Department Chairs

ISM’s department chairs play a key role in guiding the academic and administrative activities for their designated specializations. In addition to teaching and dissertation advising, chairs oversee curriculum development and course content and coordinate faculty within their disciplines. Department chairs also make significant and varied contributions to the school through scholarly output, engagement in strategic initiatives, and participation in institutional governance.

All Faculty

When not teaching at ISM, our faculty are working as CEOs, entrepreneurs, or teachers at top universities around the globe.

We select them rigorously from among the best in their field, and we evaluate them regularly to maintain our high academic standards.

Location

Last name

×

Warning

JUser: :_load: Unable to load user with ID: 51

S. K. Laroiya, PhD

Dr. S. K. Laroiya is a Professor of Economics at Hans Raj College, University of Delhi, and an Adjunct Professor of Research Methodology and Economics at Amity Business School. Dr. Laroiya received a Ph.D and a Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.

Read More

He is also a marketing research consultant for JK Laksmi Cement Pvt. Ltd. in India and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority in Dubai. His research interests include economic development, marketing research, and macroeconomic policy.

Chafik Abid, PhD

Dr. Chafik Abid is the Co- founder, the Director and an Associate professor in the North American Private University in Sfax which consists of three institutions: The International Institute of Technology (IIT), The International School of Business (ISB) and The International School of Architecture (ISA).  Dr. Abid has an MBA in Logistic and Manufacturing Management and then a diploma in Industrial Engineering and a Ph.D. in Operations and Decision Systems from Laval University, Québec. Dr. Abid has an experience exceeding 20 years in research and teaching in Operations and supply chain Management, supported between others by The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Dr. Abid has taught several courses in different international academic institutions: Laval University, Gégép Garneau, University of Moncton, Canadian University Dubai, American University in Dubai, International School of Management in Paris, International Institute of Technology etc.

Dana Anagnostou, JD

Dana Anagnostou teaches Corporate Finance and International Business Law in the IMBA program at ISM. An attorney with over 20 years’ experience in large international law firms, she practices general corporate law, with a focus on cross-border investments, mergers and acquisitions, and finance. She also has substantial experience on intellectual property matters and international trade issues.

Read More

Ms. Anagnostou’s transactions generally involve France, the US, and/or the UK, often in the finance or technology fields. Her clients include private equity funds, financial institutions, fintech and other technology companies as well as industrials, particularly in the fashion and consumer brands sector.

Fluent in both French and English, she is an American who began her career in 1994 in the New York office of Rogers & Wells, moving to Paris in 1998 and joining the Paris office of American law firm Kramer Levin in 2000. She is a member of the New York and Paris bars and a solicitor in England and Wales.

Matthew Andrews, PhD

Matthew Andrews holds a PhD in international management and publishes research on organizational development and learning, team dynamics, and knowledge management in technology companies, and in the healthcare sector. He has been working in higher education in France since 1997 as a teacher, administrator, consultant, and accreditation peer reviewer.

Read More

Dr. Andrews previously worked at ISM as Dean and Director of Doctoral Affairs and Director of Academic Affairs at ISM. He was also previously the Dean of Bachelor and Master of Business Administration programs at the Institut Supérieur de Gestion in Paris, France.

Publications 

Bowden, D.E., Smits, S., Andrews, M. (2020). Capturing today’s tacit knowledge for tomorrow’s improvement of healthcare. Healthcare Manager. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the Euromed Academy of Business.

Andrews, M. (2019). La Vêture: A French E-commerce Firm in the Apparel Sector. In I.Chirino Klevans (Ed.). Cases on Global Leadership in the Contemporary Economy. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Andrews, M. & Smits, S. J. (2018). Knowing what we know: Uncovering tacit knowledge for improved organizational performance. Journal of Organizational Psychology 18 (5). 

Andrews, M., & Chirino Klevans, I. (2018, November). A framework for developing the emotional intelligence skills of entrepreneurial leaders.  Paper presented at the ACBSP Region 8, International Council fall conference, Paris, France.

Andrews, M. (2017, November). Linking student success: knowledge and skills needed by young, fast growing companies and how business schools can contribute. Presentation at the ACBSP Region 8, International Council fall conference, Marrakesh, Morocco.

Andrews, M. (2017, October). What kind of skills do companies and organizations need for successful team learning and organizational development? Presentation at the International Accreditation Council for Business Education, Region 9 fall conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

Andrews, M. (2017). Turbulent and dynamic times: The importance of tacit knowledge and organizational learning in a young e-commerce company.  Journal of Organizational Psychology 17 (5).

Andrews, M. (2017, April). Turbulent and dynamic times: The importance of tacit knowledge and organizational learning in a young e-commerce company.  Paper presented at the International Accreditation Council for Business Education annual conference, San Francisco, CA. 

Paul Bailo, PhD

Dr. Paul Bailo is widely recognized by industry thought leaders for his C-level executive skills in digital transformation, analytics, marketing, and business operations. He has earned deep career success in multiple fields, along with an outstanding industry reputation and important executive roles as digital innovator, strategic thinker, change agent, customer champion, industry author, and creative entrepreneur. He has built and led top performing teams, start-up entities, and world-class organizations. His background in digital transformation, digital communications, emerging payments, operational excellence, data-driven decision-making, and ongoing product innovation is unparalleled. His blue-chip background encompasses Google, Apple, AT&T, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, MasterCard, American Express, GE, Citibank, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, NYC Transit Authority, and the US Department of Transportation.

Read More

Collateral to his business impact, Paul teaches as Adjunct Executive Graduate Professor in Applied Analytics at Columbia University and Digital Marketing, Innovation, and Data Analytics at New York University. Earlier, he headed the development of Mercy College’s fastest-growing college major – Managerial Analytics. He served as an executive advisor to the governments of Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Abu Dhabi, as well as the Central Bank of Nigeria and Drexel University. Paul also acquired eight unique US patents.

Currently, Paul is Global Head for Digital Strategy & Innovation for Infosys Digital where he focuses on creating and executing new business strategies, innovative solutions, and rolling out unique digital platforms. As “Go-To Resource” for internal executives, he spearheads digital innovation, designing new processes and handling large-scale project portfolios. He continues to interact with Fortune 500 clients, such as Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, AT&T, SunTrust, Apple, Google, and many other industry leaders.

Paul is a published author with three industry books, as well as many original business articles and presentations. He has a PhD from the International School of Management, an MBA in Marketing and Technology from Wagner College, an MS in Clinical Social Work (Human Behavior) from Fordham University, and BS in Finance & Technology from St. John’s University.

Joachim Bauer, PhD

Having received a PhD in Management, Dr. Joachim Bauer has concentrated on developing his experience in consultancy, research, and teaching. He has continued to build up and expand his academic research portfolio at Leeds University Business School, London Business School, University of Liverpool Management School, the International School of Management as well as various other schools.

Read More

In the consulting business, Joachim advises his clients in various areas of management including strategic management, operations strategy development, operations improvement, business level strategy development, change and innovations. Clients are from a variety of sectors such as bakery, finance, and IT. Alongside his main strand of business, he keeps up to date with the latest academic developments through his work with various universities. He has refined his experience in a newly founded university in Germany, where he has - amongst other duties of a Founding Provost - developed a new MBA program.

Dr. Bauer has taught master and bachelor level modules in Operations Management, Quality Management, Knowledge Management, Research Methods, and Academic Writing and Skills. Since 2009, he has focused on teaching online in PhD, DBA, MBA, and MSc programs, and has successfully supervised numerous PhD and DBA dissertations as well as MBA and MSc theses.

Barak Ben-Avinoam, PhD

Dr. Barak Ben-Avinoam teaches Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the IMBA program at ISM. Dr. Ben-Avinoam is a serial entrepreneur and an expert in the field of early-stage investments, technology start-ups, accelerators and incubators. Barak is a Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), a Silicon Valley-based early stage venture capital fund that focuses on enterprise IT innovation. Prior to BGV, Barak Ben-Avinoam was a Managing Partner at Fastlane Ventures (FLV), the leading Internet accelerator in Russia, and a Managing Director at QuantumWave Capital (QWC), a boutique, Paris-based investment banking firm specializing in technology mergers and acquisitions.

Read More

Prior to QWC Barak was an executive in two of the leading Israeli incubators in the internationally recognized Incubator Program led by the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist. At this capacity Barak led dozens of investment transactions and worked closely with CEO's of early-stage companies. Before his tenure as an investor Barak was a co-Founder and held C-level positions at several Israeli technology start-up companies, including CEO of Flash Networks, GM of European Operations at Business Layers, and CEO of Prolify. Barak Ben-Avinoam is an Advisory Board Member, mentor and a panelist at several international acceleration programs, including at the Technion's BizTEC Program, Tel Aviv Academic College Start-HUB Accelerator Program, The College of Management Academic Studies in Israel, and others.

Dr. Ben-Avinoam has also taught MBA-level seminars in Cross-Cultural Management and Entrepreneurship at leading MBA programs, including at the Technion, Tel-Aviv University and at the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel, and at ENPC and ISM in France. Barak holds a Doctorate of Business Administration, with honors, from the International School of Management, Paris, France, and a B.Sc. in Information Systems, with honors, from Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

Eleonora Cattaneo, PhD

Dr. Eleonora Cattaneo teaches Integrated Communications in the DBA and PhD programs at ISM. Her areas of expertise include strategic and international marketing as well as brand management and communications. She has global consulting experience in a variety of Fortune 500's: Fiat, CNH Industrial, Renault and Nestlé among others.

Read More

She has acted as in-house advisor to CMOs providing insights as well as support in deployment of new market entry strategies, brand repositioning and new product launches. She has been visiting professor at EM Lyon, the Helsinki School of Economics and Cranfield School of Management. Author of several publications and papers, among others: "Assessing the revival potential of brands from the past: how relevant is nostalgia in retrobranding strategies?" (with Carolina Guerini) in Journal of Brand Management. She holds a BA from Bristol University (UK), MBA at SDA Bocconi, PhD University of Pavia.

Hugues Chenet, PhD

Hugues Chenet co-founded the 2° Investing Initiative [2°ii] think tank in 2012 and has been Non-Executive Director since 2016. 2°ii develops climate and long-term risk metrics and related policy options in financial markets. He is a climate and sustainability interdisciplinary researcher, holding an honorary senior research associate position at University College London (UK), and a research associate to the Chair of Energy and Prosperity at X/ENSAE/ENS (France).

Read More

Dr. Chenet worked as a sustainability and risk expert for a finance and management consultancy from 2007 to 2012 and holds a PhD in geophysics. He started his career on planetary science at the Institute of Earth Physics of Paris and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. He will be teaching a course on sustainable business development to our doctoral candidates in the spring of 2019.

Ivonne Chirino-Klevans, PhD

Dr. Ivonne Chirino-Klevans teaches Human Resources Management and Teaching & the Human Brain and is a core faculty member at ISM. She has worked extensively as a consultant with Fortune 500 organizations on topics related to Global Leadership, Decision Making, Diversity and Inclusion. Her research interests are the integration of technology, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence in skill development. She is a multiple award winner for the development of virtual reality simulations focused on conflict management across cultures, as well as the recipient of multiple “Excellence in Teaching” awards.

Read More

Dr. Chirino-Klevans has served in many leadership positions such as Assistant Dean of Executive Education at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and founding member of Duke Corporate Education (Duke CE). Duke CE was ranked as number one executive education provider in the world, Director of International and Distance Education at North Carolina State University, USA. She holds a teaching position at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, USA, teaching Leadership, Behavioral Economics and Decision Making, and coordinates the Diversity and Inclusion academic area. Earlier in her career, she served as Sports Psychologist for Olympic teams.

A former elite gymnast and All-American in gymnastics, she brings her expertise in sports to the classroom by designing high-impact and transformative learning experiences aimed at developing competencies for teaching and learning in multicultural and global environments. 

Dr. Chirino-Klevans holds a PhD in Psychology, a Masters in Psychology, a Masters in Business Administration and an undergraduate degree in Psychology. She also has a specialization in Instructional Design focusing on integration of technology in Education. She is author and editor of the book Author and editor of the book “Cases on Global Leadership in the Contemporary Economy.

Publications

  • Book: Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (2020). Cases on Global Leadership in the Contemporary Economy. Hershey, PA, IGI. Global. Business Science Reference.
  • Chapter in a book: Lee, J. and Chirino-Klevans, F.I. Cosmopolitanism in a World of Teachers: American Student Teachers in a Chinese School. In Spires, H. (2018). Digital Transformation and Innovation in Chinese Education. Hershey, PA IGI.
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (November, 2012). Cultural dimensions in the online classroom. Conference for international schools’ administrators in South East Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://www.earcos.org/elc2012/elc12_assoc.php
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (October, 2012). Using digital tools to create easy, effective, usable learning objects in the online classroom. Workshop presented at the Korean association of international schools’ educators conference, Incheon, South Korea. http://korcos.wikispaces.com/Ivonne+Chirino-Klevans,+PhD,+Walden+University
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (September, 2012). Five essential steps for setting up e-learning for corporate training. Society for Human Resources Puerto Rico chapter 39th annual conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. http://conference.shrmpr.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=71
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (August, 2012). Curriculum Internationalization using distance learning. Workshop presented at the International conference for distance and continuing education. Mexico, D.F. http://amecyd.uaemex.mx/8congresointernacional/ponentes.html
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (June, 2012). Integrating learning styles in on line education. Workshop presented at the south eastern chapter conference for executive educators. Mexican Association for Distance and Continuing Education. Chiapas, Mexico.
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (April, 2012). Integrating learning styles in on line education. Workshop presented at the north eastern chapter conference for executive educators. Mexican Association for Distance and Continuing Education Baja California, Mexico.
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (March, 2012). When culture and technology meet each other: Cultural competencies in the online learning environment. Workshop presented at the Korean association of international schools conference, Incheon, South Korea.
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (March, 2012). Four learning styles, four online tools: Designing online activities for digital natives. Workshop presented at the Association of American Schools in South America Conference, Quito, Ecuador. http://korcos.wikispaces.com/Ivonne+Chirino-Klevans,+PhD,+Walden+University
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (March, 2012). Integrating social media in training and development programs. Presentation delivered at the second executive training and e-learning forum. Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (October, 2011).  International communities of learning: Leading in the e-global village. Conference for international school educators in South Asia. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. http://www.earcos.org/elc2011/elc-assoc.php
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (October, 2011). Educators, technology and 21st century learning skills: Dispelling the five myths of online learning”. Conference for TRI Association of American Schools of Central America, Colombia, Caribbean and Mexico. Panama City, Panama.
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (September, 2011). Blogs, chats, social media in diverse and global organizations: Cultural competency in the use of social media for communications for HR professionals. Society for Human Resources Puerto Rico chapter 38th annual conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (May, 2011). Online communities of practice for health professionals. The International Council of Nurses conference, Valetta, Malta.
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (November, 2010). The future of e-learning: Online education for a global community. Conference for international schools’ administrators in South Asia. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. http://www.earcos.org/eac2010/ELC2010-Conf-Glance.pdf
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (September, 2010). Needs assessment for technology mediated training and development.  Society for Human Resources Puerto Rico chapter 37th annual conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • Chirino-Klevans, F.I. (April, 2010). Self-efficacy in the field and in the classroom: I know I can and you noticed. Workshop delivered at the Annual PE conference for international schools, Waterloo, Belgium.
  • Chirino-Barceló, F.I. (April, 1998). Using the learning space to teach a redesigned organizational Psychology course. The 9th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Chirino-Barceló, F.I., Boumedine, M. and Romero, M.C. (March 1997). Case base system for training students on situational leadership. Unpublished paper presented at 8th. International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Boumedine, M., Chirino-Barceló, F.I. and Espinoza, E. (1996). A formal approach to the EMI model and case study. The International Congress on Multimedia and Hypermedia. Texas, USA.
  • Boumedine, M., Chirino-Barceló, F.I. and Espinoza, E. (1996).  Towards the definition of an intelligent tutoring system as an aid for the database design courses. The XIII International Congress on Educational Technology, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
  • Boumedine, M. and Chirino-Barceló, F.I. (1995). An expert system for implementing a manufacturing training program. The 3rd. International Conference in Robotics and Manufacturing, Cancun, Mexico.
  • Schmidt, M.S., McDaniel, W.F, and Chirino Barceló, F.I. (March 1992). ACTH 4-9 effects upon retention of black and white pattern discrimination in rats with bilateral neocortical ablations. The 83rd. Annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • McDaniel, W.F., Davall, E.J., Waters, P.E., Schmidt, M.S. and Chirino Barceló, F.I. (March 1989). The influences of ACTH 4-9 analog upon learning in neocorticarl injuries. The International Conference on the Neurobiology of Aging: Novel Models and Treatments for Alzheimer´s Disease, St. Petersburg, FL.
  • McDaniel, W.F., M.S.Schmidt, B.K. Davis, Chirino-Barceló, F.I. and T.L. Weaver. (October 1989). ACTH 4-9 analog and learning in normal and injured rats. Conference on Neuroscience Functions, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD.

Professional Publications and Magazine articles

Tobias de Coning, PhD

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department Chair

Dr. Tobias de Coning teaches Human Resources Management in the IMBA program and Managing Small and Medium Sized Entreprises in the DBA and PhD programs at ISM. Dr. de Coning is an academic from Stellenbosch University, South Africa, where he also holds a senior management position as Chief Director: Strategic Initiatives and Human Resources. His academic focus and background are in the fields of Strategic and General Management; Entrepreneurship – with a special focus on Entrepreneurship in small and medium sized enterprises as well as in Corporate Entrepreneurship (Intrapreneurship); and, in Human Resources Management.

Read More

Over the last couple of years, he has worked extensively on projects aimed at the internationalization of small- and medium-sized enterprises and is currently also involved in a major project on this topic sponsored by Barclays Africa. He is also a visiting professor at both Coventry University as well as Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom, where his work focuses on the subject of Systemic Entrepreneurship. He is also a visiting professor at EMS Strasbourg, where he teaches Strategic Human Resources Management. Professor de Coning is an experienced supervisor and study leader at both the master and PhD levels. He has wide-ranging international experience and currently also works extensively with the Association of Africa Universities (AAU) to advance the functionality of member universities. This is done in collaboration with international agencies such as CASE.

Teck Eng, PhD

Dr. Teck Eng teaches Advanced Qualitative Methods and Research Methods in the DBA and PhD programs at ISM. Dr. Eng is Professor of Marketing, Director of the Centre of Excellence in Digital, Interactive & Data-Driven Marketing, at the University of Southampton, UK. He has been teaching at different levels, UG, PG, MBA and executive training workshops, and he is a certified online instructor and moderator. He specialises in running workshops on research methods for numerous international business schools.

Read More

Eng has successfully supervised PhD students to completion. His teaching interests include advanced analytic methods, research methods, business marketing, marketing strategy, new product development, customer insights, branding and developing a market-oriented organisation. His research interests include business marketing, digital marketing, entrepreneurship and innovation, learning mechanisms through digital and mobile technology.

Eng is currently supervising PhD students on topics related to his research interests. He has published articles in numerous blind peer reviewed academic journals including Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of World Business, Journal of Business Ethics, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management and Technovation.

Mark Esposito, PhD

Dr. Mark Esposito is co-founder and Chief Strategic Officer at Nexus FrontierTech, a leading global firm providing AI solutions to a variety of clients across industries, sectors, and regions. In 2016 he was listed on the Radar of Thinkers50, as of the 30 most prominent business thinkers on the rise, globally.

He teaches Business, Government & Society & Economic Strategy and Competitiveness for Harvard University's Division of Continuing Education, and serves as Institutes Council Co-Leader, at the Microeconomics of Competitiveness program (MOC) at the Institute of Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School. 

Read More

Mark is a Professor of Business & Economics at Hult International Business School and a Fellow at the Judge Business School in the UK, as part of the Circular Economy Center. He equally holds an Adjunct Professorship at IE Business School.

He holds Fellowships with the Social Progress Imperative and with the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils in Washington D.C. He is a nonresident Fellow at the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government in Dubai. Mark has been appointed as a global expert for the Fourth Industrial Revolution at World Economic Forum.

Mark is the co-author of the bestseller Understanding How the Future Unfolds: Using DRIVE to Harness the Power of Today's Megatrends. The framework contained therein was nominated for the CK Prahalad Breakthrough Idea Award by Thinkers50, the most prestigious award in business thought leadership. The DRIVE framework has also led Chartered Management Institute’s own magazine Professional Manager in the UK to name Mark as one of the 18 new voices in 2018 that reshape management and leadership.

He is fluent in six languages and In his nonacademic life, he holds the rank of Master Instructor, Black Belt IV Dan, at the International Budo Institute in Canada.

 

Maurice R. Forget, EdD

Leadership Department Chair

Dr. Maurice R. Forget is an award-winning educational curator, international researcher, and university professor with over ten years of senior leadership experience in executive and graduate business education. He holds an Ed.D. (Doctor of Education) from the University of Pennsylvania. His doctoral research focused on emotional intelligence across cultures and was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Robbin Chapman, Associate Dean at Harvard University.

He previously completed a Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed.) at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, after attending a graduate program in Educational Leadership at the UCL Institute of Education in London. His former professional and academic background were in international law, having graduated from the Panthéon-Assas University in Paris with a master’s degree (LL.M.) in International Business, Trade & Tax Law. A life-long learner, he is currently studying psychology part-time at Harvard University, where he specializes in neuropsychology and psychometrics.

Maurice’s teaching and research expertise is primarily related to organizational psychology, emotional intelligence, global leadership, psychometrics, behavioral neurosciences and neuropsychology, as well as social research methodology and human-based research ethics. Combining his different fields of expertise, his current academic research mainly focuses on complex social-emotional meta-competencies and the associated psychological variables of global leaders. 

As a senior partner at VE Global Leadership, Maurice also facilitates and provides individualized executive coaching, evidence-based leadership training programs, as well as innovative corporate learning solutions and strategic consulting for business organizations across the globe. In recognition of his success as a talent shaper and institutional learning curator, he was awarded the Corporate Learning Partnership Award by the City University of New York (CUNY) in 2017. 



Claudiney Fullmann, PhD

Professor Fullmann holds a PhD from Florida Christian University. He occupied several executive positions in various industries for 20 years. He was one of 400 men who joined the worldwide team of Jack Welch, an icon from the Executive of the twentieth century with whom he shared important lessons of leadership, exchanged experiences, and faced major challenges. He served as Vice President and General Manager of General Electric’s Heavy Equipment Division.

Leonora Fuxman, PhD

Dr. Leonora Fuxman is an Associate Professor of Management at St. John’s University. Dr. Fuxman received a Ph.D in Operations Management and a Masters in Decision Sciences from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelors in Mathematics from Kiev State University, Ukraine.

Read More

Her research interests are production and operations management, international business, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Fuxman has published articles in academic journals and also presented numerous research papers at national and international conferences. She won first prize in a national competition for the case study “Cineplex Odeon - The Motion Picture Theater Industry.”

 

Mark Gershon, PhD

Dr. Mark Gershon teaches Project Management in the DBA & PhD programs at ISM. Gershon, a certified Project Management Professional and Six Sigma Master Black Belt, is chairman of the department of Operations Management at Temple University and President of the World Class Training Institute.

Read More

He is a leading researcher, educator and practitioner in the areas of project management, quality and process improvement methodologies. An industrial engineer by training, he acquired a broad background in manufacturing processes as a quality engineer for the Army Armaments Command Project Management Office. He has helped many companies to implement project management and improvement systems, taught numerous classes on these subjects, and conducted and published research on best practices for such implementations.

Joseph Gilkey, PhD

Joseph Gilkey, Jr. is an Asst. Professor, Co-Chair Consumer Institute and Director of the Bloomberg Trading Room at Saint Peter's University Adjunct Professor at St John's University, He has also taught as an Adjunct Professor at the New York Institute of Technology in Statistical Sampling and Decision Science for Management.

Read More

Mr. Gilkey is a PhD candidate at ISM and received an M.B.A. from Indiana University, a B.B.A. in Business Management from Dowling College, and an A.A.S. in Business Administration from Suffolk Community College. He has over 30 years of management experience in all facets of the newspaper business, currently overseeing the Circulation, Promotion, and Consumer Marketing departments as Senior Vice-President of the New York Daily News, the largest daily tabloid newspaper, most recently served as the Chief Consumer Officer.

José Gimenez, PhD

José Gimenez teaches Business Statistics and Research Methods, as well as Supply Chain Management in the IMBA program at ISM. Gimenez earned his Ph.D in Sciences at the Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse), MSc in Electrical Engineering at the Imperial College of Science and Technology (London), and BSc in Electrical Engineering at the Universidad Simon Bolivar (Caracas).

Read More

He works as a consultant engineer to firms throughout Venezuela, and is Professor of Operations Management and Operations Research at Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion in Caracas. In the past, he served as the Director of Advanced Management Program for the same university, and been a visiting professor at Universidad de Simon Bolivar. Gimenez has had over 20 scholarly articles published in research journals and presented at international conferences.

Publications

  • DALVANO, Luigi / GIMENEZ, José Luis.

    “En busca de un servicio superior: innovar es la clave”. Debates IESA, vol XII, núm 3, pp. 60-63, 2007.

  • GIMENEZ, José Luis(2007)

    “The application of JIT principles in Venezuela. Comparisons with other IMSS countries”. EurOMA Conference 2007, Ankara, June 2007.

  • DIAZ, Angel / LORENZO, Oswaldo / GIMENEZ, José Luis(2007)

    “Teaching Process Management. A Multimedia-based Case Approach”. POMS Conference 2007, Dallas, May 2007.

  • GIMENEZ, José Luis / DIAZ, Angel / LORENZO, Oswaldo.(2007)

    “Lean manufacturing principles: Are Venezuelan firms applying them?” POMS Conference 2007, Dallas, May 2007.

  • GIMENEZ, José Luis.(2006)

    “¿Realmente usamos el just-in-time en Venezuela?”. Research Annual Workshop, IESA, 2006.

Michael Gordon, PhD

Dr. Michael Gordon teaches Corporate Entrepreneurial Strategies in the doctoral program at ISM. Gordon has extensive experience in the areas of entrepreneurship, education, public speaking, and science. For the past ten years, he has been teaching entrepreneurship as an Adjunct Professor at Babson College and for the past five years at the Harvard Extension School.

Read More

After twelve years in research, development, and management at Polaroid Corporation and Celanese Plastics Company, Dr. Gordon pursued a career in entrepreneurship and founded four companies: a plastics injection molding company, a company which made products for the control of static electricity (Plastic Systems, Inc) a network for entrepreneurs and investors (the Venture-Preneurs Network) and a private investment and consulting firm (Quantum Ventures). He is currently developing the internet venture AngelDeals.com, a virtual global network for the business community: entrepreneurs seeking funding and growth, investors seeking dealflow, business professionals seeking visibility, and both employers and job seekers.

Gordon received a PhD in Organo-Metallics and Polymers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966 and a BS in Organic Chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Publications

  • Trump University “Entrepreneurship 101: How to Turn Your Idea Into a Money Machine 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2010)

    Versions in Chinese, Polish and Bulgarian

  • “Gordon’s CUSTOMER Model: Framework for the nine entrepreneurial thriving forces.” 2000

Case Study

  • "Plastechnology, Inc."

    This case deals with the anguish faced by two entrepreneurs as they try to decide whether to, and how to launch a new plastics manufacturing venture (2008)

  • "Polaroid: Who and what killed this magnificent company?"

    This multi-dimensional case examines Polaroid's corporate entrepreneurial strategies (and lack thereof) over its glorious and turbulent 65- year lifetime. The issues encompass leadership, succession of CEOs, corporate vision, segmentation, corporate culture, product entry decisions, the Value Chain and many other broad strategic questions. The case is resolved in a strategy simulation by student teams: How could Polaroid have been saved?,2009

  • “Worcester Beef Company”

    a complex three generation, two-family business case with issues of leadership, management succession, sustainable competitive advantages, strategy, family rivalry, estate negotiation after the death of the partner. 2010

  • Ocean Spray: House of cards …? 2010
  • Sam Walton’s WalMart: Nemesis …? 2010 <hyperlink: http://www.competitivesuccess.com/why-join/about/dr-gordon/>
  • “UPS – 100 Years of Continuous Entrepreneurial Transformation,” 2009
  • “New York Cheek – Cracks in Paradise;” a troubled upstart clothing company, 2010.

Elias Hadzillias, PhD

Dr.Elias Hadzillias teaches E-Commerce in the IMBA program at ISM. Hadzilias holds a Ph.D in Business Process Management and a Master of Science in Industrial Systems, both earned at National Technical University in Athens (Greece). Based in Athens, he works as a freelance management consultant in addition to his teaching at IESEG School of Management and Université Catholique de Lille.

Read More

His areas of teaching and research have been in E-Business, E-Government, Virtual Enterprises, Enterprise Modeling, Strategic Management, and Operations Management. His research has been published in the International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics, and Production Planning & Control. His most recent research, "Identifying the Critical Success Factors for E-Commerce Effectiveness: the Case of Qatar", was published in a 2008 text on "Business Excellence and Competiveness in the Middle East and North Africa".

Publications

  • Hadzilias, E.A., Carugati, A., (2009)

    “Identifying the critical success factors for E-commerce effectiveness: the case of Qatar”, in Allam Ahmed (Ed.): “Business Excellence and Competitiveness in the Middle East and North Africa”, Inderscience Publishers,(ISSN 0-907776-38-8).

  • Hadzilias, E.A. (2007)

    "The Cost Factors in E-Taxation Services", in Josef Makolm,Gerti Orthofer (Eds.): "E Taxation: State & Perspectives", Institut für Informatik in Wirtschaft und Verwaltung (ISBN 978-3-85499-191-5).

  • Hadzilias, E.A. (2008)

    “Identifying the critical success factors for E-commerce effectiveness: the case of Qatar”, in Allam Ahmed (Ed.): “Business Excellence and Competitiveness in the Middle East and North Africa”, Inderscience Publishers,(ISSN 0-907776-38-8).

George Iatridis, PhD

Dr. George Iatridis teaches Accounting & Finance Pronciples in the DBA and PhD programs at ISM. Iatridis is an associate professor of accounting and finance at the Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, Greece. Dr Iatridis is the financial accounting subject editor of the International Review of Financial Analysis (Elsevier).

Read More

He has worked as a lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the School of Accounting and Finance, University of Manchester, UK. He has also taught at the University of Athens and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). Dr Iatridis studied Accounting and Finance at postgraduate level at the Universities of Manchester (PhD) and Southampton (MSc). Before graduate school, he studied Economics at the University of Athens, Greece. His current research interests mostly relate to the economic consequences of the implementation of international financial reporting standards, accounting policy choice, earnings quality and earnings conservatism.

Emmanuel Igah, PhD

iga

Dr. Emmanuel Igah is a seasoned professional with considerable international experience. He holds a doctorate degree in economic geography and development planning from the University of Paris IV Sorbonne and an International Executive Master of Business Administration from the International School of Management, both obtained after initial studies for a master’s in architecture and project management in Paris.

Read More

Dr. Igah’s professional experience spans across a wide range of projects and institutions, including consultancy missions with the United Nations, UNESCO, the World Bank, the European Union, as well as the Nigerian and French governments, which have taken him to a great number of countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. He played a key role in the construction and delivery of a gas plant in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. Actively engaged in teaching in various institutions, Dr. Igah has carried out a substantial number of publications on different topics. He was conferred in 2001 with the French National Order of Merit Award for his professional achievements.

Sterling Jasper, PhD

Dr. Sterling Jasper teaches Executive Leadership in the DBA and PhD programs at ISM. Dr. Jasper is the founder and president of Sterling Coaching Solutions LLC, a business execution consulting firm established in 2007. He works with small to mid-size companies to implement strategy and improvements while maintaining and sustaining superior performance. At Sterling Coaching Solutions, our passion and mission is to optimize work teams and processes through a unique blend of training and coaching that produce high-impact results.

Read More

Dr Jasper, with over 20 years of corporate experience, teaches undergraduate classes in business management and leadership at Baruch College, the City University of New York. He also teaches business courses at Mercy College in Manhattan. Dr. Jasper earned his doctorate in Executive Leadership Development from St. John Fisher in Rochester, New York.

Chris Jeffs, DBA

Dr. Chris Jeffs teaches Design Thinking in the DBA and PhD programs at ISM. He has over two decades of international experience in the pharmaceutical, technological, and higher education sectors. He earned his doctorate in the field of knowledge transfer and innovation management.

Read More

As Director of FORM Strategies, he provides executive and business coaching specializing in leadership development and the co-creation of new business models using Design Thinking techniques. Chris sits on the Advisory and Decision Committee as a Sector Expert for the UAE Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund. He is a Senior Examiner for the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a Strategy Expert for IMD in Lausanne, and he holds the post of Affiliate Professor in Strategic and Innovation Management at Grenoble Ecole de Management.

Juan Jensen, PhD

Professor Juan Jensen has a Master of Science and a PhD in Economic Theory from the University of São Paulo. He is currently a managing partner at 4E Consultoria, responsible for macroeconomics and politics, and a professor of undergraduate courses in Business Administration and Economics at ISPER.

Read More

He has more than 15 years of experience in economic consulting. He was a partner and CEO of Tendências Consultoria Integrada, where he was also in charge of macroeconomics and political analysis. Juan has extensive experience in econometric modeling and analysis of economic activity and financial variables. He is frequently consulted for advice by directors and boards of companies, both national and foreign, and asked to conduct lectures and presentations.

Guillermo Jimenez, JD

Guillermo Jimenez, JD teaches Multicultural Management in the doctoral programs at ISM. Jimenez is a specialist in international trade and international business transactions. Mr. Jiménez has lectured on international trade and related topics in over thirty countries.

Read More

After working for eight years in Paris as Head of Division at the International Chamber of Commerce, he returned to the U.S., where he was recently appointed Professor of International Trade and Marketing at the State University of New York - F.I.T.

Jimenez received a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1983 and a BA from Harvard University in 1980.

Publications

  • ICC Guide to Export-Import Basics (ICC Publishing, 1997), 240 pages.

    Note: contains chapter on international electronic commerce.

  • Icoterms Questions and Answers: Cases and Commentary (ICC Publishing, 1998), 180 pages.
  • “Electronic Data Interchange and Incoterms,”

    chapter in book, Incoterms in Practice (ICC Publishing, 1995).

  • Electronic Data Interchange Contracts (ICC Publishing, 1995)

    250 pages; Role: Originator of Idea; Copyeditor.

  • Business Law in China (ICC Publishing, 1997)

    450 pages; Role: Administrative Editor.

  • Incoterms in Practice (ICC Publishing, 1996)

    200 pages, role: originator of idea; Role: Copyeditor.

Yijia Jing, PhD

Dr. Yijia Jing is a Professor of Public Administration, Associate Dean of the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, and Director of the Center for Collaborative Governance Research at Fudan University.

Read More

Dr. Jing received a Ph.D in Public Policy from Ohio State University, Masters in Sociology from the University of Maryland, and a Bachelors and Masters in Economics from Peking University. His research interests include privatization, governance, collaboration, nonprofits, and civil service reform. Dr. Jing is Editor-in Chief of the Fudan Public Administration Review and he has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Kimberly Reeve, PhD

International Business Department Chair

Kimberly Reeve, PhD, is the KPMG Dean of the Guarini School of Business at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City, NJ. She is also an associate professor of business. Prior to Saint Peter’s, she most recently served as the Dean of Academic Affairs at The King’s College, where she also served as Associate Professor of Business and Chair of the Business and Finance Program.

Read More

Dr. Reeve’s teaching and research interests include International Business, Decision-Making and Negotiations, and Nonprofit Management. She has published and presented research at the European Academy of Management (EURAM), and International Association for Business and Society (IABS), and the Christian Business Faculty Association (CBFA). Her work on nonprofit mergers with a co-author recently won the best overall paper award at the International Academy of Business Disciplines (IABD).

Prior to joining King’s, Dr. Reeve drew on her experience leading development and marketing teams at several national and global organizations to work as a management consultant to businesses and nonprofits. In that capacity, Reeve worked with clients throughout the US, Europe, South America, and Africa and started the European office of a consulting firm based in The Netherlands.

Dr. Reeve received her BA in Government and French from Colby College (Waterville, MA), her MBA from the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN), and her PhD in International Business Management from ISM (Paris, France). A life-long learner and supporter of education, she serves on the board of the Jeannette Rankin Scholarship Foundation. She and her husband live in Newark, NJ, where they spend weekends restoring their 300-year-old home.

Bernhard Koelmel, PhD

Strategic Technology Management Department Chair

Dr. Bernhard Koelmel teaches and researches in the field of future-oriented technologies, products and solutions at the interface of sustainable management (foresight, technology and market roadmapping, technology transfer, innovation management, business design and business models) and technological potentials (cloud, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, metaverse, blockchain, etc.). He advises companies (technology companies, hidden champions) on their future initiatives.

Read More

After his studies and doctorate at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Dr. Koelmel worked for a long time in management in the field of strategy, innovation and business design of leading technology companies and start-ups e.g. in Silicon Valley. He coordinates numerous international research and development projects in the field of the networked world. Dr. Koelmel works as a consultant and expert for national and international ministries, the European Commission and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Bernhard Koelmel represents the teaching area Global Process Management at Pforzheim University (School of Engineering), is responsible for accreditation activities (national and international, e.g. AACSB) and is a member of the University Council.

Raymond LaManna, MA

Raymond LaManna teaches Business Policy in the MBA and IEMBA programs at ISM. LaManna is currently the owner of his own human resources consulting firm, specializing in employee relations, training and coaching. In addition, he is Professor of Management at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College. Mr.LaManna has extensive experience in the human resources field.

Read More

Prior to establishing his own firm, Ray held positions as Director of Human Resources at the Parish of Trinity Church on Wall Street, Human Resources Director of Integrated Resources Inc., a diversified financial services firm, where he was responsible for all employee relations, recruitment and compensation functions as well as HR positions at Wells Fargo Bank and JP Morgan Chase. Ray is also a member of the graduate faculty of the School of Health Sciences and Practice at New York Medical College, where he teaches graduate courses on organizational theory, human resources, change management and employee relations. For eight years, he was also chair of the Business Administration Department of Berkeley College.

Ray holds advanced degrees in theology, psychology and adult education and is presently a doctoral candidate in the Adult and Continuing education program Teachers College/Columbia University. Ray has also been actively involved in the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as national chairperson of the Management Practices committee. He is also national Subject Matter Expert for Module 1 of the Learning System-Business Management & Strategy. He has extensive experience as a guest speaker on HR and management issues and has life certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

Tamás Landesz, PhD

Tamás Landesz, PhD

Dr. Tamás Landesz is Director of Administration and Finance and member of the Senior Leadership Team at the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) based in Lyon, France. Prior, Landesz held senior positions with intergovernmental development organizations and advised governments, including the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the European Defence Agency (EDA), United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), and the Office of the Prime Minister of Lebanon. He has worked directly in complex conflicts across four continents, including the regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America.

Read More

Landesz started his career as a management consultant, providing strategic advice to companies expanding to Eastern Europe, during the transition from centrally planned to market economies. He is a member of Michael Porter's academic network, lecturing on the microeconomics of competitiveness. Landesz holds an MPA from Harvard University, an MALD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and an MBA from Vienna. His research focuses on the future, i.e. his PhD dissertation at ISM dealt with the future of leadership. Landesz has been awarded as Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010, where he remains actively engaged as an alumni supporting multi-disciplinary projects aiming to improve the state of the world.

Frederick Lane

Frederick Lane is an author, attorney, educational consultant, and lecturer based in Brooklyn, NY. He is a nationally-recognized expert in the areas of cybersafety, digital misconduct, personal privacy, and other topics at the intersection of law, technology, and society. Lane has appeared on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, the BBC, and MSNBC. He has written nine books, including most recently Cybertraps for Educators (Mathom Press 2015) and Cybertraps for Expecting Moms & Dad (Mathom Press 2016). 

Deanne Larson, PhD

Dr. Deanne Larson teaches Digital Marketing at ISM. She is an active data science practitioner and academic, and her areas of research include data strategy, data science, and project management. She holds Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Business Intelligence Profession (CBIP), and Six Sigma certifications. She attended AT&T Executive Training at the Harvard Business School, focusing on IT leadership and Stanford University focusing on Data Mining, and holds a Masters in Analytics from NYU. She presents several times a year at conferences for TDWI. Dr. Larson is Principal Faculty at City University of Seattle and has consulted for several Fortune 500 companies. She holds a PhD from the International School of Management.

Brenda Massetti, PhD

Dr. Brenda Massetti is an Associate Professor of Management at The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University. Dr. Massetti received a Ph.D in Information and Management Science from Florida State University, an M.B.A. from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of South Florida.

Read More

Her research interests include investigating the impacts of communications and information technology on organizations as well as the impacts of information sourcing on an individual’s decision-making and creativity. She has presented over twenty papers at conferences in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Ulrike Mayrhofer, DBA

Ulrike Mayrhofer is Professor of Management Science at IAE Nice Graduate School of Management and Director of the GRM-lab (Groupe de Recherche en Management), Université Côte d’Azur. Her teaching and research interests concern international and multicultural management, corporate strategy and marketing. She has published numerous books, book chapters and articles in journals such as European Management Review, International Business Review, International Studies of Management and Organization, Journal of Business Research, Journal of International Marketing and Journal of Organizational Change Management. Ulrike Mayrhofer is Associate Editor of International Management and Senior Editor of European Journal of International Management. She serves as Board Member (French representative) and External Relations Officer of EIBA (European International Business Academy) and Honorary President of Atlas AFMI (Association Francophone de Management International).

Ajit Mittal, PhD

Dr. Ajit Mittal is a Professor of Finance at Amity International Business School, Amity University. He also taught Finance at the London and Singapore campuses of Amity University.

Read More

Dr. Mittal holds a double Post-Graduate degree in Management and Commerce from Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow, and earned a Ph.D in Finance from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, India. His research interests include corporate finance, mutual fund investments, portfolio management, and the Indian capital markets. Dr. Mittal has authored two books on information technology applications in finance and has published six papers in national level journals.

Morne Mostert, PhD

Morne Mostert Cape Town

Dr. Morne Mosteris the Director of the Institute for Futures Research at Stellenbosch University. He advises globally on Futures-based executive decision-making and cognitive development for senior leaders and has worked in London, Paris, Madrid, Dijon, Abu Dhabi, Azerbaijan, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and several African countries (Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Lesotho, Nigeria, Botswana, Swaziland, Tunisia, and Mauritius). Subsequent to his PhD in the Management of Technology and Innovation, his areas of specialization include Futures thinking, strategic thinking, systems thinking, and creative innovation. He is the Chairman of media tech start-up Africa Business Radio. Morne is the author of the influential book Systemic Leadership Learning: Leadership Development in the Era of Complexity, which has been the prescribed text for several international programs on strategic leadership. He is a member of the ILO international panel of experts on the Future of Work.

Onyeka Uche Ofili, PhD

Uche Ofili

Dr. Uche Ofili teaches Entrepreneurship in Developing Markets at the International School of Management, Paris. His areas of core competence and strength are entrepreneurship, intellectual property protection, technology and innovation, and business coaching/mentoring. He has published several peer reviewed articles on the aforementioned areas of expertise.

Read More

Dr. Ofili has a strong background in working in startups and skills in the utilization of information technology tools to deliver business objectives. Over the years, he has invested money and time in several startups and is a member of the advisory board of a social video review platform. He has sound understanding of the development of information technology policies and the application of information technology in both private and public organizations. He is a strategic thinker with solid communication skills and outstanding interpersonal, training, and presentation skills. He has a proven track record of performance based on the ability to creatively articulate strategies and drive excellence in execution in order to consistently achieve expected results. He has a first degree in electrical engineering from the University of Lagos, an MBA from the University of Liverpool, and an LLM in innovation, technology, and law from the University of Edinburg. He holds both a DBA and a PhD in international business from ISM. 

Joseph Onochie, PhD

Dr. Joseph Onochie teaches Executive Finance and Risk Management in the DBA and PhD programs at ISM. Dr. Onochie has 15+ years experience in finance as a financial consultant, an economist, and a line-of-business executive. His experience in instructional design, content creation and client engagements has enabled his role as a consultant to span both the development and delivery functions. Since 1993, Joseph has been affiliated with the Baruch College Zicklin School of Business, City University of New York. He is an Associate Professor of Finance and, until 2012, he was the Academic Director of the Executive MBA program and the Chairman of the Graduate Committee on Academic Standing.

Read More

He previously was the Acting Director of all Executive Programs. In his role at Baruch College, Joseph has managed the 2-year Executive MBA and the 1-year Executive Master of Science in Finance programs and conducted undergraduate, graduate and executive MBA and MS Finance courses in Corporate Finance, Derivative Securities, Investments, Managerial Finance and Health Care Finance.

Joseph holds a Ph.D in Financial Economics and a MA in Economics from University of New Orleans; an MBA in Finance from Tulane University; an MS in Engineering Management from University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana; and a B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Patrick O'Sullivan, PhD

Dr. Patrick O’Sullivan teaches Business Ethics in the doctoral programs at ISM. O’Sullivan was formerly a Senior Lecturer and MBA Program Director at Cardiff University Business School, and was appointed as full Professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) in September, 2006. From September, 2009 to September, 2012 he has been Head of Department of People Organizations and Society at GEM.

Read More

He has extensive experience in teaching at all levels and in academic administration. His teaching specialities include business ethics, critical scientific methodology, political economy of the European Union as well as managerial economics and in recent years he has developed a wide range of international teaching experience.

O’Sullivan received a PhD from European University Institute, Florence, Italy, an MA in Economics from University College Dublin in 1974 and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from University College Dublin in 1972, and in 1969 received an Irish School Leaving Certificate, honors level attained in all nine subjects taken.

Publications

  • O’SULLIVAN P, SMITH M and ESPOSITO M (2012)

    “Business Ethics: a critical approach integrating ethics across the business worli>Routledge, London

  • O’SULLIVAN P and NGAU O (2012)

    “FULFILLMENT or SLAVERY ? Some philosophical reflections on the paradoxes of contemporary conceptions of work in Economics and other human sciences » in STUDIA UBB. PHILOSOPHIA, Cluj

  • O’SULLIVAN P (2011)

    “Economic Methodology and Freedom to Choose”, Routledge Revivals London.

  • O’Sullivan P (2008)

    “The growing interest in Business Ethics”, in INFO, magazine of the French Chamber of Commerce in UK, Jan-Feb 2008.

  • Allington N and O’Sullivan P (2006)

    “Introduction to Economics” a custom text, Pearson, Harlow

  • O’Sullivan P and PATEL T (2004)

    “Fragmentation in Transport Systems and the Problem of System Integrity”, in Transport Policy Vol 11 (Spring 2004), pgs 215-225.

  • O’Sullivan P (1989)

    “Empirical Testing in Economics and the Theory of Truth”, in Ricerche Economiche, 43, No 1+2 Jan-June 1989, Pages 151 – 175.

  • O’Sullivan P (1987)

    “Economic Methodology and Freedom to Choose”, Allen and Unwin, London.

  • O’Sullivan P (1984)

    “Friedman’s methodology revisited: a proposal for a decisive refutation of the F-twist” in Explorations in Knowledge, Vol 1 No 2, pgs 32 – 49.

Dissertation

  • “Human Capital, Education and Economic Growth in Ireland”

Therese Pactwa, PhD

Dr. Therese Pactwa is an Associate Professor of Finance at The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University.

Read More

Dr. Pactwa received a Ph.D in Finance from Florida International University, an M.S. in Finance from Drexel University, and a B.B.A. in Economics from the University of Iowa. She is co-author of the book The Return Generating Models in Global Finance, as well as two book chapters and several journal articles.

Alison Pearce, DBA

Alison Pearce teaches New Product Development at ISM. She is also Associate Professor of Strategic Entrepreneurship at Newcastle Business School, Affiliate Professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management and Maitre des Conferences at Universite Grenoble Alpes (France), and teaches regularly at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. 

Read More

Dr. Pearce is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. One of the original cohort of British Erasmus students sent abroad in 1987, she spent 15 years living and working internationally in marketing, design, and product development culminating in Head of Innovation and Business Development and running her own marketing and design consultancy. She holds a DBA in Strategic Entrepreneurship in International Business from Newcastle Business School, and her work has been published in academic journals, industry magazines, books, blogs, and news media.

Ivo Pezzuto, DBA

Dr. Ivo Pezzuto teaches Digital Transformation, Disruptive Innovation, Global Economics and Competitiveness, and Business Ethics and Leadership in the IMBA, DBA and PhD programs at ISM. He is also an affiliated member of the Microeconomics of Competitiveness program (MOC) at the Institute of Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School on behalf of ISM. Dr. Ivo Pezzuto is an internationally recognized lecturer, advisor, and consultant to multinational firms and financial institutions, author, and board member of scholarly journals, He is also a chief economic advisor and board member of a boutique, independent advisory firm focused on cross-border M&A, corporate finance, capital growth and strategic consulting. Dr. Pezzuto is a regular contributor and commentator for major international broadcasting networks such as CNBC, RAI, The Global Analyst Magazine, Bloomberg, BBC Radio, TheStreet, Stansberry Research, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Barron’s, and US News & World Report.

Read More

Born in Italy, raised and educated in the USA, Dr. Ivo Pezzuto is a seasoned lecturer of economics, finance, global competitiveness, and strategic management, governance and regulation, and international business at international business schools and executive education programs in Europe (i.e. Catholic University of Milan Fondazione ISTUD, IAE Nice, SMC. He is also a member of the advisory board of a number of international academic journals (i.e. The Global Analyst Magazine, The Journal of Governance and Regulation, The Journal of Business and Sustainability and investment firms). Furthermore, he is an economics commentator, columnist, and a regular contributor to news agencies and international TV broadcasting networks (e.g. CNBC, RAI Economia, Bloomberg/Business Week, AGR, Agência Estado, International Banker Magazine).

He is an internationally recognized author of papers, book chapters and books, articles, and journal publications on economics and on the 2008 global financial crisis. He wrote a book in 2013 titled "Predictable and Avoidable. Repairing Economic Dislocation and Preventing the Recurrence of Crisis" in collaboration with 22 "global thought leaders" of leading global organizations (e.g. Stanford University, NYU, University of Chicago, Wharton Financial Institutions Center, London School of Economics, IESE, Bocconi University, La Sorbonne University, Financial Times, Bloomberg LP, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Oracle, Temenos, Citi, Royal Bank of Scotland, Unicredit Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank). In 2010 he has contributed one chapter, along with prominent scholars such as, James K. Galbraith, Benjamin J. Keys, Tanmoy Mukherjee, Amit Seru, and Vikrant Vig, Erik F. Gerding, Alan Kirman, Brenda González-Hermosillo, Antonio Spilimbergo, Steve Symansky, Olivier Blanchard, and Carlo Cottarelli to Prof. Robert W. Kolb book titled "Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Our Economic Future" published by Wiley.

Prior to his current board advisory, management consulting, and academic career, he has held senior executive positions at national and international level in Europe for leading global organizations in diversified industries (FCA, American Express, Accenture, Citibank, Diners Club). He is a consultant and board advisor to national and international firms and institutions. He has earned a BS degree from NYU Stern School of Business, an MBA from SDA Bocconi School of Management, and a Doctorate degree in Economics, Finance, and Corporate Governance from SMC University.

Professor Ivo Pezzuto was the recipient of ISM’s Teaching Excellence Award for the 2018-2019 academic year. The winner was selected based on student evaluation scores, informal feedback, and dedication to the ISM community. 

Publications

2021

  • Pezzuto, I. (2021, January 26). COVID-19: The Unexpected and Disruptive Event That Will Radically Shake-Up and Change the World as We Know It, EconoMonitor &  TheStreet, New York

2020

  • Pezzuto, I. (2020). Editorial: COVID-19: The Unexpected and Disruptive Event that Will Radically Shake up and Change the World as We Know It.”Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets & Institutions, 10(4), 4-6. https://doi.org/10.22495/rgcv10i4editorial

  • Pezzuto, I. (2020, August 25). World Economy Resilience or “Great Reset”? The Highly Uncertain and Turbulent Road to Recovery in the Post-COVID-19 Era, Economonitor, TheStreet, New York

  • Pezzuto, I. (2020). World Economy. Resilience or Great Reset, The Global Analyst, an exclusive monthly on Business & Finance, August 2020 Volume 9 Issue 8. IUP Publications, ISSN 2320-5628. A Division of ICFAI - The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI), India  

2019

  • Pezzuto, I. (2019) "Making Healthcare Systems More Efficient and Sustainable in Emerging and Developing Economies Through Disruptive Innovation. The Case of Nigeria." Journal of Management and Sustainability, Vol 9, No 2, December 2019 issue. Canadian Center of Science and Education.

  • Pezzuto, I., Osagie, Z. (2019) "Disruptive Innovation and Healthcare. The Case of Nigeria.” The Global Analyst, an exclusive monthly on Business & Finance, April 2019 Volume 8 Issue 4. IUP Publications, A Division of ICFAI - The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI), India

  • Pezzuto, I. (2019) “Turning Globalization 4.0 Into a Real and Sustainable Success for All Stakeholders.” Published on the Journal of Governance and Regulation, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2019, Virtus Interpress.

  • Pezzuto, I. (2019, February) “Balancing the Opportunities and Challenges of the New Era of Globalization with Social Inclusion and Sustainability Goals for All Stakeholders” International Banker Magazine Winter 2019 issue, Finance Publishing, London, UK

2018

  • Pezzuto, I. (2018, December 28th) “Overcoming the Challenges of the New Era of Globalization Creating Shared Value” Roubini EconoMonitor LLC, a Joint-Venture Between Roubini Global Economics and Ashmore Media Group, New York, U.S.A.

2017

  • Pezzuto, I. (2017, September) “Is the EU Sustainable?”, ICTF World Magazine September 2017 issue, pp. 20-28, International Credit and Trade Finance Association, London, UK

  • Pezzuto, I. (2017, August) “Eurozone Recovery: Is It Sustainable?” The Global Analyst, an exclusive monthly on Business & Finance, Volume 6 Issue 8, August 2017 Issue. IUP Publications, A Division of ICFAI - The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI), India

  • Pezzuto, I. (2017, July 5st) “European Union Recovery – Surprise Economic Story of 2017” Roubini EconoMonitor LLC, a Joint-Venture Between Roubini Global Economics and Ashmore Media Group, New York, U.S.A.

2016

  • Pezzuto, I. (2016, December 2nd) “Italian Referendum: What to Expect?” Roubini EconoMonitor LLC, a Joint-Venture Between Roubini Global Economics and Ashmore Media Group, New York, U.S.A.

  • Pezzuto, I. (2016, June 27th) “A Trivially Overlooked Brexit Scenario and Its Potential Aftermath in Early 2016.” Roubini EconoMonitor LLC, a Joint-Venture Between Roubini Global Economics and Ashmore Media Group, New York, U.S.A.

  • Pezzuto, I. (2016, June 14th) “Venezuela: Crisis in Caracas.” Roubini EconoMonitor LLC, a Joint-Venture Between Roubini Global Economics and Ashmore Media Group, New York, U.S.A.

  • Pezzuto, I. (2016, June 14th) “Venezuela: Crisis in Caracas.” The Global Analyst, an exclusive monthly on Business & Finance, Volume 5 Issue 6, June 2016 Issue. IUP Publications, A Division of ICFAI - The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI), India

  • Pezzuto, I (2016) “Brexit.” Will It or Won’t It: The Big Question Before Britain!" The Global Analyst, an exclusive monthly on Business & Finance, Volume 5 Issue 3, March 2016 Issue. Media Five Publications (P) Ltd., Hyderabad, India

  • Pezzuto, I (2016) "Fed Bites The Bullet. Implements First Rate Hike in Nearly a Decade". The Global Analyst, an exclusive monthly on Business & Finance, Volume 5 Issue 1, January 2016 Issue. Media Five Publications (P) Ltd., Hyderabad, India

2015

  • Pezzuto, I (2015, November) "China and the US Fed: Leading the World Toward Extreme Volatility?". International Banker Magazine Autumn 2015 issue, Finance Publishing, London, UK.

  • Pezzuto, I. (2015, September 8th). Un rialzo dei tassi della Fed dovrebbe filare liscio. Ma forse è più prudente aspettare."  ("The Fed's Rates Rise Should Go Smoothly. But Perhaps it is More Prudent to Wait"). MF financial newspaper, Publisher: Class Editori, Italy.

  • Pezzuto, I. (2015) "Federal Reserve's Rate Rise. Coming Soon?". The Global Analyst, an exclusive monthly on Business & Finance, Volume 4 Issue 9, September 2015 Issue. Media Five Publications (P) Ltd., Hyderabad, India

  • Pezzuto, I. (2015) "Grexit": Avoided For Now!” The Global Analyst, an exclusive monthly on Business & Finance, Volume 4 Issue 8, August 2015 Issue. Media Five Publications (P) Ltd., Hyderabad, India.

Books

  • Pezzuto, I. (2013) “Predictable and Avoidable. Repairing Economic Dislocation and Preventing the Recurrence of Crisis”. Publisher: Gower/Ashgate Publishing. UK

Contributions to Articles

2019

  • Constable, S. (2018, January 17). “Barron’s: Battered British Defense Stock Will Mount New Charge” Posted online on Barron’s.com.

2018

  • Constable, S. (2018, November 28). “The Chart That Explains GM's Woes Better Than Blaming Trump” Posted online on Forbes.com, U.S.A.

  • Constable, S. (2018, October 5). “Barron’s: Italian Bonds Are Cheap — but for Risk Takers Only” Posted online on Barron’s.com

  • Constable, S. (2018, August 28). “Lessons on Borrowing…$200 Million at a Time” Posted online on Korn Ferry Institute Reports & Insights. Korn Ferry.

  • Constable, S. (2018, July 23). “Globalization Ain't Dead Yet” Posted online on Forbes.com, U.S.A.

  • Anderson, K. (2018, June 6). “In Spain, Italy: Surviving a Void” Posted Online on Korn Ferry Institute Reports & Insights. Korn Ferry.

  • Hawkes, A. (2018, June 2). “Market Panic Sparked by Italy's Political Turmoil is Not Over Year, Economists Warn” Posted Online on This is Money.co.uk (Daily Mail)

  • Durden, T. (2018, June 3). “As Good As Gold: Turkey Uses Bullion To Try To Stabilize Its Economy” Published Online on ZeroHedge.com/ABC Media, LTD.

  • MedyaTurk (2018, June 1). “La Turquie Utilise l’Or Exactement de la Façon Dont il Faudrait l’Utiliser” (“Turkey Uses Gold Exactly the Way It Should be Used”), Posted Online on MedyaTurk.

  • Constable, S. (2018, June 1). “Good as Gold: Turkey Uses Bullion to Stabilise its Economy” Posted online on Middle East Eye

  • Constable, S. (2018, February 8). “The EU's Banking Ruse to Create a United States of Europe” Posted online on PJMedia.com, U.S.A.

2017

  • Constable, S. (2017, December 19). “U.K. Deal With the EU May Help British Stocks” Posted online on U.S. News & World Report (Money), U.S.A.

  • Constable, S. (2017, December 16). “Brexit-Lite Comes with Economic Pitfalls for Britain” Posted online on PJMedia.com, U.S.A.

  • Constable, S. (2017, October 27). “More Catalonias to Come: Spain a Symptom of EU Economic Structure” Posted online on PJMedia.com, U.S.A.

  • Constable, S. (2017, October 16). “A Race to the Bottom in Britain as Parties Offer Plans for Housing Crisis” Posted online on PJMedia.com, U.S.A.

  • Constable, S. (2017, September 27). “Despite Legislative Setbacks, Trump Winning War on Regulations” Posted online on PJMedia.com, U.S.A.

2016

  • Constable, S. (2016, December 13). “What Italy's Big Vote Means for Investors” Posted online on U.S. News & World Report (Money), U.S.A.

  • Sunderland, R. (2016, November 21). “The Other PM Set to Lose His Job After Calling a Referendum: Italy's December Vote Spells Trouble for Matteo Renzi” Posted Online on This is Money.co.uk (Daily Mail)

  • Constable, S.. (2016, October 23). “Is Longevity Insurance Too Risky?” Posted online on The Wall Street Journal (Markets, Your Money, Journal Reports: Wealth Management), U.S.A.

  • Constable, S.. (2016, September 11). “Are Investors More or Less Willing to Take on Risk After a Big Money Loss?” Posted online on The Wall Street Journal (Markets, Your Money, Journal Reports: Wealth Management), U.S.A.

  • Blavy, R. (2016, June 30). “Navigating Through Brexit” Posted online on the blog ‘Warning Signals/Crisis Economics’, University Paris Dauphine, France

  • Peveraro, S. (2016, March 5th). “Non-Performing Loans? They are all SMEs’ Loans”, Milano Finanza. Italy

2015

  • Totaro, L., Silver, V. (2015, July 23rd). “Italy Leans While Greece Tumbles”, Bloomberg Businessweek. USA.

André Roux, PhD

André Roux

Dr. André Roux was the Director of the Institute for Futures Research (IFR) at the University of Stellenbosch from 1996 to August 2015. He is now in the full-time employ of the US Business School, where he lectures on economics and is also the program head for the school’s postgraduate programs in Futures Studies. He teaches on various executive education programs in South Africa and, from time to time, in Australia, Belgium, Mauritius, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Ghana, and Nigeria. He is a guest lecturer on post-graduate programs at the School of Public Management (Stellenbosch) and the post-graduate diploma in Managing HIV and AIDS in the workplace. André holds a PhD in Economics and is responsible for more than 150 popular publications.

Ayalla A. Ruvio, PhD

Dr. Ayalla A. Ruvio teaches Breaking Into New Markets in the doctoral programs at ISM. Ruvio is an Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University and was a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan and an Assistant Professor at Temple University. Dr. Ruvio an applied consumer behavior researcher who specializes in issues such as consumers' decision making regarding new products, identity and consumption, and cross-cultural consumer behavior.

Read More

She has published more than 30 papers in refereed journals including the Journal of Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Leadership Quarterly. Dr. Ruvio’s research has featured in numerous media outlets all over the world, including the CNN, TODAY show, Good Morning America, TIME magazine, The New York Times, Forbes, Consumer reports, The Daily Telegraph, The Atlantic, The Telegraph, and the Toronto STAR. As a teacher, Dr. Ruvio leverage a rich marketing consulting experience in the real estate industry, non-profit organizations and new ventures. She also have extensive experience in teaching and presenting her research all over the world. In 2011, she was named the American Marketing Association’s Professor of the Year at Temple University by the students and also received the Marketing Department’s Teaching award.

Ruvio received a B.A, M.A, and PhD in Social Entrepreneurship from the University of Haifa, Israel in 2002.

Publications

  • Hirschman, E.C., Ruvio, A. & Touzani, M. (2011)

    “Breaking bread with Abraham’s children: Christians, Jews and Muslims’ holiday consumption in dominant, minority and diasporic communities”. Journal of Academy of Marketing Science. 39(3), 429-448. (IF 3.269)

  • Ruvio, A. & Shoham, A. (2011)

    “Aggressive driving: A consumption experience”. Psychology and Marketing. 28(11), 1087–1112. (IF 1.385) Lead Article.

  • Ruvio, A., Gavish, Y. & Shoham, A. (2011)

    “Consumer’s doppelganger: A role model perspective on intentional consumer mimicry”. Journal of Consumer Behavior.Segev, R., Shoham, A. & Ruvio, A. (2011)“What does this gift say about me, you, and us? The role of adolescents’ gift-giving in managing their impressions among their peers”. Psychology and Marketing. (IF 1.385)

  • Ruvio, A. & Shoham, A. (2011)

    “A multilevel study of nascent social ventures”. International Small Business Journal. 29(5), 562-579. (IF 0.927).

  • Ruvio, A., Rosenblatt, Z. & Hertz-Lazarowitz, R. (2010)

    “Vision of difference: Differentiating educational and business entrepreneurial vision”. Leadership Quarterly, 21(1), 144-158. (IF 2.902)

  • Gavish, Y., Shoham, A. & Ruvio, A. (2010)

    “A qualitative study of mother-adolescent daughter-vicarious role model consumption interactions”. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 27(1), 43-56.

Marshal Sahni, PhD

Dr. Marshal Sahni is a Professor of Marketing and the Head of the Department of Telecommunication Management at the Amity Institute of Telecom Engineering and Management, Amity University. He holds a PhD in Marketing from Jaipur National University.

Read More

He has worked in the public and private sectors as a consultant for 20 years and has been involved in the launch and marketing of consumer durables. Dr. Sahni provides strategic advice on business process re-engineering and project management to several multinational organizations. His research interests include economic reforms, business process re-engineering, and green marketing.

Nathan Sambul, DBA

Nathan Sambul, MA teaches Advertising and Communications in the IMBA program at ISM. Sambul is an international marketing specialist with clients in Europe and North America. Previously, he was Chief Marketing Officer for Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker (with revenues over $5 billion). His areas of global responsibility included advertising, new business development research, consumer behavior, knowledge management, direct marketing, graphics, publicity, and intellectual content for clients and prospects.

Read More

Prior to Marsh, Sambul was Head of Marketing for Merrill Lynch’s North America’s retail operation, with a marketing budget of $88 million and 175 full-time marketing employees. He began his career at a New York advertising agency, Norman, Lawrence, Patterson & Farrell, and later founded an award-winning marketing agency, whose clients included Chase, American Express, Minolta, and Merck.

"Sambul received a DBA in International Business Management from ISM, an MA in Mass Communications from the University of Michigan, and a BA in Mass Communications from Queens College, NY.

Publications

  • Sambul, Nathan J. Top Trader’s Guide to Technical Analysis. Dearborn Financial Press, 1995.
  • Sambul, Nathan J. The Handbook of Private Television. McGraw-Hill, 1982.
  • Numerous articles in Inc., Videography, International Television, and other trade publications.

Gilberto Sarfati, PhD

Professor Sarfati holds a PhD in International Relations from USP, Brazil, and a specialization in Diplomacy by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He served as VP of Webster Bank in Brazil, the Venture Capital Manager for the company Netjuice.

Read More

Sarfati teaches at the Graduate Business Administration at the Professional Master in International Management from FGV-EAESP, International Trading, White River Integrated Schools, and Programs HSM Executive Education. He has previously taught at the FIA, FAAP, Faculty Trevisan, Insper, ESPM, FACAMP, University Center Fine Arts, University Santana

Nicos Scordis, PhD

Dr. Nicos Scordis is a Professor in the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science of the Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University. Dr. Scordis received a Ph.D in Finance from the University of South Carolina, an M.B.A. from the University of Georgia, and a B.S. in Risk and Insurance from Florida State University.

Read More

His research interests include risk modeling, risk financing, and management of risk across enterprise to create value for shareholders. Dr. Scordis’ research combines theoretical rigor with pragmatic relevance and he has written for highly regarded risk industry publications. He was sought out by the 105th U.S. Congress for expert testimony on financial services integration.

Christophe Schinckus, PhD

Finance Department Chair

Dr. Christophe Schinckus holds a BSc in Engineering and Management; a BSc in Computer Science; an MSc in Engineering and Management; an MSc in Financial Risk Management; an MA in Philosophy of Science and a MASt (Master in Advanced Studies) in Economic Epistemology. He finished his first PhD in Economics in 2009 from the University of Paris I – Pantheon Sorbonne (France) and his second PhD in Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge (UK). Dr. Schinckus gained his teaching and managerial experience in different universities all around the world. He has published more than 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals and a book on Econophysics (Oxford University Press). In parallel to his academic activities, Christophe also collaborates as a research consultant for private companies, such as JP Morgan or Suez Gaz de France, and he recently worked with the African Development Bank. 

Balvinder Shukla, PhD

Dr. Balvinder Shukla is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Leadership at Amity University, Acting Vice Chancellor of Amity University, Director General of the Amity School of Engineering and Technology, and Head of the Amity Academic Staff College.

Read More

Dr. Shukla received a Ph.D from Queen’s University, U.K. and a M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT-Kharagpur. Her research interests include customer relationship management, corporate governance, organizational development, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Dr. Shukla has worked with some of the most prestigious institutions in the world, including Queen’s University, Bloomington State University, British Petroleum, Delhi University, IIHT Systems, and the Shimnit Group

Simon Stoepfgeshoff, PhD

Dr. Simon Stoepfgeshoff teaches Strategic Human Resources Management in the DBA and PhD programs at ISM. Dr. Stoepfgeshoff holds a diploma in business administration and a PhD from the University of Bayreuth. He is currently the Director of Customized Programs for the Executive School of Management, Law & Technology at the University of St. Gallen, and is also a professor of International Human Resource Management at the University of Applied Sciences of Bern.

Read More

As Director of Customized Programs at the University of St. Gallen, Dr. Stoepfgeshoff works with companies to analyze and define strategic learning needs and to design and deliver customized learning initiatives. He has eight years of human resources management consulting experience in France and Germany (HayGroup), has held corporate roles in Hoffmann La-Roche, and Alstom Group (Alstom University), and has acted as the Chief Learning Officer at Vestas Wind Systems, Denmark. Furthermore, Dr. Stoepfgeshoff has experience consulting, teaching, and training in the US and Asia.

Andrew R Thomas, PhD

Dr. Andrew R Thomas teaches Customer Relationship Management in the doctoral programs at ISM. Thomas is Associate Professor of Marketing and International Business at the University of Akron.

Read More

He has traveled to and conducted business in 120 countries on all seven continents. Thomas is founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Transportation Security, contributing editor at Industry Week, and a regularly featured analyst for media outlets around the world.

Thomas received a PhD in International Business at the University of Bucharest, Academia de Studii Economice, an MA in International Political Economy from the University of Akron and a BA in Political Science and History from the University of Akron.

 

Selected Publications:

    • (2021) William Fawcett, Andrew R. Thomas, Cesar Baena. "Rebuilding Ground Zero: Global Negotiations". The Case CentreWinner of the North American Business Awards for Best Case Study of the Year.
    • (2020) Andrew R. Thomas and Robert M. Schwartz. "At-Risk Populations to Unintentional and Intentional Fentanyl and Fentanyl+ Exposure". Journal of Transportation Security 13:1, pp. 73-82.

Publications:

  • (2018) Andrew R. Thomas Shale Energy and the Supply Chain: Business and Geopolitical Implications of the Fracking Revolution (New York; Springer)

  • (2016) Andrew R. Thomas Editor. Neuromarketing and Ethics (New York; Springer)

  • (2015) Andrew R. Thomas and Timothy Wilkinson The Customer Trap: How to Avoid the Biggest Business Mistake (New York; Apress)

  • (2014) Andrew R. Thomas Ed. Global Supply Chain Security (New York; Springer)

  • (2014) Timothy J. Wilkinson and Andrew R. Thomas “Innovation’s Second Step” Thunderbird International Business Review 58:3, pp. 273-284.

  • (2011) Andrew R. Thomas Soft Landing: Airline Industry Strategy, Service, and Safety (New York; Apress)

  • (2010) Andrew R. Thomas and Timothy Wilkinson The Distribution Trap! Keeping Your Innovations from Becoming Commodities (Santa Barbara; ABC-Clio). Winner of the Berry-American Marketing Association Award for the Best Marketing Book of 2010

  • (2009) Jon Hawes, Andrew R. Thomas and Timothy Wilkinson “Managing Relationships with Chinese Joint Venture Partners” Journal of Global Marketing 22:2, pp. 109 – 119.

  • (2006) Andrew R. Thomas and Timothy Wilkinson. “The Outsourcing Compulsion: How the Colonization of American Manufacturing by Distributors Has Pushed U.S. Companies Overseas.” MIT Sloan Management Review 48:1, pp. 10-17.

Terence Tse, PhD

Dr. Terence Tse teaches Fast Expanding Markets in the DBA and PhD programs at ISM. Dr. Tse is an Associate Professor in Finance at ESCP Europe Business School. His teaching approach reflects his previous industry experience. Before joining academia, Dr Tse worked in the area of mergers and acquisitions at Schroders, Citibank and Lazard Brothers in Montréal and New York.

Read More

He also worked in London as a consultant at Ernst & Young focusing on UK financial services. Additionally, as an independent consultant, he advised Shell International, F&C Asset Management, Alliance Boots, Alitalia as well as a Cambridge University-based biotech start-up.

He obtained his doctoral degree from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK. He also holds a Master of Arts in Corporate Strategy and Governance from the University of Nottingham, UK, and a Master of Economics from the Universität des Saarlandes, Germany. Dr Tse earned his Bachelor of Arts in German and Economics from the Western University, Canada. He is also a member of the Institute of Strategy and Competitiveness at the Harvard Business School.

Ken K. Wong, DBA

Dr. Ken K. Wong teaches Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the IMBA program at ISM. Ken is a marketing professor at Seneca College and a leader in digital learning solutions. He co-founded Presentria to make inclusive teaching and learning a reality through the use of Artificial Intelligence, Location-based Services, and other advanced computing technologies. He is the recipient of the 2020 Minister of Colleges and Universities Award of Excellence for his dedication to students and the broader post-secondary sector during the pandemic.

Read More

Ken enjoys inspiring MBAs and senior executives around the world. He was a visiting professor at the “Triple Crown” accredited Aalto University (Finland, South Korea, and Taiwan) and Hult International Business School (USA, UAE, and China), the AMBA and EQUIS-accredited Nyenrode Business Universiteit (The Netherlands), the ACBSP-accredited International School of Management (France), and the AMBA-accredited COTRUGLI Business School (Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania). He has trained Deutsche Telekom managers on social media and LG Electronics engineers and managing directors on customer experience management.

A retail expert known to the business community, Ken previously served as an Assistant Professor in Retail Management at the AACSB-accredited Ryerson University, where he received the 2014 and 2015 “A Prof Who Made a Mark” award. He also worked as a Marketing Professor and Subject Area Coordinator at the EFMD-accredited U21Global from 2006 to 2012, where he received the Outstanding Professor, Most Innovative Professor, and Excellence in Online Education awards. His research interests include luxury marketing, customer experience management, and emerging research methods such as PLS-SEM. He has published 18 peer-reviewed publications and 7 trade books.

Prior to entering the academic field, Ken was the VP of Marketing at TeraGo Networks and had held progressive product marketing roles at PSINet, Sprint Canada and TELUS Mobility. Ken received a DBA from the University of Newcastle in 2006, an MBA from Nyenrode Business Universiteit in 1998, and a BSc from the University of Toronto in 1997.

Publications

Books

  • 2011 Wong, K. K. (2011)

    Putting a Stake in the Ground: Strategies for Getting Your First Marketing Journal Article Published Successfully. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse. (ISBN: 9781462000210)

  • 2011 Wong, K. K. (2011)

    More Bucks Annually: Insider's Guide to Getting Your MBA, DBA, and PhD Online. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse. (ISBN: 9781462000227)

  • 2011 Wong, K. K. (2011)

    CRM in Action: Maximizing Value Through Market Segmentation, Product Differentiation & Customer Retention. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse. (ISBN:9781450279888)

  • 2011 Wong, K. K. (2011)

    Avoiding Plagiarism: Write Better Papers in APA, Chicago, and Harvard Citation Styles. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse. (ISBN: 9781450276290)

  • 2010 Wong, K. K. (2010)

    Approved Marketing Plans for New Products and Services. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse. (ISBN: 9781450262484)

Articles

  • Wong, K. K. (2015)

    Pequignet: The Face of the Renaissance of French Haute Horlogerie (9B15A022). Ivey Cases. Ivey Publishing.

  • Wong, K. K. (2014)

    F.P. Journe: Continuing the Tradition of Haute Horology Excellence (9B14A073). Ivey Cases. Ivey Publishing.

  • Wong, K. K. (2013)

    Partial Least Squares
    Structural Equation Modeling (PLSSEM) Techniques Using SmartPLS. Marketing Bulletin, 24, Technical Note 1, 1- 32

  • 2012 Wong, K. K. (2012)

    Proud to Be Distinctively Different: Peter Bonac and His Mobiado Luxury Mobile Venture. International Journal of Case Studies in Management. 10 (3).

  • 2012 Wong, K. K. (2012)

    Financial implications of rate plan optimization in the post-paid mobile market. Telematics and Informatics. 29 (1), 82-89, doi: 10.1016/j.tele.2010.11.007

  • 2011 Wong, K. K. (2011)

    Vertu: Nokia's Luxury Mobile Phone for the Urban Rich (9B11A040). Ivey Case. Ivey Publishing. Available https://www.iveycases.com/ProductView.aspx?id=52373

  • 2011 Wong, K. K. (2011)

    Review of the book Handbook of Partial Least Squares: Concepts, Methods and Applications, by V. Esposito Vinzi, W.W. Chin, J. Henseler & H. Wang (Eds). International Journal of Business Science & Applied Management. 6 (2), 52-54.

  • 2011 Wong, K.K. (2011)

    Getting what you paid for: Fighting wireless customer churn with rate plan optimization. Journal of Database Marketing & Customer Strategy Management. 18 (2), 73-82, doi:10.1057/dbm.2011.8

  • 2011 Wong, K. K. (2011)

    Using Cox Regression to Model Customer Time to Churn in the Wireless Telecommunications Industry. Journal of Targeting, Measurement and Analysis for Marketing, 19 (1), 37-43. doi:10.1057/jt.2011.1

  • Dissertation

  • Proactive matching of customers to optimal rate plans: A strategy to maximize customer lifetime value in the Canadian wireless telecommunications industry.

K. Matthew Wong, PhD

Dr. K. Matthew Wong teaches Valuation and Acquisition in the doctoral programs at ISM. Wong has been teaching in the areas of financial risk management, corporate finance, and financial instruments for over twenty years. He is currently a tenured Associate Professor of Finance and previously was Associate Chair at St. John’s University’s Department of Economics and Finance.

Read More

Wong is also a licensed attorney and has practiced at two major international law firms in New York City specializing in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, high yield financing and structured finance, including securitization. Professionally, Wong currently serves on the editorial board of the ISM Journal of International Business and was previously a member of the editorial board for Review of Business.

Wong received a JD from Fordham University School of Law, New York in 1997, a PhD in Finance from University of Mississippi in 1990, an MBA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Manitoba, Canada in 1984 and a BA in Economics from Acadia University, Nova Scotia in 1982.

Publications

  • “Anatomy of a Cash Cow in a Mature Industry.”

    With Richard F. Belloff. Journal of Contemporary Business & Issues, V17, Number 1, Spring (June) 2010.

  • “Managerial Decisions and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital.”

    Journal of the Academy of Finance, Fall 2008, V.6, Issue 2, pp. 95-104.

  • “An Application in Experiential Learning: Developing an Intercollegiate Research Competition."

    Coauthored with Therese Pactwa and Keith Moore. Journal of Financial Education, pp 1-22 (lead paper) Fall, 2007.

  • “The Capital Structure of Firms with Negative EBIT – Applying the MM Propositions.”

    Journal of the Academy of Finance, Summer 2006, V.4, Issue 1, pp. 190-200.

  • “Bankruptcy as a Risk Management Tool: Economic and Social Implications.”

    Review of Business, V.24, No.3, Fall 2003, pp. 46-51.

Fan Xiucheng, PhD

Dr. Fan Xiucheng is a Professor of Marketing and Director of the Center for Service Marketing and Management at Fudan University. Dr. Xiucheng received a Ph.D and Masters in Business Administration and Bachelors in Optics from Shandong University.

Read More

His research interests include service marketing, relationship marketing, and branding. Dr. Xiucheng has published 16 books and over 80 papers in academic journals.

Yu Yihong, PhD

Dr. Yu Yihong is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute of Industrial Economics at the School of Management of Fudan University. Dr. Yihong received a Ph.D in Industrial Economics, a Masters in Management Science, and a Bachelors in Applied Mathematics from Fudan University.

Read More

His research interests include industrial organization, strategic competition, and industrial development. Dr. Yihong has published dozens of papers in top Chinese and international academic journals. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation of China and he has been honored with national level research awards.

Philip Young, PhD

Dr. Philip Young teaches Business Simulations in the IMBA program at ISM. Young is a corporate education consultant who designs and implements seminars and training programs in finance, marketing, and strategy. He has over 30 years of experience in this area of consulting as a course designer, instructor, and facilitator.

Among his present and past clients are: IBM, AT&T, Verizon, ITT, ABB, Dow Chemical, Ericsson, Siemens, Bayer Diagnostics, Sonoco, ST Microelectronics, BT (British Telecom), Ingersoll-Rand, Ericsson, MasterCard International, American Express, Booz&Co, the Emirates Bank Group, NDB Bank and Citibank.

Read More

He has conducted corporate education programs for these and a number of other companies in over 30 countries throughout the world. Prior to founding his own consulting firm, Phil was a Professor of Economics and Finance at Pace University in New York, where he taught in the MBA program for 25 years. While at Pace he was appointed as the first visiting professor in IBM's International Finance, Planning and Administration School located in NY and Belgium. In addition, he was the Director of Corporate Education for Pace University. His responsibilities included the academic leadership of Pace's corporate education and Executive MBA programs.

Young has also taught in executive education programs sponsored by Cornell University, Columbia University, The University of California at Berkeley, Thunderbird School of Global Management, and the Duke Corporate Education.

Young received a B.A. from the University of Hawaii, a Master's degree in international relations from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in economics from New York University.

James Yuann, DSc

Dr. James Yuann is a Visiting Professor in the IMBA program of MIT Sloan - Fudan University lecturing on ‘Leadership’ and “Business Model Comparisons between Multinational and Indigenous Companies in China”.

Read More

A member of the faculty since 2006, he has been elected by the student body as “The Most Welcomed Professor” for his focus on combining theory with industry practice.In addition to his classes at MIT Sloan - Fudan, Dr. Yuann is a Vistage China Chair coaching 12 multinational and local CEOs in China. He is also an Independent Board Director of Haike Chemicals Group, a London AIM Stock Exchange listed company with revenues of $1.5B based in Shengli, the second largest oil field in China.

Dan Zagata, DBA

Dan Zagata, DBA teaches Corporate Finance in the IMBA program at ISM. Dan brings over 15 years of real world financial expertise to the class room to help students turn theory into practical application. He has served as Managing Associate for one of the largest regions of Manulife Financial in the US, and currently is the co-founder and Managing Director of Evershore Financial Group.

Read More

With over one billion USD under management, Dan directs more than 40 investment professionals in the areas of private wealth management, risk mitigation, and the investment advisory arena.

Dan holds a BA in Economics and an MBA in Finance from Bentley University in Boston, Masschusetts. He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) from The American College. He completed his DBA at ISM with a dissertation focused on valuing reputational risks in the financial markets.

Our Accreditation

  • ATHEA Accreditation

Our Recognition

  • US State Authority to
    Confer Diplomas
  • Status with the French
    Ministry of Education
  • Établissement d'enseignement
    supérieur privé technique

Our Membership