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Spring 2008

Leadership for the Global Marketplace

College of Business Administration

mark j. ballam, sdsu cibermanaging director

Center for International BusinessEducation & Research5500 Campanile DriveSan Diego, CA 92182-8230Tel: 619.594.3947 Fax: 619.594.1573Email: [email protected]/ciber

Greetings:

San Diego State University’s Center for International Business Education and Research (SDSU CIBER)is a national center of excellence funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Globalization is the buzzword of the 21st century. It encompasses not only business, but culture and direc-tion of countries around the world. SDSU CIBER has been dedicated to improving international businesseducation and research for more than 15 years. One of 31 centers nationwide, our Center was one of thefirst five established and serves as a catalyst to further integrate research, teaching, and outreach programsacross our campus for our various constituents.

It has been an exciting year for SDSU CIBER. For the second year in a row, San Diego State University hasbeen named the number one small research university in the nation. In the Open Doors 2007 reportreleased by the Institute for International Education, SDSU ranks No. 2 in the nation and No. 1 in Californiafor students studying abroad among all public universities with high research activity.

Our international business programs have again been lauded among our nation’s best. According to thenew U.S. News and World Report “America’s Best-Colleges 2008 Guide,” SDSU’s undergraduate internationalbusiness program ranks No. 15 in the nation. And, for the first time, U.S. News and World Report rankedSDSU’s master’s program in international business No. 21 in the nation.

This year our College of Business Administration unveiled two new graduate programs: The MBA forExecutives in Life Sciences and the Global Entrepreneurship MBA. With these distinctions, San Diego StateUniversity and our College of Business continues to gain in national prominence for academic quality.

I hope you will enjoy reading about the many accomplishments of our faculty, students, and programs inthis issue. You will see that SDSU CIBER continues to play a pivotal role in helping prepare graduates toarrive in our nation’s work places equipped with real-world skills for this globalized economy.

Sincerely,

Mark J. Ballam, Managing DirectorSDSU CIBER International Economic Summit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Study Abroad Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

SDSU Team Declared Global Champion . . . . . . . . . . 6

SDSU #2 in Nation for Students Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Going Global with Knowledge Management . . . . . 10

Faculty International Business Achievements . . . . 12

Contents

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The International Business Program

at SDSU is recognized as the largest

undergraduate international business

program in the country, serving

nearly 1,100 students annually.

In October 2007, SDSU CIBER hosted the annual meetingof the Consortium for Undergraduate International BusinessEducation (CUIBE). CUIBE is an organization of international-ly recognized international business programs that collabo-

ratively strive to promote,enhance, and innovate theway international businessis taught to college under-graduates. Throughresearch, publications, andseminars, CUIBE distributesits wealth of knowledge to

the teaching community nationwide. SDSU CIBER is afounding member of the organization.

CUIBE holds AnnualMeeting in San Diego

Attendees Front Row: Mark Ballam (SDSU), Sharon Popp,Reid Click (George Washington Univ), Elaine Baile (UnivHawaii). Back Row: Arvind Phatak (Temple Univ), Len Trevino(Washington State Univ), Jerman Rose (Washington StateUniv), Allan Bird (Univ Missouri – St. Louis), Dean Popp (SDSU),Joe Rottman (Univ Missouri – St. Louis), David Ralston (UnivOklahoma), Nick Anthanassiou (Northeastern Univ)

SDSU CIBER AdvisoryCouncil MeetingOn September 11th, 2007, the SDSU CIBER AdvisoryCouncil held its annual meeting. Twenty-six membersattended including representatives from Governor ArnoldSchwarzenegger’s office, the U.S. Department ofCommerce, and local business executives. This meetingprovided a firm foundation for implementation as webegan the first year of our four-year CIBER grant.

The SDSU CIBER Advisory Council meets regularly to:

• Provide information to SDSU CIBER on internationalbusiness trends.

• Identify how our CIBER can be responsive to regionalbusiness community needs.

• Evaluate CIBER initiatives and programs to keepthem current and relevant.

• Identify additional services and activities to beprovided by CIBER.

• Ensure that the CIBER meets the objectives set forthin the U.S. Department of Education Title VI statutes.

• Serve as an interchange of information betweenfaculty/university and business community/government members.

• Provide a source of classroom speakers who possessinternational business expertise they can share.

• Contribute to the internationalization of SDSUstudents, faculty, programs and communities.

The SDSU CIBER Advisory Council includes members fromthe business community, government, neighboring highereducation institutions, collaborative partners, and a diversegroup of academicians.

...collaboratively strive topromote, enhance, andinnovate the way interna-tional business is taught tocollege undergraduates.

CIBER NEWS

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InternationalEconomic SummitIn an effort to continue our outreachto K-12 teachers and students, SDSUCIBER again teamed up with TheFederal Reserve Bank of San Franciscoto present the second annualInternational Economic Summit (IES)program. The International EconomicSummit is a world trade simulationthat teaches fundamental economicconcepts within the context of inter-national trade.

The program, sponsored by SempraEnergy, challenges high schoolstudents to think critically about thecosts and benefits of trade whileexploring the concept of globaliza-tion. Twenty-nine teachers of highschool economics in the San Diegoarea completed the training. Overfour hundred high school studentsparticipated in the IES summit atSan Diego State University onMay 22, 2007.

IHRM Conferenceheld in IndiaIn July 2007, SDSU CIBER partneredwith the CIBER at the University ofColorado – Denver to present aninternational conference on strate-gic human resource management.Coupled with this program was aFaculty Development Program onthe Global Dispersion of Work andthe Impact of Off-Shoring on HumanResource Management. The confer-ence program was titled: “StrategicHuman Resource Management ina Global Economy” and was held atthe PSG Institute of Managementin Coimbatore, India. Over onehundred-seventy faculty andstudents attended.

CIBER NEWS

Geography Professor’sResearch Impacts BusinessSergio Rey, Geography professor, is conducting research on the economicstructure of leading industrial clusters in the San Diego region. Industry clus-ters are groups of interdependent firms and industries that are engines ofregional economic growth. Although the concept of clusters has gained wide-spread acceptance in regional economic development circles, there are fewstandards to identify a region’s key clusters or analyze the structure of regionalclusters. The project involves compiling international and interregional tradedata to analyze the San Diego regional economy.

This research addresses this situation in two ways. The first is to design a newstandardized approach to identify industrial clusters in a regional economy.Recent advances in optimization research allows Rey to develop new network-based algorithms to efficiently identify a region’s clusters. This newapproach views industries and their linkages by defining a cluster as a networkproviding better visualization of a cluster’s supply and product chains. Theassociated measures will allow the identification of potential market nichesand can be used to guide business development strategies.

Secondly, the research will explore the importance of trade to each of theregion’s clusters. Since regional economies are more open than nationaleconomies, trade takes on greater significance on the impact of a region’seconomy. Moreover, distinguishing between international trade (i.e., tradebetween San Diego and Singapore) and domestic trade (i.e., trade betweenSan Diego and Chicago), becomes critical in understanding a cluster’sstructure and function.

Maribel Franco is a familiar friendly face to all our InternationalBusiness students who study abroad in Spain, France, Germany,Italy, Portugal, Russia, China, Japan or Taiwan as she is the advisorfor these students during their semester of studying abroad. Sheactually begins orienting students the semester before they studyabroad by assisting in the selection of an overseas campus, prepa-

ration of applications to the foreign university, providing students with infor-mation about visas and travel suggestions.

While students are abroad, Maribel assists them in the selection of classes,provides information on housing, financial aid and other daily living issuesthrough the foreign campus advisor. When students return she then receivesthe foreign transcripts and follows through with SDSU to ensure the studentreceives the proper credit for their foreign course work. Her latest project isto develop an exchange agreement with a university in an Arabic speakingcountry. This effort is requiring some ingenuity and resourceful thinking.

Maribel has been with SDSU’s International Business Program for three years.She graduated from SDSU with a degree in Public Administration and is put-ting some international education experience together with her academictraining. She is the proud parent of two young boys, Alex and Giovanni, whokeep her busy in her time away from campus.

IB Program Spotlight

During the summer after mysophomore year, I embarkedon an eye-opening eight weektrip through fifteen Europeancountries that made me realizehow little I really knew aboutthe world, let alone interna-tional business. When classesstarted the following semester,I was ready to fill this mentalvoid with everything that myprofessors had to offer.

Dr. Mehdi Salehizadeh, who bats 1000 whenteaching international finance, motivated meto put my newly developed passion forInternational Business into practice. Duringthat semester, I started studying Russian asa way to expand my career possibilities.Thanks to Dr. Daria Shembel’s exceptionalteaching abilities, I was ready to do an internship in Russiaafter just two of her introductory courses.

Renatte Adler, the IB internship advisor, helped makemy desire to go to Russia a reality. A few months afterapproaching Dr. Adler, I was on a plane heading to Moscowto start my internship with the Russian Chamber ofCommerce. My experiences in Russia made me realize thatInternational Business is not just a major. I became con-vinced that international business is the underlying forceof the great wave of change that is being felt in everycorner of the world.

This realization was put to the test when I returned to SDSUto face Massoud Saghafi and his global marketing class. Dr.Saghafi’s class felt more like a consulting project for an inter-national company than an upper division university course.I am quite thankful for this opportunity and believe that thisis how most business education should be. By the end ofthe semester I had a much clearer vision of what will beexpected of IB graduates in my soon-to-be professional life.

Today I’m doing my final semester abroad at Universidadeda Coruna in Spain. Here I have had the opportunity tomake great connections with other international studentsand professors. It is ironic that the final chapter of my edu-cation is taking place in the same place where my passionfor International Business was sparked.

It should be noted that it is only the first part of my “formaleducation” that is coming to an end. I realize pursuing acareer in International Business requires continuous learn-ing. I plan to continue studying Spanish, Russian, andMandarin as well as earn my MBA degree. I thank everyoneat SDSU’s International Business Program for giving me theessential tools needed to make my first step into the work-ing world with confidence.

Study Abroad Experience


STUDENT NEWS

a first-hand account by maxwell basch

“... international business is not just a major.I became convinced that internationalbusiness is the underlying force of the greatwave of change that is being felt in everycorner of the world.” – maxwell basch, ib student

The team from San Diego StateUniversity was declared the grandprize winner in the 24th annualGlobal Moot Corp competitionheld at the University of Texasat Austin on May 5, 2007. TheOmega Sensors team beat out 34teams from top MBA programsfrom Australia, Brazil, Canada,China, Colombia, France, GreatBritain, Norway, Thailand and theUnited States to take home theGlobal Champion prize.

SDSU Team Declared “Global Champion”in International Competition


STUDENT NEWS

OMEGA SENSORS OPENS THE NASDAQ AUGUST 10, 2007.

SDSU’s Entrepreneurial Management Center Sponsors19th Annual Competition, March 27-29, 2008Over the past 18 years, groups of students from universi-ties across the United States and around the world havecome to present their business ideas to judging panelsconsisting of entrepreneurs, investors and professionalservice providers involved in the new venture process.This year’s event will take place at the San Diego MarriottMission Valley. All SDSU alumni are invited and encour-aged to attend the event.

If you have questions about Venture Challenge, pleasecontact the EMC at (619) 594.2781 or send an email [email protected]

Omega Sensors (now Lumedyne Technologies)is an OEM supplier of market disruptiveaccelerometer technology. Applications includeseismic imaging, aeronautics and navigation,industrial monitoring and more. Team membersincluded Brad Chisum and Nick Rhea. SDSUProfessor Alex DeNoble was the team’s facultyadviser.

As the competition’s Global Champion, theSDSU team received a prize package worth$100,000 which included:

1) $25,000 in cash;

2) the Austin Technology Incubator LaunchPackage worth $25,000 which featuresone year strategic business consulting andmentoring services with a team of industryexperts, office space, and access to discount-ed legal, accounting, and business servicesfrom top tier providers;

3) prosecution of the first American patentby Ropes & Gray worth $25,000;

4) consulting with entrepreneurship facultyat the McCombs School of Business worth$25,000; and

5) opening the NASDAQ Stock Market onAugust 10, 2007.


SDSU Students Compete in2007 CIBER Case ChallengeThe CIBER Case Challenge, an international undergraduatecase competition, took place at The Ohio State University,October 24-26, 2007. Four honors students comprised theteam to represent SDSU and compete against students fromuniversities around the globe.

Under the direction of Dr. Carol Venable (Accounting) andassisted by graduate student Justin Walsh, the SDSU teamincluded: Allan Frenette; Deborah Ehlers; Blake Anderson;and Petar Kralev.

Sixteen corporate executives served as judges. Other univer-sities that competed in this annual event were: AudenciaEcole de Management; Universita Commerciale LuigiBocconi ; Brigham Young University; Hong Kong Universityof Science and Technology; University of Maryland,University of Texas at Austin; University of North Carolina -Chapel Hill; University of Southern California; and Universityof Wisconsin-Madison.

The San Diego State University College of Business Administration and theSan Diego Padres are pleased to host the third annual SDSU InternationalSports MBA Case Competition, the latest collaboration in the partnershipbetween the Padres and the university.

On February 21-22, 2008 teams of MBA candidates from some of the world’stop business schools arrive at PETCO Park in downtown San Diego. Here theyhave the opportunity to debate, strategize, and propose solutions to a casestudy that focuses on a contemporary international sports business issue.

At this competition, SDSU Sports Management MBA students and other topAmerican MBA candidates face off against their international counterparts ina competitive academic exercise set against the backdrop of a major leaguebaseball ballpark. This event is designed to give sports-focused graduatebusiness students and future sports industry executives the opportunity tonetwork with each another. The Case Competition has become an annualevent and continues to promote SDSU’s Sports Management MBA programas the unparalleled leader in international sports business education.

Third Annual InternationalSports MBA Case Competition

u.s. schools:M.I.T. – SloanNorthwestern University – KelloggSan Diego State University – Graduate School of BusinessUniversity of California-Berkeley – HaasUniversity of California-Los Angeles – AndersonUniversity of Michigan – RossUniversity of Southern California – MarshallUniversity of Virginia – Darden

international schools:Bournemouth University (UK)China Europe International Business School (China)City University of London – Cass Business School (UK)ITESM - EGADE (Mexico)

Ralph Khairallah, originally fromLebanon, earned his MBA fromSan Diego State University, wherehe crafted his idea to start a fruit barchain in the Middle East. In early2007, he and a team of his peersentered the MIT Arab BusinessPlan Competition.

Of the 1,652 registrants, Khairallahand his team made it into the final

round and were invited to present their business plan to apanel of business leaders in Beirut.

Although Khairallah and his team did not win the compe-tition, the experience proved to him just how valuable hisSDSU MBA degree had been. It taught him to write a busi-ness plan, work in teams, as well as successfully interactwith potential investors and business professionals fromaround the globe.

SDSUMBA Pays Off duringInternational Competition

STUDENT NEWS

SDSU also ranked No. 23 in the nation among all U.S. univer-sities. This is the first time the university has ranked in thetop 40 universities nationwide, above such schools asUniversity of Southern California, Syracuse University andCornell University.

The number of students studying abroad has increasedsignificantly over the past ten years. During the 2005-06school year, on which the ranking is based, 1,440 SDSUstudents studied abroad, a 14 percent increase from theprevious year when 1,257 students studied abroad.

The number of students studying abroad grew to 1,600in the 2006-07 school year. During the 1997-98 school year,just 167 SDSU students studied abroad.

The most popular destination for students during the2005-06 school year was Mexico, with 259 students travel-ing there during that time. Other destinations include:the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Australia and China.

SDSU student Cassie Conboy traveled to Cyprus in thesummer of 2006 to study conflict resolution. She thenstudied literature in Oxford during the summer in 2007.She said her experiences abroad were life-changing andtaught her more about herself than she ever expected.

“It ended up being more than my finding a way to studyabroad,” Conboy said. “Instead, it was studying abroad thathelped me to find my way.”

Her trips have inspired her to pursue a career teachingEnglish abroad when she graduates in 2009.

Twelve SDSU programs require study abroad as a conditionfor graduation, including the University Honors Program, ofwhich Conboy is a student.

In addition to students studying abroad, there were also 1,406international students studying at SDSU during the 2005-06school year, putting the university among the top 100 of alluniversities nationwide. In 2006-07, 1,696 international stu-dents studied at SDSU.

Currently, SDSU offers more than 190 study abroad programsin 44 different countries including programs for foreign lan-guage instruction and area studies. Students may choosefrom short-term study tours, to summer abroad programs,to semester-long and year-long exchanges.

SDSU is a leader in innovative international education opportu-nities. The university is home to the first-ever MBA program inglobal entrepreneurship, where students study at SDSU anduniversities in India, United Arab Emirates and China.

SDSU also has the only two transnational triple degree pro-grams in the country for international business. Undergraduatestudents earn degrees from SDSU, as well as universities inCanada and Mexico in the CaMexUs program or degrees fromSDSU, Mexico and Chile in the PanAmerica program.

The first transnational dual degree program with UniversidadAutonoma de Baja California in Mexico was created in 1994through the Mexus/international business program. SDSU'sinternational business program also runs transnational dualdegree programs with Brazil, Canada, Chile and Mexico.


San Diego State University students are becomingmuch more adventurous when it comes to theireducation. In the Open Doors 2007 report released bythe Institute for International Education, SDSU ranksNo. 2 in the nation and No. 1 in California for studentsstudying abroad among all public universities withhigh research activity.

SDSU LIBERAL STUDIES JUNIOR CASSIE CONBOY SPENT

SUMMER 2006 STUDYING CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN

CYPRUS. CONBOY (THIRD FROM LEFT) ALSO HAD THE

OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT STONEHENGE IN ENGLAND.

STUDENT NEWS

SDSU #2 in the Nation forSending Students Abroad

CONBOY (CENTER)

ALSO VISITED EGYPT

DURING HER STUDY

ABROAD TRIP.


Global Supply Chain ResearchProfessor Y. Helio Yang’sresearch related to logis-tics management hastaken a prominent posi-tion at several confer-ences throughout thepast year.

In May 2007 Dr. Yang’sresearch on recent logis-tical developments washighlighted during herpresentation titledFuture Prospective onTechnology at the 3rd Annual Global Logistics Symposiumhosted by the San Diego World Trade Center.

Dr. Yang also presented two other research papers whichexamined logistical developments in China. These papersfocused on the automotive component industry and theexpress mail/small package industry. One research paperanalyzed the successful strategies used by automotive com-ponent manufacturers to overcome many business chal-lenges in China. The other paper compared the strategies

used by four leading global express mail/small packageproviders which brought efficiency to this time critical supplychain and helped develop new business channels in China.These papers were presented at the Annual Conference ofthe Western Decision Science Institute in Denver, April 2007,and the International Conference of National DecisionScience Institute in Phoenix, September 2007.

International Accounting

In July 2007, accounting professors Victoria Krivogorsky andGary Grudnitski welcomed scholars from Spain, France andSwitzerland to SDSU as part of the International BusinessEconomics Accounting Collaborative Network (iBEACON) pro-gram. iBEACON provides research and applied insights intointernational aspects of businesses, economic institutions, andaccounting practices. Specifically, iBEACON research focuseson financial statement properties, corporate governance,financial analysis, institutions and standards convergence.

iBEACON is directed by Dr. Krivogorsky and was created tooffer business knowledge to both academics and profession-als through innovative theoretical and applied research.Scholars from France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerlandand the United States participate in this collaborative inter-national research project.

Faculty International Research Highlights

FACULTY NEWS

Fortune Small Business RecognizesSanford Ehrlich

In September, 2007, Fortune Small Business magazinenamed Sanford Ehrlich as one of the top entrepreneur-ship professors in the United States. Dr. Ehrlich is theQualcomm Executive Director of Entrepreneurship forSDSU’s Entrepreneurial Management Center.

Dr. Ehrlich began his career at San Diego State Universityas an assistant professor of management in the mid-1980s.He became director of the Entrepreneurial Management

Center in 1997. Since then, the program has flourished, having been named asone of the top entrepreneurial programs in the country by Entrepreneur, Fortuneand the Princeton Review in 2007.

Over the last two years, Dr. Ehrlich has been involved in global entrepreneurshipprojects. He has worked at SDSU’s Hansen Institute for World Peace and the PeresCenter in Israel to promote cross-country economic development through coop-erative agricultural projects and the development of innovative food products. Hehas also traveled throughout the Middle East to train entrepreneurs as part of theMiddle East Partnership Initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

A 2007 Princeton Review

survey ranked SDSU

College of Business

Administration’s graduate

and undergraduate

entrepreneurship program

among the top 25 in

the nation.

DR. HELIO YANG PRESENTING AT THE 3rdANNUAL GLOBAL LOGISTICS SYMPOSIUM.


Murray Jennex of SDSU’sInformation and Decision Systemsdepartment (IDS), has travelledthe globe this past year takinghis knowledge managementresearch to a variety of audiencesworldwide.

In August, Dr. Jennex was inHarbin, China to give a keynote

speech at the 2nd China ISCRAM (Information Systems forCrisis Response and Management) workshop. The confer-ence focused on ways to improve response to natural andman-made crises. Additional keynotes were provided byofficials from China, the European Union, and the WorldHealth Organization. Also, Eric Rasmussen, M.D., an adjunctprofessor in San Diego State’s Homeland Security Master’sProgram, spoke at this conference.

Dr. Jennex made a quick trip to Montpellier, France inOctober to present to the graduate students of theMontpellier International Business School. This presentationfocused on current issues in knowledge management.

In November, Dr. Jennex spent a week in Thailandpresenting the keynote speech at the First InternationalConference on Educational Reform at Khon Kaen. Whilethere, he also spoke to the graduate students ofMahasarakham University about current issues in knowl-edge management. The highlight of his trip was a visitto a small, remote village which is completely self reliantthrough the use of low tech knowledge management. Thistechnology is designed to help small farming villagesremain competitive and vibrant even when their youngpeople leave to work in major cities.

This year, Dr. Jennex has already attended the HawaiiInternational Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)where he is the Founding Co-Chair of the KnowledgeManagement Systems Track. This track is the longestrunning knowledge management forum and is attendedby knowledge researchers from all over the world. Thisyear’s conference had presentations from Germany,France, Taiwan, Finland, Switzerland, Italy, Australia, andSingapore, as well as from the United States.

Dr. Jennex is the current and founding editor-in-chief ofthe International Journal of Knowledge Management (in itsfourth year of publication). He has published over 100journal articles, as well as books, book chapters, and con-ference proceedings, most of which focus on knowledgemanagement, but also include topics such as crisisresponse and management, security, outsourcing, andend user computing.

Other publications include the International Journal ofInformation Systems for Crisis Response and Management(first issue due January 2009) with co-editor-in-chief,Bartle Van de Walle of Tilburg University.

Dr. Jennex is also working on his fifth and sixth knowledgemanagement books. The first, Strategies for KnowledgeManagement Success: Exploring Organizational Efficacy, isbeing developed with his co-editor-in-chief, Stefan Smolnikof the European Business School. The second, KnowledgeManagement, Organizational Memory and Transfer Behavior:Global Approaches and Advancements, is a sole effort.

Going Global with Knowledge Management

FACULTY NEWS

David Ely Named Directorof Graduate Programs

The College of BusinessAdministration (CBA) namedFinance Professor David Ely as itsdirector of graduate programs.

Ely has been actively involved atCBA for over 20 years and has beena finance professor since 1986. Hehas taught a wide range of courses

at various levels, has served as advisor on numerous mas-ter’s degree theses, and has served on numerous com-mittees within the college and university

Ely received his Ph.D in Economics from The Ohio StateUniversity. Ely has a productive and consistent researchrecord and has published over 20 articles in revered pub-lications, including Review of Financial Economics, Journalof Financial Services Research and International Review ofFinancial Analysis. He has a continuing record of scholar-ship and new research projects along with presentationsfor organizations such as the Western EconomicsAssociation and the Financial Management Association.

New Faculty


FACULTY NEWS

Steven GillSteven Gill is an assistant professorin SDSU’s School of Accountancy.He received his B.S. in accountingfrom the University of Florida; anM.S. in taxation from NortheasternUniversity and earned his Ph.D. inaccounting from the University ofMassachusetts.

Prior to entering academia, Dr. Gillspent twelve years in the field ofaccounting, including roles in publicaccounting, internal audit, and corpo-rate accounting.

His research interests include a con-centration in taxation includingmutual funds and college savingsplans. Other areas of specializationinclude corporate internal controlstructure and weaknesses, manage-ment over-confidence and earningsquality. Dr. Gill teaches at both theundergraduate and graduate levels.

Paula PeterPaula Peter is an assistant professor ofmarketing at San Diego State Universitywhere she teaches consumer behavior.She previously taught at Virginia Tech.

Dr. Peter’s research interests are related tosocial marketing and the application ofpsychological constructs and marketingtechniques to issues related to consumerwelfare. She has explored determinantsrelated to the intent to sign an organ dona-tion card, HIV testing, and exercise anddiet. She has also worked on cross-culturalinteractions and targeted health messages.

She plans to explore and broaden theapplications of emotional intelligence onconsumer decision making and perform-ance with the goal to develop strategies inorder to “help consumers help themselves.”

Dr. Peter received her B.S. in communica-tions sciences from Swiss Italian University.She earned both her M.S. in businessadministration and her Ph.D. in marketingfrom Virginia Tech where she was alsoselected as the recipient of the 2007Pamplin College Outstanding GraduateStudent Award.

Xudong AnXudong An is an expert in real estatefinance and economics. His researchmainly focuses on mortgage defaultrisk, structured finance and housingmarket dynamics. His research topicsinclude theoretical and empirical mod-els for commercial mortgage defaultrisk, subordination and credit risk incommercial mortgage-backed securi-ties (CMBS), real estate capitalizationrate, and housing indicators. Dr. An’sresearch on mortgage prepayment anddefault risks, and Fannie Mae’s andFreddie Mac’s roles in U.S. mortgageand housing markets, has been pub-lished in academic journals such as RealEstate Economics, Journal of Real EstateFinance and Economics and Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs.

Dr. An received research grants andfellowships from various sourcesincluding the Real Estate ResearchInstitute, Pension Real EstateAssociation, Urban Land Institute andthe Haynes Foundation. He has alsotaught graduate courses at theUniversity of Southern California.

Dr. An received his M.S. and B.S. fromNanjing University in China and a Ph.D.from USC in planning, with a concentra-tion on real estate finance in 2007.

XUDONG AN STEVEN GILL PAULA PETER

Sharon Lightner, Director of the School of Accountancy, has been named the 2007 Educator ofthe Year by the American Women’s Society of Certified Public Accountants (AWSCPA). The awardwas presented to Lightner at the AWSCPA’s national meeting held in Orlando, in October 2007.

The Educator of the Year award recognizes excellence in teaching in the accounting field by a fac-ulty member of a two- or four-year college. Dr. Lightner, who joined SDSU in 1977, was nominatedby a graduate student in SDSU’s Master of Science in Accountancy program.

This award will join Dr. Lightner’s other national education awards, including one from the BetaAlpha Psi organization and a collaborative award co-sponsored by the American AccountingAssociation and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Sharon Lightner named Educator of the Year


FACULTY NEWS

Faculty International Business Achievements

THEOPHILUSB. A. ADDO

SWAMINATHANBADRINATH

MARK J. BALLAM CARMEN BIANCHI CHEE W. CHOW BETHCHUNG-HERRERA

MICHELLE DEAN

Theophilus B. A. Addo (Information and Decision Systems)Presented “Assessing IT Strategy with the STEP Model” at the18th International Conference of the Information ResourcesManagement Association (IRMA) on May 19-23, 2007 inVancouver, B.C.

Swaminathan Badrinath (Finance)With V. Anshuman, a paper titled “A framework for a securi-ties market database in India” has been accepted for publica-tion in the December 2007 issue of Economic and PoliticalWeekly.

Presented “Credit Derivatives and the ‘Crunch’ of 2007,” at PSGInstitute of Management in December 2007 Coimbatore,India. Presentation also published in Emerging FinancialMarkets.

Mark J. Ballam (SDSU CIBER)Presented at the U.S. Department of Education’sInternational Education Forum, February 2008 inWashington, D.C.

Carmen Bianchi (Entrepreneurial Management Center)Named president of the Family Firm Institute.

CheeW. Chow (Accounting) With R.R. Duh and J. XiaoWrote “Management accounting practices in the People’sRepublic of China” chapter in the Handbook of ManagementAccounting Research.

Beth Chung-Herrera and Karen H. Ehrhart (Management)With P. Callahan, presented “Sending employees abroad:Issues to consider in international human resource manage-ment” at the meeting of the Academy of InternationalBusiness – U.S. Southwest Chapter, in San Diego.

Beth Chung-Herrera and Lynn Shore (Management)Named Co-Directors for the Institute on Inclusiveness andDiversity in Organizations (IIDO), at San Diego StateUniversity.

Karen H. Ehrhart (Management)With S. Roesch, M. Ehrhart, and student Britta Kilian, articleaccepted to Journal of Personality Assessment, titled “A testof the factor structure equivalence of the 50-item IPIP Five-Factor Model Measure across gender and ethnic groups”

John Francis (Management)Presented “Influences on the Performance of U.S.-MexicoBorder Small Medium Sized Enterprises” at the 2007Academy of Management conference, August 2007 inPhiladelphia.

Don Jung (Management) and CheeW. Chow (Accounting)With J. Sosik and G. Chen presented “Examining the effectsof CEO transformational leadership on firm performance inChina” at the 2007 Academy of Management conference,August 2007 in Philadelphia, and it is currently underreview with the Leadership Quarterly.

Jaemin Kim (Finance)Paper titled “Inter-temporal examination of the trading activ-ities of foreign investors in the Korean stock market” at theAcademy of International Business conference in June 2007in Indianapolis.

Kathy Krentler (Marketing)Spoke at the Retailing in India conference in January 2008at the University of Hyderabad in Hyderabad, India.

Jim Lackritz (Information Decision Systems)With Dr. J. Ghorpade and Dr. K. Hattrup, paper titled“Work Group Collectivism and the Centrality of Work:A Multinational Investigation” has been accepted forpublication by the Journal of Cross Cultural Research.

Martina Musteen (Management)With D. K. Datta and P. Herrmann, paper titled “Ownershipstructure and CEO compensation: Implications for the choiceof foreign market entry mode” has been accepted for publi-cation in Journal of International Business Studies.

With D. Di Gregorio and D.E. Thomas, paper titled:“International New Ventures: The cross-border nexus ofindividuals and opportunities” has been accepted forpublication in Journal of World Business.


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Nathan Oestreich and James E. Williamson (Accountancy)Paper titled “Statutory Changes to the Calculation of theTax on Workers Benefiting from the Foreign Earned IncomeExclusion Require Careful Planning” was presented at theDecision Sciences Institute annual meeting on November17, 2007 in Phoenix.

Christine Probett (Information Decision Systems, andManagement) Was elected to Associate Fellow with theAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Kuntara Pukthuanthong-Le (Finance)With F. Elayan and L. Rose, paper titled “Equity and DebtMarket Responses to Sovereign Credit Ratings Announcements”has been published in Global Finance Journal.

With L. Thomas and R. Levich, paper titled “Do ForeignExchange Markets Still Trend” was published in the Journalof Portfolio Management.

With L. Thomas “Weak Form Efficiency in Currencies: anUpdate and an Explanation” forthcoming Financial AnalystJournal.

With T. Walker, paper titled “Venture Capital in China:A Culture Shock for Western Investors” was published inManagement Decision, 2007.

With T. Walker, “Do IPOs in countries where firms have highfamily control benefit frommore prestigious underwriters?”forthcoming Multinational Business Review.

With N. Visaltanachoti, “Commonality in Liquidity: Evidencefrom Stock Exchange of Thailand” forthcoming Pacific-BasinFinance Journal.

Amy Randel (Management)Designed a study about issue selling in organizationsin Taiwan, as well as developed a survey instrument fora study about relational identity and collective identityin Taiwan.

Bruce Reinig (Information Decision Systems)With J. F. Nunamaker, Jr. and R. O. Briggs had their paper,“Principles for Effective Virtual Teamwork” accepted forpublication in Communications of the ACM.

With R. O. Briggs, and G. J. De Vreede, paper “A cross-culturalinvestigation of the goal attainment-likelihood construct andits effect on satisfaction with technology supported collabora-tion” at the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference onSystem Sciences, January 7-10, 2008 and was published inthe conference proceedings.

Lori Verstegen Ryan (Management)Presented “Ethical challenges and opportunities in globalcorporate governance” at the Banta Center for Business,Ethics, and Society, School of Business Research Series atthe University of Redlands, November 2007.

Accepted for presentation “Brazil’s corporate governanceinnovation: The Novo Mercado” at the annual meeting of theInternational Association for Business and Society, Tampere,Finland, June 2008.

Don Sciglimpaglia and Massoud Saghafi (Marketing)With Matti Aistrich, a paper titled “Ivory Tower or Real World:Do Educators and Practitioners See the Same World?” waspublished in the Marketing Education Review.

Don Sciglimpaglia (Marketing), GeneWhittenbergand Howard Toole (Accountancy)Paper titled “AACSB International Accreditation: AnAustralian Perspective” was published in the Journalof Learning in Higher Education.


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College of Business AdministrationDean Gail Naughton has been elect-ed to serve on the board of directorsfor the Association to AdvanceCollegiate Schools of Business(AACSB) International.

Founded in 1916, AACSBInternational is the longest servingand largest global accrediting bodyfor business schools that offer

undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in businessand accounting. Institutions that earn accreditation confirmtheir commitment to quality and continuous improvementthrough a rigorous and comprehensive peer review. SDSU’sCollege of Business Administration has been AACSBInternational accredited since 1959 and its School ofAccountancy since 1982.

SDSU’s Dean Naughton Elected to the Board of AACSB International

“We congratulate Dean Naughton on this outstandingachievement, particularly in light of all the remarkably com-petent nominees selected by the nominating committee,”said John J. Fernandes, president and chief executive officerof AACSB. “The membership has demonstrated their confi-dence in Dean Naughton as a trusted and worthy represen-tative of their interests.”

“It is an honor to have been selected as a member of theboard to the most respected business school accreditationassociation in the world,” said Naughton. “I am excited tobe able to contribute to the board and to be able to bringthe strengths and enormous capabilities of the SDSUCollege of Business Administration to the forefront of thisorganization.”

Naughton’s three-year term on the board will begin on July1, 2008 and extend through June 30, 2011.

Gangaram Singh (Management)Is currently assembling a group of researchers at San DiegoState University to focus on international entrepreneurship.

Has also begun to build an International BusinessMeasurement Repository. This initiative will eventually oper-ate as an open source for the assembly and disseminationof international business measurement (instrument andpsychometric quality).

With R. Nandagopal and P. R. Priyaadarshini edited the booktitled Strategic Management in a Global Economy andpresided over the inauguration of the International HumanResource Management Review at PSG Institute ofManagement, Coimbatore, India.

Gangaram Singh (Management) and Serge Rey (Geography)Begun work on the Industry Cluster Research Initiative. Thepurpose of this study is to access the degree to which theSan Diego economy is integrated with the rest of the world’seconomy. The information gathered will be used mostly byindustry analysts for public policy.

Chamu Sundaramurthy and Michelle Dean (Management)Paper titled “Family Business Openness to External Influenceand International Sales: An Empirical Examination” wasaccepted for publication by Multinational Business Review.

Nikhil P. Varaiya and Swaminathan Badrinath (Finance)Participated in the International Conference on EmergingFinancial Markets December 2007 in Coimbatore, Indiahosted by PSG Institute of Management; was co-chair forthe Session on Financial Instruments and Markets. Alsomade a presentation at the GRG School of ManagementStudies, Coimbatore, India.

TomWarschauer (Finance)Represented the United States on the Education AdvisoryPanel of the International Financial Planning StandardsBoard in September 2007. The purpose of the Panel is todetermine the feasibility of an international examination forCFP licensees worldwide.

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In July 2007, twenty seven Executive MBA students traveled to Tijuana,Mexico for a two-day trip exploring maquiladoras from various businessareas. The trip coincided with Professor Don Jung’s Business in GlobalEnvironment class.

In two days, students, faculty and staff visited six very different busi-nesses ranging from start-ups to successful business ventures. Includedwas a visit to Hospital Angeles, a specialized hospital seeking leadingedge medical breakthroughs. While at the hospital, students participat-ed in a panel discussion on the cross-border economy and its future.There was a facility tour of Centro de Distribution Calimax led by JohnGrimaldi, a current EMBA student.

In addition to various business tours, students also participated in acasual networking luncheon featuring various Tijuana professionalswho discussed their different business experiences.

EMBAMexico Bus TourJames R. Beatty, of SDSU’s Information andDecision Systems department has beenappointed to the 2007 Board of Examinersfor the Malcolm Baldrige National QualityAward. The program, created in 1987, isthe highest level of national recognitionfor performance excellence that a U.S.organization can receive.

Awards are given to highly qualified appli-cants annually in each of six categories:Manufacturing, Service, Small Business,Education, Health Care, and Non-profit. Outof approximately 1,000 applications, only 69organizations have received this award.

As an examiner, Dr. Beatty is responsiblefor reviewing and evaluating applicationssubmitted for the award. Those selected toserve as board examiners meet the higheststandards of qualification and peer recogni-tion. The board is comprised of leadingexperts selected from industry, health care,education, not-for-profit organizations, andgovernmental agencies.

Malcolm Baldrige NationalQuality Award AppointsJames Beatty to Board

FACULTY NEWS

SDSU’s Musteen Awardedfor her Work in InternationalEntrepreneurship

On March 22, 2008, Martina Musteen washonored with the 2008 Olympus EmergingFaculty Innovator award during the NationalCollegiate Inventors’ and Innovators’ Allianceannual conference in Dallas, Texas.

Nominated for the award by one of herstudents, Musteen was recognized forher work in the area of internationalentrepreneurship.

Musteen grew up in the Czech Republic,and has lived in Germany, Italy and the

United States. She believes that entrepreneurship can help resolve worldpoverty and other social ills.

Musteen joined the faculty at SDSU’s management department in 2006.

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February 2008Language and Culture for International Business:Workshops for Foreign Language Educators inSpanish, French, German and Japanese Feb. 21,2008. Hosted by University of Memphis CIBER

CIBERWestern Regional CIBER FacultyDevelopment Conference Feb. 27, 2008. Hosted byUniversity of Colorado at Denver CIBER

March 2008Venture Challenge 2008. San Diego, California.March 27-29, 2008. Hosted by SDSU’sEntrepreneurial Management Center

Trade Mission to China andVietnam. March 11-April4, 2008. Hosted by San Diego World Trade Center

April 2008Consortium for Undergraduate InternationalBusiness Education (CUIBE) Annual SpringMeeting. April 2008. Hosted by Bryant University

CIBER Business Language Conference: “PreparingGlobal Business Leaders,” St. Petersburg, Florida Apr9-11, 2008. Hosted by University of Florida CIBER

Annual CIBER Directors Meeting. St. Petersburg,Florida, April 10-12, 2008. Hosted by University ofFlorida CIBER

Developing Short Term Study Abroad Programsfor Business Students, April 23-25, 2008. Hosted byUniversity of Texas – Austin CIBER

May 20084th Annual Global Logistics Symposium. SanDiego, CA. May 2, 2008. Hosted by the San DiegoWorld Trade Center

3rd Annual International Economic Summit. SanDiego, CA. May 22, 2008. Hosted by SDSU CIBER

Peace and Prosperity through Trade andCommerce. San Diego, CA May 30, 2008. Hosted bySan Diego World Trade Center

June 2008Academy of International Business AnnualConference, June 30-July 3, 2008. Milan, Italy.

Faculty Development in International BusinessGlobalization Seminars. June 5, 2008. Hosted byUniversity of Memphis CIBER

3rd Annual Port Excursion: “A Region in Motion.”San Diego, CA. June 12, 2008. Hosted by San DiegoWorld Trade Center

October 20082008 National District Export Council Conference.Palm Springs, CA. October 15-18, 2008

San DiegoWorld Trade Center’s 31st AnnualAward’s Gala “Celebrating Excellence in Trade.”October 2008

For more information on these and other upcomingevents, please visit our website: www.sdsu.edu/ciber

SDSU CIBER supports a wide range of programs designed to improve international business educationand research. Following is a partial list of upcoming programs and events.

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