Kym Fraser

Background

About Kym Fraser

Kym Fraser is an adjunct researcher in the UniSA Business School at the University of South Australia, Adelaide. He retired in March 2022 as Dean of the Kurdistan Business School, University of Kurdistan Hewler, in Erbil, Iraq. He continues to hold adjunct professorships at the University of Brawijaya in Indonesia, and Aalborg University in Denmark. In 2002 he became an academic after spending 25 years in industry, holding senior management positions in both government and private enterprises, specialising in service and operations management. Since becoming an academic he has taught a wide range of business courses at under- and post-graduate level, with specialisation in strategic management, international business, corporate finance and operations management. Due to a keen interest in other cultures, international business, and global affairs he has visited over 150 countries, which has included visiting the manufacturing plants of major multinational organisations in over 40 of these countries. He has undertaken university teaching assignments in 10 countries: Indonesia, Italy, Denmark, China, Malaysia, Hungary, Hong Kong, Iraq, Singapore and Australia, and engaged in collaboration with five international research institutions in Japan, Denmark, Indonesia, USA, and Singapore. Since becoming an academic he has published over 100 research articles in internationally refereed books, journals and conferences.