Dr Sharif Rasel

Senior Lecturer in International Business

College of Business, Government and Law

place Law & Commerce
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Dr. Sharif Rasel is a Senior Lecturer of international business at Flinders University. Prior to joining Flinders University, Sharif held positions at Monash Business School in Melbourne, Ministry of Public Administration in Bangladesh and Wageningen Economic Research (LEI) in the Netherlands.

Sharif's research interests lie at the intersection of international business, strategy, and economic geography, specialising in regional competitiveness, reshoring of businesses, and the effects of locational factors on business performance. 

Sharif is currently involved in numerous international and local research projects with high impact. He is currently leading a project studying the economic geography of Australia's advanced manufacturing sector. He collaborated with World Vision India, the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIM Udaipur), and Monash University to receive a competitive grant from the Australian government in 2021. He is also involved in the GLOBE 2020 (Global Leadership & Organizational Behavior Effectiveness) Project, which includes over 400 researchers from over 140 countries. Additionally, he serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Review of International Business and Strategy.

Before joining Flinders University in December 2019, Sharif taught international business and strategy at Monash Business School for six years. He received commendations for outstanding teaching performance from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Vice President (Education), Monash University.

Since joining Flinders University in 2019, Sharif introduced a student-centric innovative teaching approach, and received the Student-Led Teaching Award for College of Business, Government and Law in 2022.

Sharif received his PhD from Monash University. Situated within the contemporary theoretical debates in international business literature, his Ph.D. thesis examined within-country location decision strategies of international firms using a multi-disciplinary approach that is grounded in the fields of international business and economic geography.

Sharif obtained his BSc in Economics (First Class with Second Place in order of merit) from Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh and MSc in International Development Studies (with distinction) from Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

Qualifications

PhD in International Business from Monash University, Australia

MSc in International Development Studies from Wageningen University, Netherlands

BSc and MSc in Economics from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

Honours, awards and grants

Student-Led Teaching Award (SLTA) for College of Business, Government and Law in 2022.

 

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BUSN2019 International Business Context
BUSN2039 International Business Management
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BUSN2019 International Business Context
BUSN2039 International Business Management
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Media Interviews

  1. Overseas farmers diversifying with aged care and child care
  2. Sydney airport chaos worsens ahead of Easter in global travel crisis
  3. “কোভিড-পরবর্তী অস্ট্রেলিয়ার অর্থনৈতিক পুনরুদ্ধারকে একটি বড় চ্যালেঞ্জের মুখে ফেলে দিবে সাম্প্রতিক ইউক্রেন সঙ্কট”
  4. Sharif Rasel discusses the effects of subnational regional heterogeneity on the performance of foreign firms.
  5. “এই বাজেট একটি বিশাল আকারের নির্বাচনী বাজেট”
  6. এখনই অস্ট্রেলিয়াকে চীনের বিকল্প বাজার খুজতে হবে: ড. শরীফ রাসেল
  7. Price hike in the bushfire crisis is temporary and more due to logistics than lack of supply, said Dr Sharif Rasel
  8. "Budget will create inequality in the society," said Dr Sharif Rasel
  9. Budget 2018: Interview with Dr Sharif Rasel
  10. ফেডারাল বাজেট ২০২৪: “রেন্টাল অ্যাসিস্ট্যান্স খুব বেশি কাজ করবে বলে আমার মনে হয় না”
  11. বাজেট উদ্বৃত্ত, মুদ্রাস্ফীতির অবনমন, সুদ হার না বাড়ানোর সিদ্ধান্ত - কী ঘটতে যাচ্ছে অস্ট্রেলিয়ার অর্থনীতিতে?