Dr. Wendy Dobson is Co-director of the Institute for International Business in the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. She is a former Associate Deputy Minister of Finance in the Canadian government and a former President of the C.D. Howe Institute, Canada’s leading independent economic think tank and a non-executive director of Canadian companies in finance and energy. She is also Vice-Chair of the Canadian Public Accountability Board, a director of the Canadian Ditchley Foundation, Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation and member of the Advisory Committee of the Peterson Institute of International Economics. She participates actively in a number of international networks, including the Pacific Trade and Development Network (PAFTAD). Her course offerings include introductory macroeconomics and International Business in the World Economy.

 

Her research in international economics and international business focuses on globalization and regional integration. Recent and forthcoming papers include “Will the Renminbi Become a World Currency?”, “The Contradiction in China’s Banking Reforms,” “The Transition from Imitation to Innovation:  An Enquiry into the Technological Capabilities of China’s Firms," and “A Window of Opportunity Opens: Asian and American Views of the International Economic Architecture.” Her latest book is Gravity Shift: How Asia’s Economic Powerhouses Will Shape the 21^st Century.