{"id":9896,"date":"2010-10-28T03:44:04","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T07:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=9896"},"modified":"2017-11-13T09:55:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T14:55:08","slug":"faculty-notes-october-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2010\/10\/faculty-notes-october-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Notes: October 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Department of Management and International Business<\/em><\/p>\n Malcolm Gladwell frequently refers to research by Aya Chacar<\/strong>, associate professor and Knight Ridder Center Research Fellow, in his article in The New Yorker<\/em> titled \u201cTalent Grab.\u201d The references were to her co-authored paper, \u201cInstitutional Settings and Rent Appropriation by Knowledge Based Employees: The Case of Major League Baseball,\u201d which appeared in Managerial and Decision Economics<\/em> in 2008.<\/p>\n Jerry Haar<\/strong>, associate dean for international affairs and projects, professor and research fellow, has been named to the editorial board of a new double-blind refereed publication, International Journal of Transitions and Innovations<\/em>. He was quoted in an article titled \u201cInvesting in Frontier Emerging Markets,\u201d which appeared in Bloomberg BusinessWeek <\/em>and he spoke at a roundtable discussion on \u201cThe Aftermath—Brazilian Election Scenario and its Impact on Bilateral Business,\u201d hosted by the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce of Florida.<\/p>\n Dileep Rao<\/strong>, clinical professor, has a number of articles appearing in Forbes.com<\/em>, most recently \u201cSeven Reasons Not to Go Public.\u201d<\/p>\n The department hosted four seminars in October 2010: Farok J. Contractor, professor in the Management and Global Business department at Rutgers Business School, spoke on \u201cHow Tight an Embrace? Choosing the Optimal Degree of Partner Interaction in Alliances Based on Risk, Technology Characteristics, and Agreement Provisions\u201d; Annique Un, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, presented \u201cThe Advantage of Foreignness in Innovation\u201d; Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, also from the Moore School, spoke on \u201cConverting Wine into Vinegar: Acquisitions by Foreign Firms in Periods Of Crisis\u201d; Klaus Meyer, School of Management, University of Bath, presented \u201cHow Does Institutional Development Affect Downscoping of Business Groups? A Dynamic Resource-based Perspective\u201d; and David Ralston, University of Oklahoma, discussed \u201cSubordinate Influence Ethics: Development of the Measure with Findings from the Research.\u201d Aya Chacar<\/strong>, associate professor and Knight Ridder Center Research Fellow, organizes the seminars.<\/p>\n Department of Finance and Real Estate<\/em><\/p>\n William Hardin<\/strong>, director of real estate programs, professor and Knight-Ridder Research Fellow, was recognized in an article titled \u201cWorld Ranking of Real Estate Research<\/em>:<\/em> Recent Changes in School Competitiveness and Research Institutions,\u201d ranking 25th<\/sup> over the last 35 years (no shorter time periods were provided) although he only held his doctorate for 12 of 35 years; five researchers senior on the ranking are now retired. In addition, Florida International University ranked 18th<\/sup> over the last 10 years (2008 and preceding period) and 44th<\/sup> over the last 25 years (even with no real estate activity for much of period). The article appeared in The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics.<\/em><\/p>\n The department hosted a fall seminar presented by Tarun Chordia, R. Howard Dobbs Professor of Finance, Emory University. His topic was \u201cAnomalies and Financial Distress.\u201d Suchi Mishra<\/strong>, associate professor and Knight Ridder Center Research Fellow, organizes the department\u2019s seminar series.<\/p>\n Department of Marketing<\/em><\/p>\n David Luna, associate professor of marketing at Baruch College (City University of New York), gave a presentation on October 15, 2010. A leading researcher in the area of using Spanish versus English in marketing to bilingual consumers, his presentation provided an overview of language research followed by a discussion of some of his research involving linguistics and brand name spelling.<\/p>\n