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Haas School faculty members
are explorers and discoverers,
seeking new ideas and insight
at the frontiers of knowledge.
They are internationally recognized leaders
in the study of the economic, social,
political and technological forces shaping
global markets today. They play an active
role in the national and international
business communities, serving as consultants,
board members, and speakers at
major business conferences and seminars.
They are in demand for key government
positions, and they perform important
interdisciplinary research with colleagues
at Berkeley and at other top universities
around the world. Rankings of academic
reputation consistently place the Haas faculty
in the top ten of business schools
worldwide.
Several faculty members are authors of
widely used textbooks in marketing, economics
and management. Robert Cole is
one of the world’s most respected authorities
on quality management. Hayne
Leland and Mark Rubinstein are among
the most knowledgeable securities
experts. Ken Rosen’s real estate market
forecasts are widely regarded as definitive.
Dorit Hochbaum is a leader in the study
of supply chain management. David Teece
is a widely-sought expert in the growing
field of knowledge management. And
Oliver Williamson’s pioneering work on
transaction cost economics has played a
major role in fields as diverse as international
finance, law, sociology, organizational
theory, strategic management, and
political economy. The list of outstanding
scholarly achievements by Haas faculty is
long, indeed.
In their search for new knowledge, Haas
faculty members go far beyond the mere
Explorers and Discoverers In Search of New Knowledge
Haas Faculty
descriptive – that is, analyzing and summarizing
a management or business problem
and its resolution. As members of a premier
research university, Haas professors
seek the deeper answers to why things
happen the way they do. And they develop
theoretical explanations in order to
understand and predict future occurrences.
These are among the tools that
eventually help executives navigate confidently
through even the most turbulent,
changeable times.
Haas faculty regularly integrate their
findings into new course offerings and
reassess the MBA curriculum to ensure
its relevance in presenting current management
issues. Haas MBA students benefit
by being among the first to learn of
faculty discoveries in their courses, and
to study first-hand with the inventors of
new theories and principles for management
practice.
The cornerstone of the whole Haas MBA
program consists of its distinguished faculty
and the high quality of their courses.
The faculty are also committed to outstanding
teaching. For instance, students
describe international finance professor
Rich Lyons as “a passionate, high energy
teacher who is open and encouraging.”
He has been repeatedly recognized as
one of the best instructors at Haas and
Berkeley. Responds Lyons: “It’s the students
who create the energy in the classroom
– my job is to harness it.” The MBA
Program also makes creative use of talented
and experienced practitioners
from business and industry in its classes
as adjunct professors and lecturers in
MBA courses.
The faculty at the Haas School are
as good as it gets.
Faculty Editors
Haas faculty are widely respected and
sought after as researchers. More than
one fourth of the ladder-track faculty
serve as editors of academic journals.
Many more serve on editorial boards
and as reviewers.
A sampling:
Vinod Aggarwal
Editor in Chief: Business and Politics
Sarah Beckman
Co-Editor: California Management Review
Terri L. Griffith
Senior Editor: Organization Science
Associate Editor: MIS Quarterly
Michael L. Katz
Co-Editor: California Management Review
and Journal of Economics and
Management Strategy
Richard K. Lyons
Co-Editor: Journal of International Financial
Markets, Institutions & Money
John M. Quigley
Editor in Chief: Regional Science and Urban
Economics
Stefan J. Reichelstein
Editor: German Economic Review
Managing Editor: Review of Accounting
Studies
Andrew K. Rose
Managing Editor: Journal of International
Economics
Pablo T. Spiller
Co-editor: Journal of Law, Economics and
Organization, and Journal of Economics
and Management
Barry M. Staw
Founder and co-editor: Research in
Organizational Behavior
Editor: The Psychological Foundations of
Organizational Behavior and Psychological
Dimensions of Organizational Behavior
Co-editor: New Directions in Organizational
Behavior
David J. Teece
Co-editor and co-founder: Industrial
and Corporate Change
David J. Vogel
Editor: California Management Review
Oliver E. Williamson
Co-editor: Journal of Law, Economics,
and Organization
Russel S. Winer
Co-Editor: Journal of Interactive Marketing
California
Management
Review
The California
Management Review
(CMR), published at the Haas School,
is one of the leading management
journals of its kind, serving as a vehicle
of communication between those who
study management and those who
practice it. CMR, which is celebrating
its 43rd year, publishes articles that are
both research-based and address issues
of current concern to managers.
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