Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol

Senior lecturer

Department of Industrial Economics, Room J2403

Biography

Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol, born 1982 in Bangkok, Thailand, received Doctoral degree at Lund University in 2014 within the area of international trade. He is Senior Lecturer of Industrial Economics at Blekinge Institute of Technology from February 1, 2018.

The main research interest concerns the understanding of determinants and geographical distribution of high-growth Scale-up firms in Sweden, productivity and export performance of innovative firms within the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Prior to joining BTH, Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol held the Researcher position at Lund University in 2014-2016, Guest Researcher at Lund University in 2016-2017, and Guest Lecturer at Södertörn University in 2017-2018. He received full-time two-year grants from Torsten Söderberg Foundation in 2012-2014 for the project “SME:s internationaliseringsprocess: handelshinder, kulturella skillnader och institutioners betydelse.” During 2014-2015, he was involved in the research project “Globalisation, Labour Markets, and the Welfare State,” financed by NORFACE, in collaboration with University of Aberdeen, UK, and Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany.

Teaching

IY1416 Firms & Organisation
IY1419/1437 Industrial Marketing
IY2594 Master’s Thesis (supervision)
IY2610 Strategy & Control
IY2611 Economic Analysis of Technology and Innovation
IY2614 Economic Analysis of Technology, Technological Change, and Strategy
IY2626 Strategy for Software-Developing Firms

Projects & Publications

Selected publications
Tavassoli, S., Jienwatcharamongkhol, V., & Arenius, P. (2022) Colocation of Entrepreneurs and New Firm Survival: Role of New Firm Founder’s Experiential Relatedness to Local Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.
Andersson, M., Castellani, D., Fassio, C. & Jienwatcharamongkhol, V. (2022) Leaving the multinational: The likelihood and nature of employee mobility from MNEs. Journal of International Business Studies, 53, pp. 936-949.
Quoreshi, A.M.M., Uddin, R., Jienwatcharamongkhol, V. (2019). Equity Market Contagion in Return Volatility during Euro Zone and Global Financial Crises: Evidence from FIMACH Model: Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 12(2), 94.
Görg, H., Henze, P., Jienwatcharamongkhol, V., Kopasker, D., Molana, H., Montagna, C., & Sjöholm, F. (2017). Firm size distribution and employment fluctuations: Theory and evidence. Research in Economics, 71(4), 690-703.
Tavassoli, S. & Jienwatcharamongkhol, V. (2016). Survival of Entrepreneurial Firms: The Role of Agglomeration Externalities. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 28(9-10), pp. 746-767.
Jienwatcharamongkhol, V. (2013). Distance Sensitivity of Export: A Firm-Product Level Approach, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 14(4), pp. 531-554.

Recent publications
Miguel Gonzalez-Salazar, Georgios Kormazos, Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol, "Assessing the economic and environmental impacts of battery leasing and selling models for electric vehicle fleets", Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, EISSN 1879-1786, Vol. 422, Elsevier, 2023
Sam Tavassoli, Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol, Pia Arenius, "Colocation of Entrepreneurs and New Firm Survival", Entrepreneurship, ISSN 1042-2587, EISSN 1540-6520, Vol. 47, nr 4, pp. 1421 - 1459, Sage Publications, 2023
Martin Andersson, Davide Castellani, Claudio Fassio, Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol, "Leaving the multinational", Journal of International Business Studies, ISSN 0047-2506, EISSN 1478-6990, Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
A.M.M. Shahiduzzaman Quoreshi, Reaz Uddin, Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol, "Equity Market Contagion in Return Volatility during Euro Zone and Global Financial Crises: Evidence from FIMACH Model", Journal of Risk and Financial Management, ISSN 1911-8074, EISSN 1911-8074, Vol. 12, nr 2, MDPI, 2019