- Associate Professor in Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham
Neil Pyper is Associate Professor in Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. He is a specialist in international business strategy, and is especially interested in emerging markets.
He has particular expertise on country risk in Latin America. This comes from some 20 years' experience as an analyst and consultant. He continues to write frequently on the region for the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Oxford Analytica and others.
Neil is the co-author of the textbook Technology Strategy, which was published by Red Globe Press in 2019 and co-edited a volume of corporate governance in Latin America, which was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2023. He has also published papers the area of strategic foresight, particularly scenario analysis. In addition, he has a strong interest in business school pedagogy. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Experience
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2025–presentAssociate Professor in Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham
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2020–2024Head of Education and Student Experience, Birkbeck, University of London
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2014–2020Associate Professor in Business/Management, Coventry University
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2012–2014SAMS/ESRC/UKCES Management and Business Development Fellow, University of Liverpool
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2003–2012Senior Analyst, Oxford Analytica
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2001–2003Research Analyst, IHS
Education
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2013University of Liverpool, Certificate in Professional Studies in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
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2009Open University, BA, Economics
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2002University of Liverpool, PhD, Latin American Studies
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1997University of Liverpool, BA, Latin American Studies
Publications
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2023Corporate Governing in Latin America: The Importance of Scandals to Institute Change, Palgrave Macmillan
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2020Scenario planning and foresight: Advancing theory and improving practice, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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2019Technology Strategy, Red Globe Press
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2018Forward looking analysis: Investigating how individuals ‘do’foresight and make sense of the future, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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2017Improving scenario methodology: theory and practice, introduction to the special issue, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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2015Enacting a new approach to scenario analysis: the potential of a pragmatist account, Foresight
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2015Applying actor network theory and pragmatist thinking to the process of implementing scenarios, International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Management
Professional Memberships
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Certified Management and Business Educator
Honours
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
Contact Neil for
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- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
