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Dr J. Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo

Lecturer in International Business & Strategy

Jose Eduardo Ibarra Olivo

Specialisms

  • Inward and Outward Foreign Direct Investment, 
  • Human Capital Development, 
  • Firm Internationalisation Strategies, 
  • Emerging Economies, 
  • Informal Labour Markets

Location

Room 139, Whiteknights Campus

Dr. Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo is an economic geographer with interdisciplinary research expertise on foreign direct investment, human capital development and firm internationalisation strategies in the context of emerging economies.

Dr Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo joined Henley Business School in 2020 as a Lecturer in International Business and Strategy.

He holds a PhD in Economic Geography (2019) and an MSc in Local Economic Development (2014) from the London School of Economics, and a BSc in Economics (2011) from Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) in México City. In 2019, he won the EPAINOS Young Scientist Prize for best paper, awarded by the European Regional Science Association.

His main research interests are Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), local labour markets, educational choices, human capital development and firms' internationalisation strategies, with a focus on emerging economies. He has also been involved in research on FDI policy, systems of innovation, and international remittances.

He has co-authored publications in Regional Science and Urban Economics, Papers in Regional Science, Science and Public Policy, The Economics of Education Review and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

His teaching portfolio includes undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA modules on Economics, Quantitative Research Methods and International Business and Strategy.


Reference: Ibarra-Olivo, J. E. , Ley, S. and Meseger, C. (2025) High profile attacks, regimes of criminal governance, and foreign direct investment in Mexico. The World Economy. ISSN 1467-9701 doi: 10.1111/twec.13723
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Reference: Ibarra-Olivo, J. E. , Neise, T., Breul, M. and Wrana, J. (2024) FDI and human capital development: a tale of two Southeast Asian economies. Journal of International Business Policy, 7. pp. 314-336. ISSN 2522-0705 doi: 10.1057/s42214-024-00186-3
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Reference: Ley, S., Ibarra-Olivo, J. E. and Meseguer, C. (2022) Remittances and protests against crime in Mexico. International Migration Review, 56 (1). pp. 206-236. ISSN 1747-7379 doi: 10.1177/01979183211011428
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Reference: Arman, H., Iammarino, S., Ibarra-Olivo, J. E. and Lee, N. (2022) Systems of innovation, diversification, and the R&D trap: a case study of Kuwait. Science and Public Policy, 49 (2). pp. 179-190. ISSN 1471-5430 doi: 10.1093/scipol/scab073
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Reference: Ibarra-Olivo, J. E. and Rodríguez-Pose, A. (2022) FDI and the growing wage gap in Mexican municipalities. Papers in Regional Science, 101 (6). pp. 1411-1439. ISSN 1435-5957 doi: 10.1111/pirs.12707
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Reference: Ibarra-Olivo, J. E. (2021) Foreign direct investment and youth educational outcomes in Mexican municipalities. Economics of Education Review, 82. 102123. ISSN 0272-7757 doi: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2021.102123
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Dr J. Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo
Reference: Ley, S., Ibarra-Olivo, J. E. and Meseguer, C. (2021) Family remittances and vigilantism in Mexico. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47 (6). pp. 1375-1394. ISSN 14699451 1369183X doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2019.1623309
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Dr J. Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo
Reference: Atuesta, L. H., Ibarra-Olivo, J. E. , Lozano-Gracia, N. and Deichmann, U. (2018) Access to employment and property values in Mexico. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 70. pp. 142-154. ISSN 0166-0462 doi: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2018.03.005
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Dr J. Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo
Reference: Meseguer, C., Ley, S. and Ibarra-Olivo, J. E. (2017) Sending money home in times of crime: the case of Mexico. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 43 (13). pp. 2169-2192. ISSN 14699451 1369183X doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2017.1300052
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