Rate My Professor Htwe Htwe Thein

Associate Professor Htwe Htwe Thein holds the position of Associate Professor in International Business at the School of Management and Marketing within Curtin Business School, Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University, Australia. She earned her PhD in International Business and Master of Business (Marketing) from Curtin University, along with a BA Honours in English from the University of Rangoon, Myanmar. Her academic career began as a Tutor in the English Department at the University of Rangoon from 1986 to 1987. Joining Curtin University in 2008, she has taught for over 16 years, specializing in management in Asia, international business, and cross-cultural interactions. As Course Lead for International Business undergraduate and postgraduate programs, she has undertaken various service and leadership roles at faculty and school levels since 2012.

Thein's interdisciplinary research centers on responsible business, corporate social responsibility, human rights, and multinational enterprises in developing countries, with nearly 20 years of expertise on Myanmar's business and economic development. Her projects explore dilemmas faced by firms in sanctioned regimes and conflict zones, governance in global production networks like Myanmar's garment industry, foreign direct investment amid political transitions, and organizational legitimacy. She co-led an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant on employment relations and CSR in Myanmar's garment manufacturing. Notable publications include 'Should we stay or should we exit? Dilemmas faced by multinationals under sanctioned regimes' (2024), 'Brokering Political Corporate Social Responsibility: Production Network Intervention Programmes in Post-Reform Myanmar's Garment Industry' (2024), and 'A thematic analysis of the links between multinational enterprises’ corporate social responsibility and the Sustainable Development Goals in Myanmar' (2024), amassing over 1,050 citations. Her work has shaped policy, including Australia's post-2021 Myanmar sanctions, advice to the Thai Parliament, Danish government and businesses, and TotalEnergies' Myanmar exit. With over 400 media engagements reaching 3.67 million people, she received the Research Engagement and Impact Award, was a finalist for Best Paper in Corporate Social Responsibility, and earned commendations in Curtin University research awards.