467-9957