The Johnson School Annual Report 2007–2008 - Johnson Graduate ...

• The Johnson School was recognized as a CFA Program
Partner by the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute.
The CFA program sets a standard for developing the
skills, standards, competence, and integrity of fi nancial
analysts, portfolio managers, investment advisers, and
other investment professionals worldwide.
• The Cornell-Queen’s Executive MBA program received
approval to expand into Texas and Georgia, and has been
recruiting in Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston for the Class of
2010.
• The Johnson School was selected to host the Net
Impact International Conference, to be held on Cornell’s
campus in fall 2009. The conference will bring together
approximately 2,000 students, professionals, and thought
leaders from around the world to discuss the latest ideas
and opportunities in business and sustainability.
Faculty Highlights
• Joe Thomas, the Nicholas H. Noyes Professor of
Manufacturing and professor of operations management,
was named Ann and Elmer Lindseth Dean of the Johnson
School on March 27, 2008, having served with great
success as interim dean since June 2007.
• Mark Nelson, Eleanora and George Landew Professor of
Management and professor of accounting, was named
the Johnson School’s associate dean for Academic Affairs,
a position previously held by Johnson School Dean Joe
Thomas.
• Dana Radcliffe was appointed Day Family Senior Lecturer
in Business Ethics, a position created in September 2007
by the establishment of the Day Family Senior Lecturer
in Business Ethics Discretionary Fund, an endowed fund
that supports business ethics programs at the Johnson
School and at Cornell Law School. The fund is made
possible by the generous donation of the Dr. Harry M.
Day Charitable Foundation. Radcliffe has been teaching
classes in business ethics, corporate responsibility, and
leadership at the Johnson School since 2000 and has
been responsible for leading the school’s ethics-related
events and initiatives.
• Maureen O’Hara, Robert W. Purcell Professor of
Management and professor of fi nance, was appointed
chairman of the board at Investment Technology Group,
Inc., a specialized agency brokerage and technology fi rm
that partners with clients globally to provide innovative
solutions spanning the entire investment process.
O’Hara has been a director at Investment Technology
Group since January 2003 and lead director since January
2005.
• Elizabeth Mannix, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of
Management, was named recipient of the 2007-08
Faculty Research Award. Mannix also serves as the Robert
S. Harrison Director of Cornell’s Institute for the Social
Sciences and vice provost for equity and inclusion. In
her research, Mannix analyzes topics such as diversity
in organizations and teams, power and alliances,
negotiation and conflict, and organizational change and
renewal.
• Yaniv Grinstein, assistant professor of fi nance, was
awarded the Best Paper Prize for the most signifi cant
paper published in the Journal of Financial Intermediation
in 2006 for his paper, “The Disciplinary Role of Debt and
Equity Contracts: Theory and Tests.”
• Sachin Gupta, Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of
Management and professor of marketing, received the
2008 O’Dell Award from the Journal of Marketing Research
for his paper, “Is 75 percent of the Sales Promotion Bump
Due to Brand Switching? No, Only 33 percent Is,” coauthored
by Harald J. van Heerde and Dick R. Wittink.
Gupta also won best paper for a Cornell Hospitality
Quarterly article, “Guest Satisfaction and Restaurant
Performance,” co-authored by Edward McLaughlin and
Miguel Gomez.
• Michael Waldman, the Charles H. Dyson Professor of
Management and professor of economics, received
the Robert F. Lanzillotti Prize for Best Paper in Antitrust
Economics for, “Why Tie a Product Consumers do not
Use?”
THE JOHNSON SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT 2007–08
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