Faculty Seminar Series
WCIB Faculty Seminar Series
The WCIB Faculty Seminar series is a program initiative of the Weissman Center for International Business designed to enhance international business research at Baruch College. The series is coordinated by Professor Lilach Nachum, Department of Marketing and International Business. Presenters in the series are listed in the following:
Spring 2008
Professor Yevs Doz, INSEAD
Absorptive Capacity
Professor Paul Vaaler, Minnesota University
Legal Systems and Rule of Law Effects on US Cross-Listing by Emerging-Market Firms
Professor Karl Lang, Baruch College
Internationalization of Online Professional Communities
Professor Jose de la Torre, Florida International University
Organizational Responses to Market Integration in Latin America
Professor Jeffrey Reuer, University of North Carolina
The Economics of External Corporate Development
Professor Jean Francoise Hennart, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
Professor Laura Alfaro, Harvard Business School
Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment
Professor Lilach Nachum and S.Y. Song, Baruch College
A Portfolio Approach to MNE Location Choice Modeling
Professor Louis Klusek, Baruch College Newman Library
XBRL Changes to Financial Reporting
Fall 2007
Professor Susan Feinberg, Rutgers Business School
MNC Subsidiaries and Country Risk
Professor William Kerr, Harvard Business School
Immigrant Communities and Their Role in International Knowledge Diffusion
Professor Eric Abrahamson, Columbia University and Professor Micki Eisenman, Baruch College
Fashion Diffusion
Professor Michael Enright, University of Hong Kong
Subsidiaries and Subsidiary Types in the Asia Pacific
Professor Ravi Ramamurti, Northeastern University
Multinationals from Emerging Markets: Indian MNEs
Professor Mehmet Genc, Baruch College
Regulations, Foreign Presence, and Efficiency of Local Firms
Professor Lilach Nachum, Baruch College
MNE Location Choices: A Portfolio Approach
Spring 2007
Professor Nandini Lahiri, University of North Carolina
Geographic Dispersion of R&D Units: When Does it Help Innovation?
Professor Mike Chao, Zidlin School of Business, Baruch College
The Impacts of Institutional Distance and Home Country Economic Openness on the Relationship between International Diversity and Firm Performance of MNEs
Robert Laud, Distinguished Lecturer and Professor Lilach Nachum, Baruch College
Gobal Cities as Learning Hubs: Foreign Affiliates in New York City
Professor Masaki Kotabe, Temple University
Is Outsourcing What It’s Cracked Up to Be or Just a Fad?
Walter Kuemmerle, Harvard Business School
Conceptual Foundations of International Entrepreneurship
Fall 2006
Ray Mantaloni, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Do U.S. Multinationals Engage in Sequential Choice
Professor Myles Shaver, University of Minnesota
The Benefits of Geographic Sales Diversification: How Exporting Facilitates Capital Expenditures
Professor Arie Lewin, Duke University
From Offshoring to Globalization of Human Capital – Towards a New Internationalization Strategy
Professor Chris Foley, Harvard Business School
Capital Structure with Risky Foreign Investment

