Publications and Presentations

Stuart Hart, Steven Grossman Endowed Chair in Sustainable Business, presented "Taking the Green Leap: Strategies for a Sustainable World" at the United Nations Business Call to Action Forum in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24.

Garrison Nelson, professor of political science, gave the Robert C. Wood Memorial Lecture at the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at UMass-Boston on Nov. 6 titled "Promises Kept: Boston's John McCormack, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid." Nelson also presented a professional paper on Nov. 14 at the Northeastern Political Science Association meeting on "Demographic Diversity and Governmental Dysfunction: The End of WASPocracy and the Rise of the SWAGs (Straight White Angry Guys)."

David Novak, associate professor of business, co-presented "A Routing Heuristic for Roadway Snow and Ice Control" at the Decision Sciences Institute meeting in Tampa, FL, in November.

Pramodita Sharma, Sanders Chair and professor of business, co-authored two books, "SAGE Major Works of Family Business Studies (SAGE, 2014), and "The SAGE Handbook of Family Business (SAGE, 2014).

Sanjay Sharma, professor and dean of the School of Business Administration, co-authored "Advancing Research on Corporate Sustainability -- Off to Pastures New or Back to the Roots?" in Business and Society.

Richard Vanden Bergh, associate professor of business, and Allison Kingsley, assistant professor of business, co-authored "How Regulatory Uncertainty Drives Integrated Market and Nonmarket Strategy" in The Routledge Companion to Nonmarket Strategy edited by T. Lawton and T. Rajwani.

Jie Zhang, assistant professor of business, presented "A Contingency Perspective on Learning in Hotel Operations" at Cornell Hospitality Research Summit in October.

Awards and Honors

Rocki-Lee DeWitt, professor of business, was selected to be a FOBI Scholar by the Family Owned Business Institute at Grand Valley State University to support her research on intergenerational innovation in family business. DeWitt also co-authored a chapter "Successful Family Business Ownership Transitions: Leveraging Tacit Knowledge," in the book Exploring Transgenerational Entrepreneurship: The Role of Resources and Capabilities.