Michael Geringer
Professor of strategy and international management at California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo. He earned a BS in business at Indiana University and MBA and PhD degrees at the University of Washington. He has authored or edited 14 books and monographs, over 110 published papers, and over 35 case studies; he serves on the editorial boards of several leading international academic journals; he served as the Saastamoinen Foundation Chair at the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland; he was the founding chair of the Strategic Alliances Committee of the Licensing Executives Society; he served as the chair of both the International Business and the Strategy and Policy divisions of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada; and he is past chairperson of the Academy of Management’s International Management division. His research has appeared in the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Management, Columbia Journal of World Business, Management International Review, Journal of Management Studies, Human Resource Management Journal, Long Range Planning, Organisation Studies, and Journal of Applied Psychology, among others. He has received 11 “best paper” awards for his research, including the Decade Award for most influential article from the Journal of International Business Studies. His teaching performance has earned numerous awards in the United States, Canada, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Europe, including the University Distinguished Teacher Award. He was the first recipient of the International Educator Award from Cal Poly, and he endowed a scholarship for students to work and study internationally.
Grigorios Livanis
Grigorios Livanis, an Associate Professor of Strategy and
International Business at Ohio University, specializes in
Global Strategy and Innovation. A native of Greece, he
earned a PhD in Applied Economics and an MSc in
Applied Economics, with a minor in Mathematics, from
the University of Florida. Before his tenure at Ohio University,
he was engaged in teaching a wide array of
subjects including Business Strategy, Global Strategy,
International Business, Operations Management, and
Business Statistics at Northeastern University’s
D’Amore-McKim School of Business. Additionally, he
taught Game Theory and Dynamic Optimization at Babson
College and the University of Florida, respectively.
He has received several awards, including the Excellence in Teaching recognition, Sustainable Research Impact award, and Excellence in Research recognition at Ohio University. He was named a Copeland Fellow and won
the Highest Ranked Journal Publication award from Ohio University’s Department of Management. His dedication to service was recognized with the Excellence
Award in Service Impact and the Departmental Service Award. At Northeastern, he won the General Electric Best Teacher of the Year, awarded by the College of Business based on student votes, and the university-wide
Excellence in Teaching Award. He was nominated by Northeastern University for the U.S. Professor of the Year award, offered by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and was voted “Favorite Faculty”
by the senior class. His scholarly work has led to
publications in top-tier journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, Journal of International Management, International Marketing
Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Economics Letters,
Thunderbird International Business Review, Review of Development Economics, and Transnational Corporations Journal, among others. His research has earned the Research Methods Best Paper Award from the Academy of International Business, a nomination for the Best Conference Paper Award at the Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, and he was a finalist for the Best Paper Award in Emerging Economies Research at the Academy of International Business. In addition to his research achievements, he is a distinguished member
of the academic community, serving on the editorial review boards of significant journals, including the Journal of International Business Policy and the Global Strategy Journal. His editorial roles and the multiple Best Reviewer awards he has received underscore his extensive contributions to the fields of teaching, research, and service in the academic community.
Jeanne McNett
Professor of management at Assumption College, in Worcester, Massachusetts. She earned a Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an MBA at the Cass School of Business, City University, London. She has had expatriate assignments in Germany, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Korea. Her interests include the role of culture in international business and the pedagogy of international management. Her publications include The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management. Vol. VI: International Management, 2nd ed., Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing (2005); and The Blackwell Handbook of Global Management, Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing (2004). Her teaching, research and presentations have received many awards, including The Roethlisberger Best Paper of the Year Award from the Journal of Management Education and the Alpha Phi Alpha Teacher of the Year Award. Her articles have been included in journals and collections focused on teaching in the area of international business. She is an avid master rower and enjoys running, reading, and gardening.
