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Dr Mads Wedell-Wedellsborg

Lecturer in International Business and Strategy

Programme Director BSc Business and Management (HR and OB)
Admissions Tutor for Business and Management Undergraduate Programmes
Foundation Lead (Business and Management)

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Specialisms

  • International Business, 
  • Strategy, 
  • CEO and Top Management Teams, 
  • Business Management, 
  • Interdisciplinary Teaching, 

Location

Room 149, Henley Business School, Whiteknights

Dr Mads Emil Wedell-Wedellsborg is a Lecturer in International Business and Strategy at Henley Business School, teaching across undergraduate and post-experience programmes. His research focuses on international business and strategic leadership

His teaching focuses on interdiscplinary learning, particularly in strategy and international business, with experience in designing and delivering education for large student cohorts, from undergraduate programmes to executive and post-experience learning. He is particularly keen on creating interactive, engaging and practically relevant learning experiences.

His research focuses on strategic leadership in international business, looking at areas such as executive selection, top management team composition and CEO pay. His current research projects include CEO compensation following financial misconduct; senior leadership composition in Fortune Global 500 Firms; the impact of policy-induced shocks on executive boards. Alongside this, he engages with teaching and learning scholarship and research, investigating the impact of interdisciplinary teaching and programme-level feedback approaches.

Beyond academia, Mads contributes to industry and policy discussion and is a keynote speaker. He has contributed to events such as the World Investment Conference, Sharjah Investment Forum and the Global Mobility and Health Summit.

Management Debates: ways of thinking about business

This module introduces students to key ideas and debates that pertain to the study of business and management. It exposes students to the intellectual foundations on which many well-known management...

Module code: MM1F19

  • MSc in International Finance from EADA Business School (Barcelona)
  • MSc in International Business from Aston University
  • BSc in International Business & Politics from Copenhagen Business School

Management Debates: An interdisciplinary approach to teaching and assessing first-year undergraduate business and management students. Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Conference, Belfast (May, 2022)

Changing the Sails to steer in the wind: Conceptualising top management succession. EIASM Top Management Team Workshop, Paris (April, 2022)

Getting Paid when books are cooked: Exploring initial CEO pay in the aftermath of financial misconduct. EIASM Top Management Team Workshop, Paris (April, 2022)

Changing the Sails to steer in the wind: Conceptualising top management succession. AIB-UKI Chapter, Reading(April, 2022)

  • Management Debates: Ways of Thinking about Business (MM1F19)
  • Markets, Marketing & Strategy (MM1F12)