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Ilan Vertinsky

Ilan Vertinsky

Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Business

Atkinson Graduate School of Management

PhD University of California, Berkeley

Ilan Vertinsky’s research focuses on international business strategies, including decisions to invest, export or outsource in foreign countries. He is especially interested in international trade disputes and has a special interest in trade and investment relations involving China or Canada. Vertinsky has published about 250 papers, book chapters, books and monographs. He serves on the editorial boards of four international journals and is the director of the W. Maurice Young Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Research Center at the University of British Columbia. Vertinsky is knowledgeable about sustainable forest management practices and is a member of the advisory board for the Forest Economics and Policy Forum.