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  Torben Andersen
 
   

Torben G. Andersen, the Nathan S. and Mary P. Sharp Distinguished Professor of Finance, is editor of the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (JBES), with a planned tenure until December 2006. The JBES consistently is ranked among the top 10 of all economics journals, and serves as a unique meeting place for applied economists and statisticians working to develop the appropriate empirical methodology for a broad range of topics in business and economics.

Pearson Prentice Hall recently published the second edition of William L. Ford Distinguished Professor of Marketing and Wholesale Distribution James C. Anderson's book, Business Market Management: Understanding, Creating, and Delivering Value (co-authored with James Narus of Wake Forest University).

James Conley  
James Conley  
   

Clinical Professor of Technology James Conley was keynote author at a conference organized by the Data Research and Development Center at the University of Chicago and sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Education. Professor Conley presented "Scaling from Prototype to Production: A Managed Process" at the conference, held in November in Washington, D.C. He also delivered the Heinz-Nixdorf memorial lectures at WHU-Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management in Vallendar, Germany, in November. In addition, in January the Murphy Society awarded Conley a $55,000 research grant to develop a course titled "Innovation and Invention." The course seeks to empower scientists, engineers and other technical personnel with an understanding of how their inventions contribute to competitive advantage and wealth creation in the marketplace.

Assistant Professor of Finance Andrea Eisfeldt has authored "Endogenous Liquidity in Asset Markets," published in the Journal of Finance (vol. 59, Feb. 2004). The paper studies how market liquidity varies with aggregate economic conditions.

  Mark McCareins
 
   

Associate Professor of Marketing Angela Lee is co-author, along with Aparna Labroo of the University of Chicago, of an article forthcoming in the May issue of the Journal of Marketing Research. "The Effect of Conceptual and Perceptual Fluency on Brand Evaluation," shows that when a target comes to mind more readily and becomes conceptually fluent, participants develop more favorable attitudes toward the target.

Adjunct Professor of Antitrust and Business Law R. Mark McCareins was recently named to the "Chambers' Guide of Leading Antitrust Attorneys in the United States" for 2003-2004. This ranking is based on reviews submitted by other lawyers, judges, clients and corporate legal departments.

Joseph Pagliari, clinical assistant professor and associate director of the Real Estate Program, presented a keynote address at the 22nd annual Real Estate Industry's Premier Investment Forum, held in February in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Hayagreeva Rao  
Hayagreeva Rao  
   

Hayagreeva Rao, the Richard L. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change, has published "Sources of Durability and Change in Market Classifications: A Study of the Reconstitution of Product Categories in the Mutual Fund Industry; 1944-1985," with Michael Lounsbury, in Social Forces. He also has a forthcoming article, "Shrewd, Crude or Deluded: Co-Movement and the Internet Stock Phenomenon," in Industrial and Corporate Change.

John D. Gray Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Marketing Louis W. Stern has been designated the Dorinda and Mark Winkelman Distinguished Scholar at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a Senior Fellow of the Wharton School, and co-director of Wharton's Jay H. Baker Retailing Initiative. Professor Stern will continue to be based at the Kellogg School during this appointment.

Leigh Thompson, the J. Jay Gerber Distinguished Professor of Dispute Resolution and Organizations and director of the Kellogg Teams and Groups Center, along with Kristin Behfar, visiting assistant professor of management and organizations, report that the Kellogg Teams and Groups Research Center has recently launched a program called TeaMBAnk. TeaMBAnk is a resource created exclusively for Kellogg School MBAs to sharpen their leadership and team management skills. The program offers three resources --- personalized team consulting, training and facilitating for student groups, and monthly seminars that present how current research can be applied to teamwork and management practice.

  John Ward
 
   

Brian Uzzi, associate professor of Management and Organizations, published "Lawyers' Social Networks and the Pricing of their Legal Services to Large Corporations," along with PhD student Ryon Lancaster, in the American Sociological Review. The piece is due out in August. In addition, students at the Kellogg School's joint-degree partner, the School of Business and Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China, have selected Professor Uzzi as their "Professor of the Year."

Andris Zoltners  
Andris A. Zoltners  
   

Clinical Professor of Family Enterprise and co-director of the Center for Family Enterprise John Ward presented his keynote "Perpetuating the Family Business" in February to a crowd of 75 Mexico City alumni and their guests.

Professor of Marketing Andris A. Zoltners has written Sales Force Design for Strategic Advantage, a sourcebook for sales executives and managers with responsibility for strategic sales force planning and management.

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