Olivier Furrer is Associate Professor of Strategic Management at the Nijmegen School of Management of the Radboud University Nijmegen. He previously held positions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA), Birmingham (UK), Lausanne and Neuchâtel (Switzerland) He holds a Ph. D. from the University of Neuchâtel. His current research interests are in the areas of international corporate social responsibilities and response strategies in problematic strategic alliances.