Mr Nicholas Perdikis

Director of the School of Management and Business
Photograph of Mr Nicholas Perdikis.

Contact

Email: nip@aber.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1970 62 2517

Biography

Nicholas Perdikis is an international business economist who graduated from Cardiff University. After post graduate work he went to London to work in the City before moving on to Aberystwyth. He is also a Research Associate at the Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, Saskatoon, Canada. He has acted as a consultant to the United Nations Committee for Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Recently he worked on a Foreign and Commonwealth Office project examining the implications of the proposed free trade agreement between the EU and India on the trade of both the UK and India. His current teaching commitments cover International Trade and Trade Policy, International Business, the Business Cycle and the Business Environment.

His long standing interest in international trade issues has generated considerable research output. A principal theme running through his work has been the way international regulation interacts and impinges on trade. In particular he has examined this in the context of exporting, international investment, the role and behaviour of multinational companies, consumer issues and international economic institutions. Several journal articles, chapters and books have been written on these subjects.

A further aspect of his work has dealt with the European Union in particular issues of accession and bilateral trade relations (ASEAN, India, Canada) and their effect on business and exporting. Again several journal articles, books chapters, books and reports have appeared on these issues.
Several publications have also been devoted to trade issues of interest to Middle Eastern and African countries. Themes covered include trade policy and exports, trade relations with the EU and the role of multinational companies.

Staff Publications

Books

  • Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Era of Globalization: The EU and India in Search of a Partnership.  (with S. Khorana, M. Yeung and W.A. Kerr), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2010, (vii-xix), pp. 1-214.
  • The WTO and the Regulation of International Trade:  Recent Trade Disputes Between the European Union and the United States, (ed with R Read), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2005 (iii-xi), pp.1-280.
  • The Economics of Biotechnology, (with J D Gaisford, J E Hobbs, W A Kerr and M D Plunkett). Chinese translation published by New Economics series Beijing, 2004, pp.1-280.
  • The Economics of International Business: A Guide to the Global Commercial Environment, (with W A Kerr) Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, Saskatoon, 2003, (i-v), pp.1-268.
  • Economic Analysis for EU Accession Negotiations: Agri Food issues in the EU’s Eastward Expansion, (with J D Gaisford and W A Kerr) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2003,(v-xiii), pp.1-218.
  • The Economics of Biotechnology, (with J D Gaisford, J E Hobbs, W A Kerr and M D Plunkett), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2001, (v-vii), pp.1-246.
  • The Indian Economy: Current Issues, (ed), Ashgate Press, Aldershot, 2000, (v-ix) pp.1-166.
  • Regional Trade Blocs: ASEAN and EU Trade Relations, (with W A Kerr and M Yeung), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1999, (i-ix), pp.1-165.
  • Trade Theories and Empirical Evidence, (with W A Kerr), Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1998, (viii-xii), pp.1-242.
 

Chapters in Books

  • ‘Overview of Trade Agreements: Regional Trade Agreements’, Ch.8 in Handbook on International Trade Policy, eds W.A. Kerr and J.D. Gaisford, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, (2007).
  • ‘Trade Agreements: Depth of Integration’, Ch. 10 in Handbook on International Trade Policy, eds W.A. Kerr and J.D. Gaisford, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, (2007).
  • ‘India-EU Trade Relations and Intra-Industry Trade’ (with M Murshed), Ch.4, in The Indian Economy: Current Issues, N Perdikis (ed), Ashgate, Aldershot, 2000, (v-ix), pp.59-68.
  • ‘NAFTA and the New India’ (with W A Kerr and J E Hobbs), Ch.3, in The Indian Economy: Current Issues, N Perdikis (ed), Ashgate, Aldershot, 2000, pp.37-58.
  • ‘Can the GATT Agreements on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade be Renegotiated to Accommodate Agricultural Biotechnology”, in Transitions in Agribiotechnology: The Economics of Strategy and Policy, (ed) W Lesser, University of Massachusetts, http://www.umass.edu/ne165/, 1999.
 

Recent Articles

  • ‘The Battle over the EU’s proposed humanitarian trade preferences for Pakistan: A case study in multifaceted protectionism’, (with S Khorana, M Yeung and W A Kerr), Journal of World Trade, Vol 46, No 1, 2012.
  • ‘The effects of organisational structure and role characteristics on export sales managers job satisfaction and organisational commitment’, (with E Katsikea, J Kehagis and M Theodosiou), Journal of World Business (formally The Columbia Journal of World Business), Vol. 46, No. 2, 2011.
  • ‘The influence of information control on the role perceptions and work outcomes of boundary spanning front line managers’, (with E Katsikea, M Theodosiou and I Rigopoulou), Journal of Business Research
  • ‘The India-EU FTA: deal or no deal?’, (with S Khorana), South Asia Economic Journal, Vol. 11 No. 2, 2010
  • Assessing the Welfare Effects of the East African Community Customs Union's Transition Arrangements on Uganda”, (with K Kimbugwe and S Khorana), The Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 24, No.4, 2009.
  •  ‘Managing International Supply Chains to Market G.M. Food: The Challenge of Segregation’, (with G Isaac and W A Kerr), The Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing, Vol. 17, No.2, pp151-164 2005.
  • ‘Cracking Export Markets with Genetically Modified Goods: What is the Entry Mode Strategy?’, (with G Isaac and W A Kerr), International Marketing Review, Vol.21, No.4/5, 2004.
  • ‘Agricultural Biotechnology Innovations vs Intellectual Property Rights – Are Developing Countries at the Mercy of Multinationals?’, ( with W A Kerr  and S Boyd ) Journal of World Intellectual Property, Vol.6, No.2, 2003.
  • ‘Reforming the WTO to Defuse Potential Trade Disputes in Genetically Modified Goods’, World Economy, Vol.24, No.3, 2001, pp.379-398, (with W A Kerr and J Hobbs).
  • ‘A Conflict of Legitimate Concerns or Pandering to Vested Interests?  Conflicting Attitudes towards the Trade in Genetically Modified Goods – The EU and US’,  Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, Vol.1, 2000, pp.1-13.
  • ‘Trade Liberalisation, Government Expenditure and Economic Growth in Egypt’, (with B Morley), Journal of Development Studies, Vol.36, No 4, 2000, pp.38-54.
  • ‘Towards a New Era in EU-ASEAN Trade and Commercial Relations’, with W A Kerr and M Yeung, European Business Journal, Vol.11, Issue 4, 1999, pp.187-194.
  • ‘Wagner’s Law and Public Expenditure in Iraq:  Further Thoughts using Disaggregated Data’,  Applied Economics Letters, Vol.6, 1999, pp.39-44.
  • ‘Quantifying Cyprus’ Trade with the UK, EEC and the Middle East’, (with A A Aseery and N Hadjiyannis).  The Middle East Business and Economic Review, Vol.6, No.2, 1994, pp.27-36

Recent Conference Papers

  • The antecedents and consequences of sales management control in SME exporters. EMAC, Reykjavik, 22-26 May 2007.
  • Regional Integration under the East African Community: An assessment of the Trade and welfare Effects for Uganda.  EconMod 2007 International Conference on Policy Modelling, Sao Paulo, 11-13 July.
  • Critical Issues in the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding:  Evidence from recent EU and US disputes.  The Third China Hang Zhou Conference on the WTO, Financial Engineering and Venture Capital, Hang Zhou, 5-7 November 2004.