João Sá Oliveira

PERSONAL DETAILS

Address: Flat 2 Sovereign Court, Victoria Street, Loughborough, LE11 2TL, United

Kingdom

Contact Details: 0044 (0) 7957618645; Joaosaoliveira81@gmail.com

Nationality: Portuguese

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Business and Management Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom (2015).

Area of specialization: Marketing - Emphasis on companies' export marketing activities and their

success in export operations.

Supervisor: Professor John W. Cadogan

(http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=rKjYin0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao).

Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Export Marketing Adaptation and Export Performance.

Skills acquired: critical analysis; literature search; research project design and implementation;

questionnaire design; statistical analysis (Ordinary Least Squares regression; Structural

Equation Modelling; Multilevel Modelling); academic writing (English); oral presentation

(English); time management; self-motivation; organization.

Prizes related to Ph.D.:

“Best Paper Award” for the paper “Antecedents of Intra-Firm Variation in Export Performance”

presented at the Academy of Marketing Conference, July 2010, Coventry, UK.

Licenciatura (equivalent to BSc (Hons)) in Business Nova School of Business & Economics, Lisbon, Portugal (2004).

Final Classification: 16/20 - [ Top 3% in Class ]

Main Subjects: Marketing I; Marketing Research; Integrated Marketing Communications; Strategy;

Organi\ational Behaviour; International Institutions; Principles of Management; Operations

Management; Finance I; Finance II; Financial Accounting I; Financial Accounting II; Data

Analysis & Probability; Statistics for Economics and Management; Multivariate Statistics;

Computing; Calculus I; Linear Algebra.

Erasmus Exchange Program Component:

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.

College Degree Colégio Salesiano Oficinas de S. José, Lisbon, Portugal (1999)

Final Classification: 17/20

EMPLOYMENT

Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in Marketing Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom (March 2012 – Current).

Tasks involved:

Research – conducting multiple cross-national research projects simultaneously in collaboration

with individuals from various different countries (e.g. Brazil, China, Finland, France, Ghana,

Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Malaysia, Nigeria, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, U.K.); crafting academic

papers for publication in top international journals; presenting research findings at international

conferences; writing research grant applications; acting as peer reviewer for top international

journals.

Teaching – preparing lectures; delivering lectures to large cohorts of students (typically 200+

students); managing virtual learning environments; preparing discussion of business case

studies; running discussion of business case studies in class; crafting exam papers; marking

exam papers; providing exam feedback to students; managing the effective delivery of tutorials

taught by Ph.D. students.

Modules taught: Principles of Marketing; Principles of Marketing for Sport and Leisure;

Marketing; The Marketing Mix; The Marketing Mix for Sport and Leisure.

Tutoring/Supervising – meeting personal tutees on a regular basis (I currently provide pastoral

support to 28 personal tutees); meeting industrial placement tutees and their manager(s) at the

workplace (I currently provide support to 4 industrial placement students); marking industrial

placement dissertations; providing and support guidance to Ph.D. student (I currently supervise

1 Ph.D. student)

Skills acquired: communication (with individuals from various different nationalities); project

management; working in a high pressure environment; networking; writing (English); public

speaking (English); mentoring; teamwork; people management; time management.

Seminar Tutor Loughborough University Loughborough, United Kingdom (2010 – 2011)

Modules taught: Marketing Mix; Principles of Marketing.

Tasks involved: preparing discussion of case studies; running discussion of case studies in class.

Skills acquired: teaching skills; communication skills.

Teaching Assistant Nova School of Business & Economics, Lisbon, Portugal (2004 – 2007)

Modules taught: Strategic Marketing; Strategy; Finance; Principles of Management; Introduction to

Business.

Tasks involved: preparing discussion of case studies; delivering seminars to Undergraduate

students; developing and administering course webpages; assisting in the planning of modules;

marking Undergraduate and Masters coursework and examinations; liaising with academic and

administrative staff.

Skills acquired: teaching; communication; planning; interpersonal; administrative; organization;

time management.

SKILLS

Critical thinking Teamwork

Research Networking

Advanced statistical analysis Writing

Cross-cultural communication Public speaking

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Oliveira, J.S. and Cadogan, J.W., (forthcoming), “A Multilevel Perspective to the Study of Export

Performance”, International Marketing Review.

Gnizy, I., Cadogan, J.W., Oliveira, J.S., and Nizam, A., (2015), “Should Export Marketing be

Cross-functional? An Investigation of the Interface between Export and Non-export

Organizational Functions”, paper presented at the CIMaR Conference, May 13-15, Vienna,

Austria.

Oliveira, J.S. and Cadogan, J.W., (2013), “A Multilevel Framework for the Study of Export

Performance”, paper presented at the AMA Winter Marketing Educators' Conference, February

15-17, Las Vegas, USA.

Oliveira, J.S., Cadogan, J.W., and Souchon, A.L., (2012), “Level of Analysis in Export Performance

Research”, International Marketing Review, Vol. 29 No. 1, pp. 114-27.

Oliveira, J.S., (2010), “Antecedents of Intra-firm Variation in Export Performance”, paper presented

at the Academy of Marketing Conference (Doctoral Colloquium – Advanced Track), July 5-8,

Coventry, UK. [Best Paper Award Winner].

Oliveira, J.S., (2009), “A Multilevel Model of Export Venture Performance”, paper presented at the

European Marketing Academy Annual Conference (Doctoral Colloquium), May 24-26, Nantes,

France.

Oliveira, J.S., (2009), “A Multilevel Theory of Export Venture Performance”, paper presented at the

Academy of International Business Conference (UK & Ireland Chapter) (Doctoral Colloquium),

April 2-4, Glasgow, UK.

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Ph.D. Studentship, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal, 2007-2011, €82,080.

Research Grant, “The Empirical Link between the Multiple Dimensions of Export Marketing

Strategy Standardisation/Adaptation and Export Performance: A Contingency Theory

Approach”, Academy of Marketing Research Initiative Funding, United Kingdom, 2013-2014,

£2,000, with Professor John W. Cadogan.

Research Grant, “International Marketing Performance Implications of Emerging Market Firms’

Global Marketing Strategies”, The British Academy, United Kingdom, 2016-2017, £4,866, with

Professor John W. Cadogan, Dr I. Hodgkinson, and Dr Vicky Story.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Interests include politics, developments in the global economy, debating ideas.

Former member of debate team at Nova School of Business & Economics (Lisbon, Portugal).