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Duhaime Promoted: Named SMS Fellow
Irene M. Duhaime has been promoted to
the position of senior associate dean in the
Robinson College and has also been named
a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society (SMS).
Duhaime, who was appointed associate dean for administration
in 2004, takes on new responsibilities in the role involving
support for sponsored research to assist faculty in obtaining
and administering grants, and support for technology to facilitate
that research.
As a Fellow of SMS, Duhaime joins an elite group of educators -
just 54 in the world - whom the organization has recognized for
significant contributions to the theory and practice of strategic
management. The society consists of 2,600 members representing
a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives from
more than 60 different countries.
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Internationally respected for her expertise, Duhaime has held
leadership positions with SMS and the Academy of Management;
published in top academic journals; presented at national
and international conferences; and coauthored a textbook,
Strategic Management: A Managerial Approach. Her research
interests include diversification and related corporate strategy
issues, with recent emphasis on cognition.
Duhaime joined the Robinson College in 1998 as a professor
of managerial sciences and later served as department chair.
She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. |
CEAR, Munich Re Foundation to partner on microinsurance research
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The Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR), a research
center based in the Robinson College Department of Risk Management
and Insurance (RMI), has entered into a cooperative agreement
with the Munich Re Foundation to collaborate on research about
microinsurance, also known as insurance for the poor.
The topic is of keen interest to both institutions. CEAR is leading an
international research effort to accelerate the formation of a mature
and sustainable market for insurance for the poor, and the Munich
Re Foundation, along with the Microinsurance Network, created the
International Microinsurance Conference. First held in 2005, the event
is hosted each year by a different developing nation.
The agreement formalizes a relationship between the Munich Re
Foundation and the Robinson College dating back to 2009, when
RMI Department Chair Richard D. Phillips organized the first academic
track of programming for the International Microinsurance
Conference in Dakar, Senegal.
CEAR convened a workshop on the topic in 2010, bringing together
microinsurance experts from the foundation, Oxford, the World
Bank, and the International Labour Organization, among others, to
establish an agenda for future research needs.
“Developing a sustainable market for insurance for the poor will be
a complex, multiyear undertaking,” according to CEAR Director
Glenn W. Harrison. “By partnering with the Munich Re Foundation
we hope to accelerate the process.”
CEAR is global in scope and unites risk scholars from multiple
disciplines. Partners include Robinson’s Department of Finance and
School of Accountancy, Georgia State’s Andrew Young School of
Policy Studies, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. |
Real Estate Faculty No. 4 in U.S., No. 5 Worldwide for Published Research
The Robinson College Department of Real Estate is No. 4
among U.S. programs and No. 5 worldwide for research
published in the discipline’s three leading journals, according
to a study conducted by Jang C. Jin of the Chinese
University of Hong Kong and Eden S. Hu of the City
University of Hong Kong. Robinson ranks ahead of schools
including Cornell, MIT and Penn State, and is the only
Georgia school in the top 15 in both categories.
Jin and Hu determined the U.S. rankings by calculating
the number of article pages published in the Journal of
Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate
Research, and Real Estate Economics over the 10 most
recent years available (1999–2008) that were authored
by faculty currently on staff at the business schools. The
worldwide rankings were based on the same criteria over
a 35-year period (1973–2008).
The authors’ findings are presented in “World Ranking
of Real Estate Research: Recent Changes in School Competitiveness
and Research Institutions,” published in the
Journal of Real Estate and Financial Economics in 2010.
The Robinson College Department of Real Estate is the
largest independent real estate program in the United
States and is ranked 11th by U.S. News & World Report
among undergraduate real estate programs. (U.S. News
does not rank graduate real estate programs.) |
Rai is Robinson's 4th AIS Fellow
Arun Rai, Regents’ Professor and Harkins Chair of Information Systems, has received
the 2010 Fellow Award from the Association of Information Systems (AIS) in
recognition of outstanding research, teaching and service contributions.
Rai cofounded the Center for Process Innovation, an interdisciplinary research unit
within the Robinson College that promotes partnerships between industry and
academia.
A prolific researcher, Rai has published more than 80 refereed papers in scholarly and
practitioner journals. He is ranked sixth for work published between 2000-2010 in
Information Systems Research and MIS Quarterly, the discipline’s two top journals.
He also has distinguished himself in teaching, having developed and taught courses
related to IT and business strategy, supply chain management, technology and
operations, theory development and research methods at the undergraduate,
master’s, and doctoral levels; chaired 24 doctoral dissertations; and served on 30
dissertation committees.
There are only 58 AIS Fellows, four of whom are Robinson faculty. In addition to Rai,
they are: Ephraim McLean, chair of the Department of Computer Information Systems
(CIS), inducted in 1999; retired CIS Professor Dan Robey, inducted in 2004; and CIS
Professor Detmar Straub, inducted in 2005. |
Robinson retains elite standing in Financial Times, U.S. News rankings
Robinson’s Executive MBA and part-time
MBA and master’s programs are again
ranked among the best by the Financial
Times (EMBA) and U.S. News & World
Report (MBA, M.S.).
The Financial Times EMBA rankings are
limited to the world’s top 100 programs.
The rankings were released in October
2010, and Robinson is No. 26 among
U.S.-based programs and No. 78
worldwide. A hallmark of the 17-month
Robinson EMBA, its international residency,
is reflected in its No. 6 ranking among
U.S.-based programs for international
course experience. The program first
made the FT EMBA rankings in 2003,
and has been on the list for seven of the
past eight years.
For the second consecutive year, U.S. News
& World Report is ranking the 295 business
schools that offer part-time MBA and
master’s programs. In rankings released in
March 2011 the Robinson College is No.
29, once again in the top 10 percent of
programs offered nationwide. In specialty
categories Robinson’s Department of
Computer Information Systems is No. 10
among graduate-level information systems
programs, and the Institute of Health
Administration is 36th among graduate
healthcare programs - making Robinson
the only Georgia business school with top-ranked
programs in both the part-time and
specialty program categories.
Commenting on the rankings, Dean H.
Fenwick Huss said, “The Financial Times
and U.S. News rankings are indicative of the
Robinson College’s stature, our innovative
curriculum, responsiveness to the changing
needs of students and the overall strength
of the Robinson faculty.” |
Speaking of the Economy
Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting
Center at the Robinson College, has made a trio of prestigious
speaking stops recently.
In Santiago, Chile, he addressed a panel at the Chilean
Central Bank. The presentation, organized by the Global
Interdependence Center of Philadelphia, covered the
latest Federal Reserve bank policy designed to stimulate
the economy (quantitative easing) and whether it was
succeeding in the United States.
On the same trip Dhawan briefed the Chilean-American
Chamber of Commerce on the state of the U.S.
economic recovery.
Dhawan also traveled to Switzerland, where he teamed
up with Associate Professor of Finance Alfred Mettler
to speak as part of the Executive Program at the Swiss
Finance Institute in Wolfsberg, Switzerland. Their topic
was “global economic risk management.”
Read Rajeev's column on the economy » | | |
Former Fed Economist Tapped for AAMGA Distinguished Chair
George H. Zanjani has been named inaugural holder of the
American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA)
Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance.
The AAMGA Distinguished Chair is funded by a $1
million gift to the Robinson
College Department of Risk
Management and Insurance
from members and associate
members of the association,
and is the largest gift of its kind
involving a business school and
an insurance trade association.
Prior to joining the Robinson College in 2008, Zanjani was an
economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where
he specialized in policy work related to insurance issues within
the broader financial system. He has served on working groups
formed by the Committee on the Global Financial System and
the Presidential Working Group on Financial Markets, is a vice
president of the American Risk and Insurance Association, and is
an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society. He holds a Ph.D.
in economics from the University of Chicago. |
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Attracting the Best in Business
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Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, discussed his book Obstacles
Welcome: How to Turn Adversity into Advantage in Business and in Life, at Robinson’s Center for Global Business Leadership. |
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Neville Isdell, former chairman and CEO of
The Coca-Cola Company, chaired the Global Strategic Leadership Forum. The annual event is a program of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta presented by the Robinson College. |
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“Aspire to join a great team. The individual accomplishments and successes will follow,” Dennis Lockhart, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, counseled students
in his Business Hall of Fame acceptance remarks. |
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Robinson College students heard Yahoo Inc. CEO Carol Bartz field questions about the future of the
Internet, prospects for the economy, her leadership style, and strategy for turning around the company at the 12th USA Today CEO Forum. |
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David Ratcliffe, retired
chairman, president and CEO of the Southern Company, talked about servant leadership and leading by example when he received the eighth annual Ethics Advocate Award from Robinson’s
Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility.
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The World Affairs Council of Atlanta hosted a panel discussion on Korea-U.S.
trade featuring (right to left) South Korean Ambassador Han Duk-soo; John Anderson, Kia Motor Corporation; Song Jung, McKenna Long & Aldridge; and Mark Sobolewski, UPS. |
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During his
induction into the Robinson College Business Hall of Fame, Equifax Inc. Chairman and CEO Richard Smith advised students that “being a great leader is not enough...morals
and good deeds matter as much as the bottom line.” |
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The World Affairs
Council of Atlanta hosted Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States, Michael Collins. Council Chairman Dennis Lockhart interviewed Ambassador Collins about the potential role that
Irish-U.S. trade and investment could play in the Celtic Tiger’s economic recovery.
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Jim Lecinski, managing director of U.S. sales for Google Inc., spoke at the 19th annual Marketing
Awards for Excellence, which honor the best products, services and marketing innovations developed or launched by Georgia companies in the prior year. |
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