Faculty Profile

June Francis

Associate Professor
B.Sc. (U.W.I.),M.B.A. (York),Ph.D. (Washington)

Burnaby Phone: 778-782-4992
Burnaby Office: WMC 4360

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Biography

June Francis is an Associate Professor of Marketing with an interest in the determinants of export success for information technology and high technology firms. She is also interested in issues affecting the role of cultural values stereotyping and inter-group relations in business activities.

Originally from Jamaica, June moved to Canada to earn her MBA and to the United States to earn a PhD. She also worked during those years for Clorox Co. of Canada as a new products manager and as an assistant product manager for Procter and Gamble Ltd.

June adores writing and sports. In 1986 she co-wrote a best-selling guidebook to Expo ’86, then co-wrote others for Australia’s ’88 Olympics and for Spain in ’92. She and her husband have also written a series of guidebooks to national parks in the USA.

A former player with the Jamaican netball squad, June has coached the BC netball team to the Canadian tournament. She is also active in the non-profit sector and is currently on the board of directors of MOSAIC, a key immigrant and refugee settlement society.

Specialization and Research Interests

International marketing, negotiations/cross-cultural negotiations, exporting, small business development and government policies with respect to exporting.

Selected Publications

International Marketing Review, Impact of export promotion programs on firm competencies, strategies and performance: The case of Canadian high-technology SMEs, By Francis, June;Collins-Dodd, Colleen, Vol/Issue: 21 (4/5), Date: Aug 1, 2004

Executive Insights, The Impact of Linguistic Differences on International Brand Name Standardization: A Comparison of English and Chinese Brand Names of Fortune-500 Companies. By: Francis, June N.P.; Jan, Lam; Walls, Janet P.Y.. Journal of International Marketing, 2002, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p98, 19p; (AN 7273835)