Potential Speakers for Fall 2009 GIC Lecture Series
Apr 17th, 2009 | By Alex Xie | Category: newsPlease recommend 2 lecturers/professors to speak in the Fall 2009 GIC Lecture Series. The Professors can be from but not limited to the Business School, Econ Department, PolSci Department, Public Policy School. Please include the faculty profile and reasons why we should include this speaker in our Lecture Series. The GIC Executive Board will contact the speakers you recommend.
The theme of our Fall 2009 GIC Lecture Series is: “Transformation of the Global Economy”
Please post your 2 recommendations by commenting to this Blog post by Midnight of Sunday April ,19.
Important: Please read the previous comments to avoid Duplicates of speaker recommendations.
Note: I do not have any strong recommendations due to being at UofM for just over a year now and not haing many professors to choose from, but for whom I’ve had these are my top two recommendations:
First recommendation:
Scott E. Masten
Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
http://www.bus.umich.edu/FacultyBios/FacultyBio.asp?id=000119658
I had him for BE 300 last semester. I don’t know how much he could contribute to our top of the transformation of the global economy, but I found him to be an interesting lecturer. Easy to talk to and always happy to teach.
Second recommendation:
Ruediger Bachmann
Assistant Professor of Economics
http://lsa.umich.edu/umich/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=4f7cbd9c2ec0a110VgnVCM100000a3b1d38dRCRD&vgnextchannel=4ef6ed1048e4c010VgnVCM10000096b1d38dRCRD&vgnextfmt=default
I currently have him for ECON 402. He is another professor that really enjoys teaching. His specialty is macroeconomics so he could possibly have an interesting outlook on the changing global environment.
1. Brad Farnsworth, Director the Center for International Business Education, Ross School Of Business.
Bradley D. Farnsworth
Brad Farnsworth is director of the Center for International Business Education (CIBE) at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. The Center’s programs include faculty research grants, foreign language courses, study abroad, collaboration with other business schools, executive training programs, and student internships and consulting projects. The Center recently launched initiatives on corporate social responsibility, business Arabic, and the global biotechnology industry.
Before coming to Michigan in 1991, Brad served for nine years as associate director of the Yale-China Association, a century-old educational organization based at Yale University. During that time he developed one of the first management training programs with foreign cooperation in mainland China.
In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Brad teaches courses on international management, the world economy, business in China, and globalization to MBAs, undergraduates, and executives. He has consulted with companies doing business in China, working primarily with the automotive industry. He serves on a number of advisory boards, including the Michigan District Export Council, which provides export advice to Michigan firms. He speaks regularly to executives and the general public.
Since the early 1980s, Brad has traveled regularly to Hong Kong and many parts of China. He has been married to Elaine Wilson for twenty-five years and has two children, Benjamin (19) and Irene (17). He holds masters degrees in business and Chinese studies from Washington University in St. Louis, both awarded in 1981.
Brad can be reached at bradleyd@umich.edu.
2. Linda Lim, Professor of Strategy.
Linda Y.C. Lim’s research focuses on the political economy of multinational and local business in Southeast Asia, including the changing international trade and investment environment, and the influence of domestic politics, economic policy and culture on business structure, strategy and operations. She also has related interests in business-government and business-labor relations. She has publications forthcoming (2009) on “Globalizing State, Disappearing Nation: Foreign Participation in Singapore’s Economy” and “Singapore’s Economic Growth Model”. Her current research is on (1) the transformation of the developmental state in Singapore, (2) the global financial crisis in Asia, (3) the globalization of Asian companies, including Chinese companies in Southeast Asia, and Southeast Asian companies abroad. Linda is also Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Michigan (on leave 2008-09). At Ross she teaches MBA courses on The World Economy and Business in Asia.
Topic: Transformation of the global economy
1) Kenneth (Ken) G. Lieberthal
Kenneth is a proven expert in topics regarding of globalization. He is a William Davidson Professor of Business Administration; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Political Science; Distinguished Fellow of the William Davidson Institute He is also the special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council.
Kenneth Lieberthal’s research focuses on the evolution of China’s political economy, multinational corporate investment in China and India, foreign policy decision-making in China, U.S. foreign policy, US-China cooperation on global climate change, and Asian security issues.
E-Mail: kliebert@umich.edu
2) Robert (Bob) Kennedy
Robert (Bob) Kennedy is Professor of Business Administration at the Michigan Business School where he teaches Corporate Strategy and International Business courses in the MBA and Executive Education programs. He also serves as Executive Director of the William Davidson Institute, a non-profit research and educational institution dedicated to creating and disseminating expertise on business and policy issues in emerging economies.
Kennedy’s research focuses on the opportunities and challenges facing businesses in developing countries. He has authored more than 70 articles, notes, and case studies on emerging market issues, which have been published in leading academic journals, as books, and as best selling cases. In 2003, his teaching materials were used at every one of the top 25 business schools.
E-Mail: rekennedy@umich.edu
1.) Prof. Kenneth Lieberthal, Political Science & Business Admin. (SE Asia specialty)
Kenneth Lieberthal’s research focuses on the evolution of China’s political economy, multinational corporate investment in China and India, foreign policy decision-making in China, U.S. foreign policy, US-China cooperation on global climate change, and Asian security issues.
Phone: (202) 238-3594
Fax: (202) 797-2485
E-Mail: kliebert@umich.edu
2.) Prof. Alan Deardorff, International Economics
Alan V. Deardorff is the Associate Dean of the Ford School, John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics and Professor of Public Policy. Alan’s research focuses on international trade. With Bob Stern, he has developed the Michigan Model of World Production and Trade, which is used to estimate the effects of trade agreements. Alan is also doing theoretical work in international trade and trade policy. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Labor, State, and Treasury and to international organizations including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Bank. Alan received his Ph.D. from Cornell University
Phone: (734) 764-6817
Fax: (734) 763-9181
Office: Weill Hall
735 S. State St. #3314
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
E-mail: alandear
1. Anusha Chari
Anusha Chari is Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the University of
Michigan. Professor Chari’s research focuses on international finance with an emphasis
on the study of emerging financial markets. Her academic and professional pursuits
reflect an interest in synthesizing theory and data to find answers to real world
problems. Her recent work on stock market liberalization uncovers new stylized facts
about the interaction of real and financial markets using firm-level data. These facts
complement a growing body of literature that documents the importance of financial
development for economic growth. Her current research includes a study of cross border
mergers and acquisitions in Latin America and East Asia. Her earlier work examined the
effects of central bank interventions using tick-by-tick data in the foreign exchange
market.
I managed to find her profile. DOn’t know her personally but her area of specialty seems
extremeley relevant.
2. Kathryn Dominguez
Kathryn M. Dominguez is Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of
Michigan. Her research interests include topics in international financial markets and
macroeconomics. She has written numerous articles on foreign exchange rate behavior and
is author of Exchange Rate Efficiency and the Behavior of International Asset Markets
and Does Foreign Exchange Intervention Work? (with Jeff Frankel). Prior to coming to
Michigan, Kathryn taught at the Kennedy School of Government and the Woodrow Wilson
School. She is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She has also worked as a research consultant for
US AID, the Federal Reserve System, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.
Kathryn teaches macroeconomics, finance and international economics at the Ford School.
She received her Ph.D. from Yale University.
1) Hinesly, Mary from what i hear she is an amazing prof and I am taking her Business history class in the fall. Clearly she would be able to offer excellent insight into why this crisis was avoidable and how to avoid the next one.
2) Pavel Kapinos- had him for econ 102 extremely smart guy and knows a lot of about the international economy and could definitely help us learn about the future shape of the international economy.
1. Gunter Dufey
Dr. Gunter DUFEY, Professor (em.) of Corp. Strategy, Intl. Business and Finance, joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Business School in 1968. His academic interests center on INTERNATIONAL MONEY AND CAPITAL MARKETS as well as on FINANCIAL POLICY OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS, specializing in issues on Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Intl. Expansion Strategy of business firms.
He held appointments as National Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Visiting Prof. at GSB, Stanford University (1980-81), administered the LBRP Chair of Intl. Corp. Finance at WHU Otto Beisheim Grad. School, near Koblenz, Germany (1993-2000). He also holds an honorary professorship at the Universitaet des Saarlandes, and has been on the faculty of Nanyang Business School/NTU Singapore since 2000. In 2001-2003 he served with McKinsey and Co in Singapore as Sr. Advisor, supporting the Corporate Governance practice of the the firm in Asia. He has published extensively.
2. E. Han Kim
Fred M. Taylor Professor of Business Administration; Director, Mitsui Life Financial Research Center and East Asia Management Development Center; Professor of Finance and International Business
Dr. Kim was a little refugee from North Korea, who at two escaped on his mother’s back across the mountains into South Korea. At 20, he came to the U.S. for undergraduate studies at Rochester where he obtained a B.S. degree. He continued his studies at Cornell, where he received an MBA with a concentration in operations research. Kim obtained his doctorate in finance from SUNY/Buffalo. In 1975, he embarked on his academic career as an Assistant Professor of Finance at Ohio State University. A promotion to Associate Professor with tenure followed in 1978. In 1980, Kim moved to the University of Michigan, where he directs the Mitsui Life Financial Research Center and the East Asia Management Development Center. His current research activity is concentrated on corporate governance, labor issues, higher education, and mergers and acquisitions. He is one of the most frequently cited contributors to the field of financial economics, has published over 60 scholarly works, and has served on editorial boards of numerous academic journals, including associate editor of The Journal of Finance. Dr. Kim also has participated in various consulting projects with private and public institutions. One of his most memorable experiences occurred in January, 1998, when Korea was in the midst of the financial crisis. He served as the advisor to the Korean government’s team to renegotiate its foreign debt obligations with international bankers. Kim also has served on several boards of directors, starting with Mutual Savings Bank in Michigan (89-90), Hana Bank (01-03), Korea Investment Company (05-07), and POSCO (03-08), where he was the non-executive chairman of the board (07-08).