Robert E. Hoskisson is the George R. Brown Emeritus Chair of Strategic Management at Rice University and a prominent authority on corporate strategy and governance. A Fellow of the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society, he has co-authored over 30 books, including the market-leading ‘Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization.’ His extensive research on diversification and international strategy has earned him recognition as one of the world’s most highly cited scholars in business and economics.