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RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS


SPARKED BY INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY

We have more than 90 scholars, researchers, and teachers who consistently contribute to leading journals and publications in every discipline of business. Each faculty member is dedicated to educating both undergraduate and graduate students in addition to pursuing their own research initiatives.

 

 


VSB FACULTY ARE PUBLISHED IN ELITE JOURNALS

The Accounting Review

Academy of Management Journal

Economic Inquiry

Journal of Applied Psychology

Journal of Consumer Research 

Journal of Financial Economics

Journal of International Business Studies

Management Science 

Review of Financial Studies

Organization Science

Strategic Management Journal

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FACULTY PROFILES

In this edition of Inspiring Minds, we profile VSB faculty who are Advancing Research with Societal Impact.

Beth Vallen, PhD

Full Professor, Marketing & Business Law

Research focus: consumer health, focusing on how consumers address health goals in the presence of various marketing stimuli related to these goals, such as nutrition labels, food menus and food naming conventions. Current work considers the impact of customer body size on the types of products recommended by salespeople and the role of information transparency in health care decision-making. Her research has been published in journals such as the Journal of Consumer Research, the Journal of Consumer Psychology, the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, and Appetite; it has been cited in outlets including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and Psychology Today. Dr. Vallen serves on the editorial review board of a number of marketing journals and is an associate editor at the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing.

Pankaj Patel, PhD

Frank J. and Jane E. Ryan Endowed Chair, Strategy and Innovation
Professor, Strategy and Innovation

Research focus: entrepreneurship, governance and innovation. Dr. Patel has over 100 publications in management, entrepreneurship and psychology journals, including Management Science, Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, and Strategic Management Journal. He is on the editorial boards of top management and entrepreneurship journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Leadership Quarterly, and Small Business Economics, among others. He has received grants totaling $2.1 million from the US State Department, the Swedish Central Bank and Kamprad Family Foundation (IKEA), among others.

Shelly Howton, PhD

Chair and Professor, Finance & Real Estate

Research focus: both new and seasoned security issuances and the ways in which these issuances impact financial markets, firms and their stakeholders.

Current research examines a relatively new financial innovation, at-the-market stock issuances, and their use by real estate investment trusts. The research looks at the costs and benefits of using ATM programs and helps make REIT managers aware of the ways that they can most efficiently use ATMs in place of, and in concert with, SEOs to maximize capital raised.

Her research has appeared in a number of different journals including Real Estate Economics, Financial Management, Business Ethics Quarterly, Financial Review and Journal of Management.

Erasmus Kersting, PhD

Chair and Professor, Economics

Research focus: development and international economics, and macroeconomics. Current research projects explore how US politics determine the degree of US influence in international financial institutions, how foreign ownership affects wages of foreign and domestically owned firms in China, and the impact of World Bank lending on financial markets in recipient countries. Dr. Kersting’s research has been published in a range of academic journals, including the European Economic Review, the Journal of Development Economics, the Review of Economic Dynamics, the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and the Canadian Journal of Economics. .

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