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Faculty Experts
The faculty at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business is ranked #5
in intellectual capital by BusinessWeek magazine. This distinction is based
on faculty research in leading journals.
Below are a few “Hot Topics” our faculty members are ready to address.
- ACCOUNTING AND THE S.E.C.
- ADVERTISING, MARKETING
- CORPORATE INNOVATION
- ECONOMY
- ENERGY
- ENTREPRENEURS, SMALL BUSINESS
- FINANCE, BANKING, INSURANCE
- GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, TAXES
- HEALTH CARE PLANS, COSTS
- INDUSTRY COMPETITION
- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY, GLOBAL BUSINESS
- INVESTMENT, STOCK MARKETS
- MANAGEMENT
- MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, ANTI-TRUST
- OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
- REAL ESTATE
- TECHNOLOGY
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE FCC
- WORKPLACE, EMPLOYMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES
ACCOUNTING AND THE S.E.C.
General topics
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ADVERTISING, MARKETING
General Subjects
Cigarette and Antismoking Ads: Impacts on youths
Consumer behavior and retail service
Consumer rebates
Global marketing
Product design
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CORPORATE INNOVATION
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ECONOMY
U.S. Economy
California, Southern California Economy
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ENERGY POLICY
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ENTREPRENEURS, SMALL BUSINESS
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FINANCE, BANKING, INSURANCE
Behavioral Finance
Corporate Finance
International finance, exchange rates
Risk management
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GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, TAXES
Environmental management
General policy issues
Immigration
Pollution regulation
Protection in Nuclear Incidents
Tax policies
Also see Accounting, Energy,
Finance, Health
Care and Telecommunications
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HEALTH CARE PLANS, COSTS
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INDUSTRY COMPETITION
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INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY, GLOBAL BUSINESS
Banking reform, financial innovations
Business negotiations
Cross-cultural, cross-national management
- Kristin
Behfar, kbehfar@uci.edu,
949-824-7029
- Cristina
Gibson, cgibson@uci.edu,
949-824-8472
- L.
Robin Keller, LRKeller@uci.edu,
949 824-6348
- Jone
Pearce, jlpearce@uci.edu,
949-824-6505
- Claudia
B. Schoonhoven (Kaye), kschoonh@uci.edu,
949-824-7474
Exchange rates
Global economy
U.S. competitiveness in global markets
Weak government effects of business
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INVESTMENT, STOCK MARKETS
Capital Markets
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MANAGEMENT
CEOs and boards of directors
Collaboration, teaming, innovation, learning
Compensation
Compensation, Executive
Corporate strategy, decision-making
- Leonard
Lane, llane@merage.uci.edu,
949-824-5839
- L.
Robin Keller, LRKeller@uci.edu,
949 824-6348
- Brad
Killaly, bkillaly@uci.edu,
949-824-8782
- Claudia
B. Schoonhoven (Kaye), kschoonh@uci.edu,
949-824-7474
- Margarethe
Wiersema, mfwierse@uci.edu,
949-824-5839
Decision Analysis, Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis, Risk Analysis
Performance Evaluation
Reputation, CEO's
Reorganizing companies
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MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, ANTI-TRUST
Private Equity and Leverage Buyouts
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Design of Production and Service Systems
Just-in-time Production Systems
Supply Chain Management
Time-based Management
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REAL ESTATE
General
Housing Policy
Market Dynamics
Pricing Real Estate Illiquidity
Valuation
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TECHNOLOGY
E-commerce, e-business
- Mary
Gilly, mcgilly@uci.edu,
949-824-6154
- Vijay
Gurbaxani, vgurbaxa@uci.edu,
949-824-5215
- Kenneth
Kraemer, kkraemer@uci.edu,
949-824-5246
- Claudia
B. Schoonhoven (Kaye), kschoonh@uci.edu,
949-824-7474
- Alladi
Venkatesh, avenkate@uci.edu,
949-824-6625
- Kevin
Zhu, kzhu@uci.edu, 949-824-2619
Email benefits and problems
Economics of IT
Globalization, including outsourcing tech work overseas
New technologies
Outsourcing tech work within the U.S.
Personal technology and the 'Networked Home'
Privacy and piracy on the Net
Social and Political Impacts of IT
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE
FCC
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WORKPLACE, EMPLOYMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES
Diversity and women's issues
Human resources management
Motivating employees
Negotiations
Trust
Volunteers