Dr Miguel Matos Torres, PhD in Economics, is a Lecturer in International Business in the Department for Marketing, Entrepreneurship and International Business at Kent Business School (KBS).
His career includes consulting services to the European Commission and World Bank, applied research and teaching roles at Leeds, Milano, Aveiro, KU Leuven, and Uppsala universities, with appointments at the University Federal of Goiás, IF Goiano, and the University Catolica of Portugal.
He has held multiple visiting professorships and is an INSOL International and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow. His research focuses on the intersection of international business, public policy and strategic management, focusing on multinational management models, corporate political risk, and negotiation strategies, particularly emphasising the complexities of cross-border restructuring and foreign direct investment drivers using cross-sectional, time-series, and panel data approaches.
His work has been published in the International Business Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Multinational Business Review, Journal of Economic Methodology, INSOL International Insolvency Review, PLOS One, and AIB Insights. He authored the books Global Perspectives on Climate Change, Inequality, and Multinational Corporations (Springer, 2025) and Dead Firms: Causes and Effects of Cross‑Border Corporate Insolvency (Emerald, 2017).
Dr Miguel M. Torres' research interests lie at the intersection of international business, public policy and strategic management, focusing on multinational management models, corporate political risk, and negotiation strategies, particularly emphasising the complexities of cross-border restructuring. He explores how MNEs design and implement effective management frameworks for diverse global markets and the complexities of organisational restructuring across borders.
He also examines the impact of corporate political risk—such as regulatory changes, geopolitical tensions, and policy uncertainty—on business operations and decision-making, particularly in extreme contexts. His work also encompasses negotiation strategies, investigating how firms and stakeholders reach agreements in high-stakes, cross-cultural contexts, aiming to provide insights that enhance both theoretical understanding and practical application in international business.
Dr. Miguel M. Torres teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His teaching interests include strategic management and international business.
Miguel is interested in collaborating and supervising PhD students and is keen to explore the following topics:
Mesiet W. Kamihanda
Mustafa Ayobami Raji (University of Texas)
Aravind Bhaskar Chidambaram (University of Glasgow)
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