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Robert Kennedy
Executive Director
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724 East University Ave.,
Wyly Hall, Room 1724
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234
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+1.734.764.8539
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+1.734.763.5850
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Dr. Kennedy’s research and course development activities focus on business strategy and industry dynamics following economic reform in developing countries. Dr. Kennedy has published in leading economics and management journals and has written more than 60 case studies and notes on business issues in emerging markets. Since 2000, Dr. Kennedy has been exploring the drivers and implications of the globalization of service activities and has written extensively on this widely debated issue of offshoring of service activities and the profound impact on businesses and governments in both developed and developing countries.
Other Academic Appointments
Professor of Business Administration, Michigan Ross School of Business
Research and Teaching Interests
Business strategy in emerging markets, economic and development policy in emerging markets, post-liberalization industrial dynamics, the globalization of service activities, country risk analysis, foreign direct investment.
Michigan Ross School of Business: Business Strategies in Emerging Markets (MBA); Becoming an International Manager, The Executive Program (Executive Education).
At other institutions: New Opportunities in Emerging Markets; Business, Government, and the International Economy; Creating Modern Capitalism; The Economics of Market (all MBA); and Corporate and Competitive Strategy (Exec Ed).
Dr Kennedy worked with more than a dozen Fortune 500 companies and many smaller firms to design and deliver custom executive education programs.
Representative Publications
1. “External Liberalization and Foreign Presence: Cross-Industry Evidence from Central Europe,” Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, vol. 9.2, summer 2000.
2. Globalization and Development: Cases in National Economic Strategies, (with Richard H. K. Vietor), Fort Worth, TX: The Dryden Press, 2000.
3. “Competitive Shocks and Industrial Structure: The Case of Polish Manufacturing,” (with Pankaj Ghemawat), The International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol. 17, August 1999.
4. “Competitive Policy Shocks and Strategic Management,” (with Pankaj Ghemawat and Tarun Khanna), in Managing Strategically in an Interconnected World, (eds.) M.A. Hitt, J. Ricart i Costa, and R. Nixon, (John Wiley and Sons), 1998.
5. “A Tale of Two Economies: Economic Restructuring in Post-Socialist Poland,” World Development, v25.6, June 1997.
6. “Survivorship and the Economic Grim Reaper,” (with George Baker), The Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, vol. 18, No 2, October 2002.
7. “Strategy Fads and Competitive Convergence: An Empirical Test for Herd Behavior in Prime-time Television Programming,” Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. L, March 2002.
In the News
May 14, 2009
WDI Executive Director Robert Kennedy was interviewed by the Indian business publication Financial Express for a May 14 article about offshoring issues. Kennedy, author of “The Services Shift: Seizing the Ultimate Offshore Opportunity,” discusses recent moves by the U.S. to discourage the offshoring of work to India and other countries, what the trends are in offshoring, and what countries may challenge India for offshoring work. To read the article, click here.
April 1, 2009
WDI Executive Director appeared on a segment on NPR’s Marketplace on April 1 regarding H-1B visas. Click here to listen to the interview. Kennedy also penned an op-ed for Forbes.com on globalization and the economic downturn. Click here to read to column.
March 30, 2009
WDI Executive Director Robert Kennedy is interviewed for a front-page article in the Economic Times, widely considered as India’s leading business newspaper. The article talks about President Obama’s stance on offshoring. Click here to read it. Another leading Indian business newspaper, The Hindu Business Line, reviewed Kennedy’s book, “The Services Shift: Seizing the Ultimate Offshore Opportunity.” Click here to read the review.
March 27, 2009
WDI Executive Director Robert Kennedy is interviewed by Wall Street Journal reporter William Bulkeley for a March 27, 2009 article on IBM's employment plans in the U.S. and India. Click the "More Details" button to read the article.
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