Dr Jacob Wood ~ Senior Lecturer, Business

Dr. Jacob Wood is currently the Associate Dean of Research for the College of Business, Law and Governance in JCU Australia. In addition to this, he is also the Director of the Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia (CITBA) and an Associate Professor of Business at JCU Singapore. With a PhD in International Studies majoring in International Trade, Dr. Wood has more than 10 years experience working in South Korea where he has held roles as an Assistant Professor at Korea University of Technology and Education and then more recently as an Assistant Professor of Asia Business at Chungnam National University.

Dr. Wood's research interests focus on issues in the fields of international trade, in particular, the effect of non-tariffs on trade flows, and the role of domestic politics in free trade negotiations. He has also published several works on employee engagement and the analysis of financial performance in North American e-commerce businesses. He is also interested in the concept of social networks analysis and has published several studies in the Journal of Scientometrics.

Dr. Wood is also currently the Primary Investigator for a Korean National Foundation supported grant on the effect of non-tariff barriers in Asia. He was also the recipient of a CBLG/JCUS cross campus grant in 2019. Dr. wood is also a Fellow at the Cairns Institute and is actively pursuing project opportunities between the institute and CITBA.

In recent times, Dr. Wood organized a panel discussion event that involved all of the leading Chambers of Commerce in Singapore, the results of which led to an article being published in the Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/tough-questions-for-tough-times

 

 

 

 

 

Interests

Research

• Free trade negotiations, non-tariff barriers, employee engagement, social network analysis

Research Disciplines

• Business and Management (1503)
• Applied Economics (1402)
• Applied Mathematics (0102)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• International Trade (9103)
• Management and Productivity (9104)

Awards

• 2019 - Academic of the Year (JCU Singapore)
• 2019 - Researcher of the Year (JCU Singapore)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Jang L and Wood J (2020) On the CEU-degree of similarity in international trade by using the Choquet integral expected utility. Journal of Computational Analysis and Applications, 28 (2). pp. 321-328
• Wood J and Jang L (in press) A comparative study of three forms of entropy on trade values between Korea and four countries. Journal of Computational Analysis and Applications,
• Heshmati A, Kim J and Wood J (2019) A survey of inclusive growth policy. Economies, 7.
• Jang H and Wood J (2019) Native vs. non-native English speaking teachers: an analysis of business schools in the tertiary education sector. The Journal of Asia TEFL, 16 (3). pp. 944-957
• Wood J, Wu J, Li Y and Kim J (2019) The impact of TBT and SPS measures on Japanese and Korean exports to China. Sustainability, 11 (21).
• Wood J, Wu J and Li Y (in press) An analysis of the trends and determinants of intra-industry trade between China and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation member countries. The Singapore Economic Review,
• Wood J and Wu J (in press) The sustainability of the WTO dispute settlement system: does it work for developing countries? Journal of World Trade,
• Guo Y, Wood J, Pan W and Meng Q (2018) Inventory optimization of airport perishable emergency supplies with replacement strategy facing stochastic occurrence time by CVaR approach. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 31. pp. 170-183
• Jun S, Wood J and Park S (2018) Multivariate multiple regression modelling for technology analysis. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 30 (3). pp. 311-323
• Kim J, Pyo I and Wood J (2018) Reshaping institutional arrangements for the trade policies of the US and their implications for the Asian region. Journal of International Logistics and Trade, 16 (3). pp. 109-119
• Feroz G and Wood J (2017) Internet presence, website analytics, and e-etailor financial performance. International Journal of Economics and Management, 11 (1). pp. 85-106
• Jang L and Wood J (2017) The application of the Choquet integral expected utility in international trade. Advanced Studies in Contemporary Mathematics, 27 (2). pp. 159-173

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