John Harry Dunning OBE (26 June 1927 – 29 January 2009) was a British economist and is widely recognised as the father of the field of international business.
OLI remains the predominant theoretical perspective to study international business activities, notably foreign direct investment and multinational enterprises.
[3] Shortly thereafter he took a position in London with Banco de Bilbao and began taking classes in English, Elements of Banking and Accounting, and Foreign Exchange.
[3] As World War II drew to a close, Dunning joined the Royal Navy and was posted to Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) in 1945.
Dunning supervised several dozen doctoral students at Reading including Professor James H Landi, prominent among them being Jeremy Clegg.
Dunning regularly presented new papers and inspired new areas of research, such as his recent work on corporate governance and the ethics of multinationals.