Christopher Hartwell

Christopher A. Hartwell is currently Professor of International Business Policy and Head of the International Management Institute at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) School of Management and Law, Professor of International anagement at Kozminski University in Poland, and former President of the Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) in Warsaw. A leading scholar on the evolution of economic institutions. Prof. Hartwell's interests are in institutional development, especially the interplay between financial institutions and other political and economic institutions. In terms of scholarly achievements, Professor Hartwell has published in journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Global Strategy Journal, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Explorations in Economic History, Journal of Comparative Economics, and Regional Studies. Prof. Hartwell holds a PhD in Economics from the Warsaw School of Economics, a master's in public policy from Harvard, a BA in Political Science and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and his habilitation from Kozminski. In addition to this book, he is the author of Kazakhstan: Snow Leopard at the Crossroads (Routledge, 2023) and he has lived and worked throughout the former Soviet Union and Central Europe.