Dr Alvin Tan
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Advertising, Marketing & PR
Biography
Background Alvin completed his PhD (International Business) at the University of Queensland in 2012. His previous work experiences include roles in retail management, banking services, financial investment and military logistics. As an academic at QUT, he has taught a variety of units in both the International Business and Marketing majors. He currently lectures in BSB119 Global Business. He is also involved in the supervision of postgraduate students with internationally-oriented research projects. Alvin's research is focused on understanding the drivers and inhibitors of export commencement among small-medium sized firms. Within this context, he is researching issues relating to export readiness and commencement of internationalisation, strategic inflexibility in internationalisation decision, and the development of measurement tools in managerial export commitment and export decision. He has published peer-reviewed articles and presented at numerous international conferences. Alvin is an accredited Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and is recognised for his sustained track record in higher education teaching.Research interests
- internationalisation of small-medium sized firms
- pre-internationalisation behaviour
- export readiness
- export commitment
- export decision
- inward internationalisation
- international education export
- international business
Awards Alvin was awarded QUT's Vice Chancellor's Performance Award for teaching excellence in 2008.
Personal details
Positions
- Lecturer
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Advertising, Marketing & PR
Keywords
Internationalisation Strategy, Drivers & Inhibitors of Export Decision, Export Readiness, Internationalisation of SMEs
Research field
Business and Management
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of Queensland)
- Bachelor of Business (Honours) (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Teaching
Teaching Experience
- Global Business
- Importing and Exporting
- International Business Strategy
- International Logistics
- Strategic Procurement
- Business in the Asia-Pacific
- Asian Business Development
- Introduction to Marketing
- International Marketing
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Alvin, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).