I am the Head of the newly formed Management and Marketing Group in Bangor Business School, working with colleagues to meet key organizational objectives. Prior to joining Bangor University in January 2022, I was Professor of International Business and Strategy, and Head of the Strategy, Operations, and Entrepreneurship Group in Essex Business School, successfully line-managing 48 colleagues. I helped the Group to increase the number of excellent students on its programmes, and helped to recruit outstanding academics to the Group.

I have published in leading comparative and international business journals, such as the British Journal of Management, Sociology, Socio-Economic Review, and The International Journal of Human Resource Management. I am on the editorial board of the International Journal of Human Resource Management. My research has been funded by the German Academic Exchange Service, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

• PhD
  The University of Birmingham,
• BSc
  The University of East Anglia,
• MPhil
  The University of Oxford,

2022

• E-pub ahead of printDeveloping Theoretically Informed Typologies in International Business: Why We Need Them, and How to Do It
  Allen, M., Wood, G. T. & Demirbag, M., 18 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of International Business Studies.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDominant modes of economic coordination and varieties of firm internationalization support
  Becker-Ritterspach, F., Lange, K. & Allen, M. M. C., Jun 2022, In: International Business Review. 31, 3, 101975.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedLordly Management and its Discontents: ‘Human Resource Management’ in Pakistan
  Saqib, S. I., Allen, M. MC. & Wood, G., 2021, In: Work, Employment and Society.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedState-Permeated Capitalism and the Solar PV Industry in China and India
  Allen, M. M. C., Allen, M. L., Saqib, S. I. & Liu, J., Jul 2021, In: New Political Economy. 26, 4, p. 527-539
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedAdoption of Digital Technology in Corporate RD Context
  Li, C., Mehandjiev, N., James, A., Shahgholian, A., Lampel, J. & Allen, M., 2020
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
• PublishedComparative Capitalisms and Energy Transitions: Renewable Energy in the European Union
  Allen, M. L., Allen, M. M. C., Cumming, D. & Johan, S., 1 Jan 2020, In: British Journal of Management.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedComparing Capitalisms: Debates, Controversies and Future Directions
  Wood, G. T. & Allen, M. M. C., Jun 2020, In: Sociology. 54, 3, p. 482-500
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHigh-performance work practices and organizational performance in Pakistan
  Ahmad, M., Raziq, M. M., Rehman, W. U. & Allen, M. M. C., 21 May 2020, In: International Journal of Manpower. 41, 3, p. 318-338
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedConverging HRM practices? A comparison of high performance work system practices in MNC subsidiaries and domestic firms in Pakistan
  Ahmad, M., Allen, M. M. C., Raziq, M. M. & Rehman, W. U., 2 Aug 2019, In: Employee Relations. 41, 5, p. 931-948
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHigh involvement HR systems and innovative work behaviour: the mediating role of psychological empowerment, and the moderating roles of manager and co-worker support
  Rehman, W. U., Ahmad, M., Allen, M. M. C., Raziq, M. M. & Riaz, A., 4 Jul 2019, In: European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. 28, 4, p. 525-535
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHome-Country Measures to Support Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Variation and Consequences
  Becker-Ritterspach, F., Allen, M. L., Lange, K. & Allen, M., 26 Apr 2019, In: Transnational Corporations. 26, 1, p. 61-85 25 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUnveiling the relationship between e-HRM, impersonal trust and employee productivity
  Iqbal, N., Ahmad, M. & Allen, M. M. C., 15 Jul 2019, In: Management Research Review. 42, 7, p. 879-899
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedDoes e-HRM improve labour productivity? A study of commercial bank workplaces in Pakistan
  Iqbal, N., Ahmad, M., Allen, M. M. C. & Raziq, M. M., 12 Feb 2018, In: Employee Relations. 40, 2, p. 281-297
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInstitutions and the Diversity and Prevalence of Multinationals' Knowledge-Augmenting Subsidiaries
  Allen, M. M. C., Allen, M. L. & Lange, K., Jul 2018, In: British Journal of Management. 29, 3, p. 483-496
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Adoption of Digitalisation in R&D: Organisational & Behavioural Issues
  James, A., Li, C. & Allen, M., 1 Jun 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2017

• PublishedEstablishments' use of temporary agency workers: the influence of institutions and establishments' employment strategies
  Allen, M., Liu, J., Allen, M. L. & Saqib, S. I., 2017, In: International Journal of Human Resource Management. 28, 18, p. 2570-2593
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedEmployer and Worker Collective Action: A Comparative Study of Germany, South Africa, and the United States
  Allen, M. M. C., 20 Oct 2016, In: German Politics. 25, 4, p. 604-604
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › peer-review

2015

• PublishedCompanies' Access to Finance, Co-operative Industrial Relations, and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of the States of South Eastern Europe
  Allen, M. M. C., 2015, In: Research in International Business and Finance. 33, p. 167-177 11 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHigh performance HRM and establishment performance in Pakistan: an empirical analysis
  Ahmad, M. & Allen, M., 3 Aug 2015, In: Employee Relations. 37, 5, p. 506-524
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInstitutions and Investments by Emerging Economy Multinationals in Developed Economies: Solar PV Firms and the Role of Political Authorities in Germany
  Allen, M. L., 2015, The Rise of Multinationals from Emerging Economies. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, p. 83-98 16 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedInstitutions and Investments by Emerging-Economy Multinationals in Developed Economies
  Allen, M. M. C. & Allen, M. L., 1 Mar 2015, The Rise of Multinationals from Emerging Economies. Nature Publishing Group
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedNational Innovation System in Germany
  Allen, M. M. C., 2015
  Research output: Other contribution
• PublishedVive les differences? Voice in French MNCs' overseas workplaces: a comparative study of voice in French, German and US subsidiaries in the UK
  Tueselmann, H-J., Allen, M. M. C. & McDonald, F., 28 Apr 2015, In: International Journal of Human Resource Management. 26, 8, p. 1152-1168
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedBusiness Systems Theory and Employment Relations
  Allen, M. M. C., Mar 2014, The Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations: Comparative Employment Systems. Wilkinson, A., Wood, G. & Deeg, R. (eds.). Oxford University Press
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedHirschman and Voice
  Allen, M. M. C., Wilkinson, A., Donaghey, J., Dundon, T. & Freeman, R., 2014, The Handbook of Research on Employee Voice. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 36-51 16 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2013

• PublishedBusiness regulation, inward foreign direct investment, and economic growth in the new European Union member states
  Allen, M. M. C. & Aldred, M. L., 19 Jul 2013, In: Critical Perspectives on International Business. 9, 3, p. 301-321 21 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedComparative capitalisms and the institutional embeddedness of innovative capabilities
  Allen, M. M. C., 1 Oct 2013, In: SOCIO-ECONOMIC REVIEW. 11, 4, p. 771-794
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Impact of Institutions on Economic Growth in Central and Eastern Europe
  Allen, M. M. C., Aldred, M. L., Cook, G. & Johns, J., 2013, The Changing Geography of International Business. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, p. 35-53 19 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2012

• PublishedInternationalization and Sectoral Diversity: The Roles of Organizational Capabilities and Dominant Institutions in Structuring Firms’ Responses to Semiglobalization
  Allen, M. M. C., Whitley, R., Lane, C. & Wood, G. T., 2012, Capitalist Diversity and Diversity Within Capitalism. United Kingdom: Routledge, p. 97-120 24 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedInternationalization, institutions and economic growth: A fuzzy-set analysis of the new EU member states
  Allen, M. M. C. & Aldred, M. L., 2012, Handbook of Institutional Approaches to International Business. Wood, G. & Demirbag, M. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 382-407 26 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2011

• PublishedInstitutional frameworks and radical innovation: An analysis of high- and medium-high-technology industries in Germany
  Allen, M. M. C., Tüselmann, H-J. & Aldred, M. L., 9 Nov 2011, In: International Journal of Public Policy. 7, 4-6, p. 265-281 17 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedVarieties of capitalism, governance, and high-tech export performance A fuzzy-set analysis of the new EU member states
  Allen, M. M. C. & Aldred, M. L., 28 Jun 2011, In: Employee Relations. 33, 4, p. 334-355
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedBook Review Andrew Tylecote and Francesca Visintin (2007) Corporate Governance, Finance and the Technological Advantage of Nations
  Allen, M. M. C., 2010, In: Organization Studies. 31, 03, p. 369-372 4 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEmployment relations in German multinational companies in the UK and the future of the German model: Empirical evidence on country-of-origin effects and industry internationalisation
  Tüselmann, H-J., Heise, A., McDonald, F. & Allen, M., 30 Mar 2010, In: International Journal of Public Policy. 5, 4, p. 390-408 19 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedAll powerful voice? The need to include "exit", "loyalty" and "neglect" in empirical studies too
  Allen, M. & Tüselmann, H-J., 2009, In: Employee Relations. 31, 5, p. 538-552 15 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedArbeitsbezihungsmodelle im Vergleich: Deutsche und amerikanische Tochterunternehmen in Großbritannien
  Heise, A., Tueselmann, H. -J., McDonald, F. & Allen, M. M. C., 2009, In: Arbeit: Zeitschrift fuer Arbeitsforschung, Arbeitsgestaltung und Arbeitspolitik. 18, 2, p. 123-136 14 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedBusiness Systems and the Open Method of Co-ordination: The EU and Employee Share Ownership in Germany and the UK
  Allen, M. M., Tüselmann, H-J. & Aldred, M. L., 2009, In: Arbeit: Zeitschrift fuer Arbeitsforschung, Arbeitsgestaltung und Arbeitspolitik. 18, 1, p. 33-45 13 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCross-Border Transfer of Employment Relations Approaches: Country-of-Origin Effects and the Level and Type of Industry Internationalization
  Allen, M. M., Tüselmann, H-J., McDonald, F., Golesorkhi, S., Filiou, D., Ibeh, K. & Davies, S., 2009, Contemporary Challenges to International Business. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, p. 52-67
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedGermany’s National Innovation System
  Allen, M. M. C., 2009, Encyclopaedia of Technology and Innovation. United Kingdom: Basil Blackwell Ltd, p. 375-389 15 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedVarieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Innovation? A Comparison of Old and New EU Member States
  Allen, M. M. C. & Aldred, M. L., 2009, In: Journal of Contemporary European Research. 5, 4, p. 581 1 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

• PublishedAutonomy, Embeddedness and the Performance of Foreign-Owned Subsidiaries
  McDonald, F., Warhurst, S. & Allen, M. M. C., 2008, In: Multinational Business Review. 16, 3, p. 73-92 20 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEconomic Efficiency - Democratic Empowerment: Contested Modernization in Britain and Germany
  Allen, M., 2008, In: German Politics. 17, 2, p. 218-220
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review
• PublishedMigration and the Free Movement of Labour within the EU: The UK Model
  Allen, M. M., Kunze, C. & Lenk, T., 2008, Die Arbeitsmärkte in der erweiterten Europäischen Union: Transformation (Labour Markets in the Enlarged EU: Transformation). Germany: Leipziger Beiträge zu Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedVarieties and variability of employee relations approaches in US subsidiaries: country-of-origin effects and the level and type of industry internationalisation
  Tueselmann, H-J., Allen, M. M. C., Barrett, S. & McDonald, F., 24 Sep 2008, In: International Journal of Human Resource Management. 19, 9, p. 1622-1635
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

• PublishedEmployee Relations in Foreign-Owned Subsidiaries
  Tüselmann, H-J., McDonald, F., Heise, A., Allen, M. & Voronkova, S., 1 Jul 2007, Nature Publishing Group.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedEmployee Relations in German Multinational Companies in the UK
  Allen, M. M., Tueselmann, H-J., McDonald, F., Heise, A. & Voronkova, S., 2007, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedEmployment in a Global Context
  Allen, M. M., Kidger, P., Lucas, R., Lupton, B. & Mathieson, H., 2007, Human Resource Management in an International Context. United Kingdom: Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedSectoral collective agreements: remuneration straitjackets for German workplaces?
  Allen, M. M. C., Tuselmann, H-J., El-Sa'id, H. & Windrum, P., 25 Sep 2007, In: PERSONNEL REVIEW. 36, 5-6, p. 963-977
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Impact of the International Movement of Labour: The Case of Western Europe with Special Reference to Germany
  Allen, M. M., Funk, L., Kloes, H-P., Schaefer, H., Egbert, H. & Esser, C., 2007, Migration and Labour Markets in the Social Sciences, INFER Research Perspectives Vol. 2. Germany: Lit Verlag
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2006

• PublishedCan variation in public policies account for differences in comparative advantage?
  Allen, M., Funk, L. & Tüselmann, H., 2006, In: Journal of Public Policy. 26, 1, p. 1-19 19 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Varieties of Capitalism Paradigm: Explaining Germany's Comparative Advantage
  Allen, M., 1 May 2006, Nature Publishing Group.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2005

• PublishedEmployee Relations and Firm Performance in the UK-Based Subsidiaries of German MNCs
  Tüselmann, HP., McDonald, F., Heise, A., Allen, M. M. C. & Voronkova, S., 2005, United Kingdom: Trades Union Congress.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedGerman Multinational Companies in the United Kingdom: Employee Relations and Firm Performance
  Tüselmann, HP., McDonald, F., Heise, A., Allen, M. M. C. & Voronkova, S., 2005, Germany: Hans-Bockler-Stiftung.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedUnternehmerische Performanz deutscher Tochterunternehmen in Großbritannien
  Heise, A., Tueselmann, H-J., McDonald, F., Allen, M. M. & Voronkova, S., 2005, In: WSI Milteilllungen. 7
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWhich Variety of Measure and Test are Best to Assess the ‘Varieties of Capitalism’ Framework?
  Allen, M., 2005, In: Journal of Applied Social Science Studies/Zeitshrift fur Wirtschafts-und Soizialwissenschaften - Scnollers Jarhsbuch. 125(2), p. 315-322 8 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2004

• PublishedDo Institutions Matter? Works Councils, Collective Agreements and Firms’ Perceptions of Personnel Issues
  Allen, M. M., 2004, In: Sozialer Fortschritt. 53, 4, p. 94-102 9 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Varieties of Capitalism Paradigm: Not Enough Variety?
  Allen, M. M. C., 1 Jan 2004, In: SOCIO-ECONOMIC REVIEW. 2, 1
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2002

• PublishedIs German Direct Investment a Substitute for Domestic Investment?
  Allen, M. M., 2002, In: German Politics. 11(1), p. 125-46.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWorks Councils and Collective Agreements: Necessary Evils?
  Allen, M. M., Funk, L. & Green, S., 2002, New Challenges to Active Labour Market Policy. VWF
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter