Aya S. Chacar

Professor, Department of International Business

College of Business
Florida International University

Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th St, MANGO 449
Miami, FL 33199

Phone: (305) 348-4219
Email: chacara@fiu.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Management
University of California, Los Angeles, California

Master of Business Administration
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Bachelor of Science in Engineering
University of Saint Joseph, Mansourieh, Lebanon

Professional Activities

Professor Chacar is an expert on Global Business Strategy at the College of Business of Florida International University (Ranked by the US News & World Report as #2 in international business and #3 International MBA). She studies the impact of institutions on global business strategy, firm performance, leadership, and value appropriation. She is the Past chair of the Academy of Management International Management (IM) Division and member of the Executive Committee (Board). She serves or has served on the boards of the Journal of International Business Studies, Industry & Innovation, Strategic Organization, and Childrens of Lebanon - a not for profit organization dedicated to serving children of Lebanon. Previously she was an Assistant Professor at the London Business School, and has taught or had visiting appointments at INSEAD, H.E.C., Ohio State University, UCLA, the University of Utah and Balamand University.

Professor Chacar earned her PhD from UCLA. Her most recent research focuses on the role of institutions in international business and strategy. This and other research has been published in the Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of International Business Studies, the Journal of Management Studies, and numerous other publications. It has received many accolades, including Best Paper Awards, from the Academy of International Business -AIB, the Academy of Management -AOM, and the Strategic Management Society -SMS, and has been featured in the New Yorker in work by Malcolm Gladwell. She has received many awards and grants including awards from CIBER and the Kauffman Foundation. Her PhD students have also won best paper and proposal awards. She has taught in various face-to-face and online executive and graduate programs and company-specific programs and has received the Best Course Award. She has taught various topics in strategy, international business and strategic human resources. She also disseminates some of her ideas on Linkedin and founded the Global Business Strategy group on Facebook to increase global awareness and understanding of the topic.

Professor Chacar is committed to service and has served the field in numerous leadership roles. Among others, she has served as the Research Capacity Workshop co-chair and the Research Committee Chair at the AIB meeting; in 2016, as the AIB Junior Faculty Consortium co-chair; in 2015 as PDW Chair for IM; in 2014 as track chairwoman at the 2014 AIB conference and chair of the AOM IM Division Junior Faculty Consortium; in 2011 as the Associate Chair for the Strategic Management Society Meeting in Miami 2011, and other. She also serves on, or has served on, numerous university committees including Screen and Search, and Ph.D. programs, and chairs the Research Committee, organizing a seminar series for London Business School and for the South Florida Community for over 10 years.

Courses Taught

Analysis Of Corp Pol
Doc Res In Bus Admin
Doc Sem In Bus Admin
Doctoral Research in Business Administration
Human Resource Strategy and Planning
Ph.D. Dissertation
Strategic Management

Publications

Dau, L., Chacar, A. S., Lyles, M., & Li, J.
(2022).

Informal institutions and international business: Toward an integrative research agenda.
Journal of International Business Studies
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Dau, L., Li, J., Lyles, M., & Chacar, A. S.
(2022).

Informal institutions and the international strategy of MNEs: Effects of institutional effectiveness, convergence, and distance.
Journal of International Business Studies
.
Thams, Y., Chacar, A. S., & Wiersema, M.
(2020).

Global strategic context and CEO appointments: The importance of a global mind?set.
Global Strategy Journal
.
Chacar, A. S., Celo, S., & Hesterly, W. (2018). Change dynamics in institutional discontinuities: Do formal or informal institutions change first? Lessons from rule changes in professional American baseball. BUSINESS HISTORY, 60(5: Historical Research on Institutional Change).
Celo, S., & Chacar, A.
(2015).

International Coherence and MNE Performance.
Journal of International Business Studies
.
Jose, D., & Chacar, A. S.
(2012).

Network coordination and performance among MNEs in Latin America.
Global Strategy Journal
, 2(1)
.
Wang, Y., & Chacar, A. S. (2012). Journal of Management and Marketing Research. Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 10(May 2012).
Tallman, S., & Chacar, A. S. (2011). Knowledge Accumulation and Dissemination in MNEs: A Practice-Based Framework. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, 48.
Tallman, S., & Chacar, A. S. (2011). Communities, alliances, networks and knowledge in multinational firms: A micro-analytic framework. Journal of International Management, 17(3).
Chacar, A. S., Newburry, W., & Vissa, B. (2010). Bringing institutions into performance persistence research: Exploring the impact of product, financial, and labor market institutions. JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES, 41.
Chacar, A. S., Celo, S., & Thams, Y. (2010). The performance of multinational affiliates versus domestic firms. The Journal of Management Policy and Practice, 11(4).
Chacar, A. S., Newburry, W., & Vissa, B. (2010). Bringing institutions into performance persistence research: Exploring the impact of product, financial, and labor market institutions. Journal of International Business Studies, 41(7).
Vissa, B., & Chacar, A. S. (2009). LEVERAGING TIES: THE CONTINGENT VALUE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAMS' EXTERNAL ADVICE NETWORKS ON INDIAN SOFTWARE VENTURE PERFORMANCE. STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, 30.
Chacar, A. S., & Surysekar, K. (2009). A survey of new product development: Can decentralization alone deliver? Review of Business Information Systems, 3(4).
Chacar, A. S., & Hestely, W. (2008). Institutional settings and rent appropriation by knowledge based employees: The case of major league baseball. Managerial and Decision Economics, 29(2-3).
Chacar, A. S., Russ, C., & Surysekar, K. (2008). Implications of incentives for knowledge workers. Review of Business Information Systems, 12(3).
Chacar, A. ., & Vissa, B. .
(2005).

Are emerging economies less efficient? Performance persistence and the impact of business group affiliation.
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
, 26(null)
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Chacar, A. S., & Vissa, B. (2005). Are Emerging Economies Less Efficient? Performance Persistence and the Impact of Business Group Affiliation. Strategic Management Journal, 26(10).
Chacar, A. S., & Hesterly, W. (2004). Innovations and value creation in major league baseball, 1860-2000. Business History, 46(3).

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