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Profiles
Dr John White
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer)
Plymouth Business School (Faculty of Business)
Role
Qualifications
PhD Corporate Strategy / Marketing; BA (Hons) Marketing; Diploma in Marketing Research
Professional membership
Fellow of Chartered Institute of Marketing
Roles on external bodies
Deputy Senior Examiner for the Chartered Institute of Marketing. 2000 - 2010
Teaching interests
Introduction to / Fundamentals of Marketing courses; Contemporary Issues in Marketing, and Marketing Communications (incl. direct marketing and advertising).
Recent professional / short course delivery has included a short course on Marketing for Libraries for the Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals (CILIP), as well as continued involvement in the delivery of the Chartered Institute of Marketing's Professional Diploma and Professional Postgraduate Diploma programmes.
Staff serving as external examiners
External Examiner for Cass Business School - City University London (BSc Business Studies) 2008 - 2013
External examiner for the University of Huddersfield (MSc Marketing and MSc Marketing Management) 2004 - 2008
Research interests
Principal research interests consist of agri-food supply chains, and marketing activity in Eastern Europe. Brand building and management. Retro-branding. See below for recent publications.
Grants & contracts
Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (2005), Development of the European Agri-food Markets: Impact on Producers, Consumers and Perspectives, $5,000. EFT174706.
World Bank Research Grant (2004): Vertical co-ordination in ECA agri-food chains as an engine of private sector development: Implications for Policy and Bank Bank Operations. $13, 500. EW-P084034-ESW-BB.
EU INTAS Research grant (2000-2003): Supply Chain Management and Contractual Relationships in Transitional Food Industries, 60,000 Euros. INTAS99-00753.
Key publications are highlighted
JournalsLinks
FOCUS-BALKANS - Food Consumer Science in the Balkans http://www.focus-balkans.org
INTAS Funded Research Project - Supporting the International Development of the CIS Agricultural Sector (SIDCISA) http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/matthew.gorton/cisproject.html
INTAS funded research project - Agri-food Industry Restructuring in Ukraine and Moldova (AFIRUM) http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/matthew.gorton/afirum.html