Recent publications
Book
Chidlow, A, Ghauri, PN, Buckley, T, Gardner, E, Qamar, A & Pickering, E (eds) 2019, The Changing Strategies of International Business: How MNEs Manage in a Changing Commercial and Political Landscape. The Academy of International Business, 1 edn, Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03931-8
Collinson, S, Rugman, AM & Qamar, A 2017, International Business Instructor's Manual, 7/E. Pearson.
Article
Qamar, A, Collinson, S & Green, A 2022, 'Covid-19 disruption, resilience and industrial policy: the automotive sector in the West Midlands', Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2126449
Qamar, A & Child, J 2021, 'Grand challenges within IB: conducting qualitative research in the Covid environment', AIB Insights, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.25436
Zhao, K, O'Mahony, M & Qamar, A 2020, 'Bridging the gap in creative economy and ICT research: a regional analysis in Europe', Applied Economics, vol. 52, no. 29, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2019.1706718
Green, A, Sissons, P, Broughton, K & Qamar, A 2020, 'Public policy for addressing the low-skills low-wage trap: insights from business cases in the Birmingham city-region, UK', Regional Studies, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 333-344. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1802005
Qamar, A, Hall, M, Chicksand, D & Collinson, S 2020, 'Quality and flexibility performance trade-offs between lean and agile manufacturing firms in the automotive industry', Production Planning & Control: The Management of Operations, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 723-738. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1681534
Qamar, A, Gardner, E, Buckley, T & Zhao, K 2019, 'Home-owned versus foreign-owned firms in the UK automotive industry: exploring the microfoundations of ambidextrous production and supply chain positioning', International Business Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101657
Qamar, A & Hall, M 2018, 'Can lean and agile organisations within the UK automotive supply chain be distinguished based upon contextual factors?', Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 239–254. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-05-2017-0185
Qamar, A, Hall, M & Collinson, S 2018, 'Lean versus agile production: flexibility trade-offs within the automotive supply chain', International Journal of Production Research, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 3974-3993. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2018.1463109
Commissioned report
Green, A, Sissons, P, Qamar, A & Broughton, K 2018, Raising productivity in low-wage sectors and reducing poverty. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. <https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/raising-productivity-low-wage-sectors-and-reducing-poverty>
Conference contribution
Qamar, A, Gardner, E, Buckley, T & Zhou, K 2019, Exploring the micro-foundations of ambidextrous production: home-owned versus foreign-owned firms in the automotive industry. in 46th Academy of International Business UK & Ireland Chapter Conference: Multinational Enterprises and their Non-market Social and Political Strategies.
Other contribution
Qamar, A & Collinson, S 2020, The West Midlands’ Automotive Industry in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Survival of the Fittest?..
Other report
Qamar, A, Gardner, E, Green, A & Collinson, S 2022, Financial resilience during economic decline: top 50 West Midlands’ manufacturing firms. WMREDI.
Qamar, A & Collinson, S 2019, Briefing for Andy Street: The Automotive Industry & Implications of JLR job losses.
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