Global Production Research was founded in 2003 by Dr Gunnar Paulsson – a Swedish national with track records in management consulting and business economics research.

As a consultant, Gunnar has contributed to numerous market and business development projects, mainly for international companies in manufacturing industries.

Following an assignment with UNIDO, Gunnar takes an interest in issues of industrial development. His projects of applied research have focused on: the organisation of cross-border supply chains, the ways in which operations in emerging economies contribute to competitiveness, and the factors driving the choice of production location.

Gunnar Paulsson holds an M.Sc. degree in Business Administration from the University of Linköping (Sweden), and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Sussex (UK).