He received a B.S. from Yale, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Brookfield has published several articles looking at different kinds of business networks in Asia and sits on the editorial review boards of the Journal of International Business and the Asia Pacific Journal of Management. His research covers economics, politics, and business strategy in Asia, and he is currently working on a project that examines different kinds of capitalism in the region.