Atipol Bhanich  Supapol
 
Education
Ph.D., (Economics), Carleton University, Canada, 1988
M.Econ., Northeastern University, United States, 1980
B.Econ., Carleton University, Canada, 1979
Work Experience
2011-Present Director, International MBA (IMBA) Program, Thailand
2011-Present Chair, International MBA Program Committee, Thailand
1966-Present Chief Representative and Head of Corporate Finance, NatWest Securities Hong Kong Limited, Thailand
2003-2013 Senator, York University, Canada
2002-2006 Director, Board of Directors, Asthma Society of Canada, Canada
1997-1998 Executive Board of the Thai Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Vice President, Thailand
1997 Member, Subcommittee on Thailand’s Offensive Role in the World Economy, Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on Economic and Foreign Affairs, Government of Thailand, Thailand
1996-1997 Vice President, , Executive Board of the Thai Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Thailand
1995-1996 Director, Board of Directors, various corporations in Thailand (ABICO, Asia Tech Pulp and Paper, GF-Brierley Investment, etc.), Thailand
1995-1996 Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance and Investment Management, General Finance and Securities Public Company Limited, Thailand
1993-1995 Associate Professor of Economics, Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University, Canada
1992-1993 Visiting Professor, School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
1992-1993 Visiting Professor, School of Management, SASIN, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
1989-1993 Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University, Canada
1990-1990 Visiting Professor, College of Economics, Nankai University, China
1988-1989 Assistant Professor of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
1985-1988 Lecturer, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
1984-1985 Lecturer, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Publications
Articles
2014 Firms’ FDI ownership: The influence of government ownership and legislative connections,” (with Y. Pan et al.), Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 45, Issue 8, pp. 1029-43, Oct./Nov. 2014.
2012 Public-Private Partnerships in Canadian Healthcare: A Case Study of the Brampton Civic Hospital, (with D. Barrows et al.), OECD Journal on Budgeting, Volume 2012/1, Feb 2012
2011 A Comparative Study of Innovation Activities within Regulated Electricity Distribution Utilities in the UK and Ontario, Canada, (with D. Barrows, W. Hawkins and M S Michel), Zeitschrift f?r ?ffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehnen (Z?gU), Journal for Public and Nonprofit Services, 41/2011, pp. 66-78, December 2011
2007 Canadian Health and Wellness Tourism: Obstacles Impeding International Competitiveness, (with Barrows et al.), The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, 2007, Vol. 12(3), Article 12
1996 "Joint Ventures in the Electrical and Electronics Industries in Thailand", Sasin Journal of Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 97-111.
1994 "The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Stimulating Commercialization in ASEAN: Lessons from Canada", Technovation, Vol. 14.
1993 "Restructuring, Regrouping, and Adjusting: Canadian Manufacturing in an Era of Free Trade and Globalization", (with K. Weiermair), Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 14, No. 2.
1992 "Foreign Exchange Futures Options: Parity-Based Tests and Learning Effects", (with J.A. Schnabel), International Review of Economics and Finance, 1(2).
1992 "Protection, Terms of Technology Transfer and Foreign Investment: A Welfare Analysis", (with Mahmudul Anam), International Economic Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4.
1992 "Transnational Corporations in the Thai Telecommunications and Selected Service Sectors", Asia-Pacific TNC Review 1991.
1990 "The Commercialization of Government Sponsored Technologies: Canadian Evidence", Research Policy, Vol. 19, pp. 369-378.
Proceedings
1997 "Foreign Direct Investment, Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures in Thailand", Team Canada Visit to Thailand, January 16-20, 1997
1995 "Linkage Effects, Technology Transfer, and the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Electrical and Electronics Industries in Thailand", in Transnational Corporations and the Development of Backward Linkages in the Electrical and Electronics Industries, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD/ESCAP)
1995 "Sub-Contracting and the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises: Problems and Perspectives", in Transnational Corporations and the Development of Backward Linkages in the Electrical and Electronics Industries, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD/ESCAP)
1991 "Restructuring, Regrouping, Adjusting: The Case of the Canadian Textile and Clothing Industries", presented at the Ontario Centre for International Business Conference, University of Toronto, May 1991
1991 Protection, Terms of Technology Transfer and Foreign Investment: A Welfare Analysis, Business Economics Workshop, York University, April 1991
1990-1991 Lecturer, delivered lectures for the East-West Enterprise Exchange Program on the topic of Privatization and Market Economy, in 1990 and 1991
1990 Future Technology Policy Options for Thailand, presented at the United Nations Conference on Technology Towards the Year 2000, Bangkok, 1990
1990 Lecturer, for the York-Nankai Exchange Program, delivered a graduate course in International Economics, 1990, Nankai University, Tienjin, P.R.C.
1982 "An Evaluation of the Federal Make-or-Buy Policy", (with D.G. McFetridge), Refereed Discussion Paper, Economic Council of Canada.
Chapters
1994 Future Technology Policy Options for Thailand, in M. Blomstrom (ed.) Technology Towards the Year 2000, (Bangkok: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, ESCAP/UNCTAD)
Presentations
1995 "ASEAN Growth and International Currency Crisis", Asia Link Foundation Conference in Melbourne, Australia
1991 "Service Multinational Corporations in Thailand", presented at The United Nations Conference on Service Multinational in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand
Hornors/Awards
Journal of Business Venturing Review
Journal of International Management Review
Corporate Sustainability under the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy, Pattanathai Foundation, Book by the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) and Sasin, Government of Thailand, 2010
Nominated for the Seymour Schulich MBA Teaching Excellence Award
Services to Thammasat Business School
Teaching
Masters:
IMBA: GI 600 Business Economics