International Business Department of San Francisco State University

The Startup Environment in the Bay Area The International Business Department of San Francisco State University would like to invite faculty, students, staff and other interested individuals to an open seminar on the Startup Environment in the Bay Area. Although entrepreneurship and startups are hot topics in the news, we rarely get the chance to hear directly what the working experience is like in these organizations. A panel of four alumni will talk about their experience...s and insights. This open seminar will take place on Friday November 3, 2017 from 11.30 to 12.30pm in Library room 121. We will also have food at this event. Please reply as soon as you can since seating may be limited. RSVP: https://sfsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bHrTyVnJGqal9E9 p.s. Please take a look at the attached flyer if you want to see the background information of our guest speakers. Regards, R. Simeon, Ph.D. Dept. of International Business SFSU [email protected]

Congratulations to Professor Bruce Heiman on being promoted to full professorship starting Fall 2017. Great job, Bruce!

Another joyful sfsu alumni dinner!

The next IBUS alumni dinner gathering is on May 5, 2017 at 6:30pm at California Pizza Kitchen (53 3rd Street, SF). Only 20 spaces are available. If you are interested in coming, please email Prof. Simeon at [email protected]. Thanks.

AmazonSmile to support SF State Alumni Relations has partnered with the AmazonSmile program to make raising funds for SF State as easy as 1-2-shop. Once set up, shoppers will see half of a percent of the cost of their eligible purchases donated to the charitable organization of their choice, such as SF State. Visit smile.amazon.com, search for "SFSU Foundation" and select it. Amazon will remember your selection, and every eligible purchase made using AmazonSmile will result i...n a donation by Amazon to SF State. Register now for AmazonSmile. For additional information, contact Senem Ozer at ext. 8-2217 or [email protected].

Congratulations on Professor Gerardo Ungson on publishing a new book! Professor Gerardo (Buddy) Ungson's most recent book, SCALING THE TAIL: Managing Profitable Growth in Emerging Markets, co-authored with Seung Ho Park and Andrew Cosgrove, was released by Palgrave MacMillan this month. An excerpt from the prospectus: This book discusses the pitfalls of traditional scaling methods and presents a framework for a different type of profitable growth for multinational companies... in emerging markets: "scaling the tail." By extending more recent advances in value-distribution, in which peripheral sales (those in the "tail") outnumber traditional mass-sales (those in the center of any distribution), the authors provide fine-grained insights into how multinational firms in the consumer goods and retailing sectors in emerging markets focus on specialized market niches using high-end brands, flanking particular segments and product-categories, developing deeply nuanced localization strategies, and installing supportive management systems. These findings are based on in-depth field interviews, along with a survey of 253 managers in 10 countries, conducted under the auspices of a collaborative Ernst and Young team and the Economist Intelligence Unit. This book is a second in a three-part series on emerging and developing markets. The first book, Rough Diamonds: The Four Traits of Successful Breakout Forms in BRIC Countries (co-authored with Seung Ho Park and Nan Zhou) was published by Jossey Bass last 2013, and was the recipient of the 2013 Best Book on Globalization by the Strategy + Business journal. The third book, ASEAN CHAMPIONS: Emerging Stalwarts in Regional Integration (co-authored with Seung Ho Park and J. Paolo Francisco) will be published by the Cambridge University Press on February 2016. You may see some of the reviews here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013KJCGLI Congratulations again to Buddy.

Job Opening San Francisco State University, Department of International Business seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in international business, beginning August 2016. Ph.D. in Business or closely related field from universities accredited by AACSB or EQUIS required. Candidates are preferred who demonstrate competence in International Business in a geographical area in the Pacific Rim, Europe, or Latin America, although special consideration will b...e given to those with expertise or a commitment to emerging and developing economies. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Position description available at http://cob.sfsu.edu/faculty-job-opportunities. SF State serves a diverse student body with a mission to promote scholarship, diversity, instructional excellence and intellectual accomplishment. Faculty are expected to be effective teachers, demonstrate professional achievement and growth through research, publications and/or creative activities, and engage in service to the campus and community. Submit letter of intent/interest, a current CV, names and contact information of three references, three letters of reference, sample of scholarly papers, teaching philosophy and student teaching evaluation (if applicable), and description of research interests all electronically to [email protected]. Reference letters can be sent either electronically or as hardcopies to Dr. Nini Yang, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of International Business, College of Business, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. See more

Cuong Tang, a senior undergraduate student at the San Francisco State University majoring in International Business with an emphasis in International Marketing and Entrepreneurship and minoring in Decision Sciences has received five awards in the past academic year: -- SF State Alumni Association Dr. Leslie and Phyllis Wong Scholarship Endowment, 2015... Alumni Association Senior Scholarship, 2015 -- College of Business - SF State Legal Marketing Association Bay Area Eric Vargas Memorial Scholarship, 2015 Leona M. Bridges Endowed Scholarship in Business, 2015 Bear Family Endowed Scholarship, 2015 Congratulations, Cuong. We are very proud of you!

International Business Professor Lihua Wang's article, Outward internationalization of private enterprises in China: The effect of competitive advantages and disadvantages compared to home market rivals, Journal of World Business, 2012, has been selected for an award of Emerald Citations of Excellence 2015. States the organization, Each year, Emerald Group Publishing awards certificates to highly-cited papers relating to the areas of Business Management, Finance, Accounting,... Economics and Marketing subjects in which Emerald itself has proudly published journals for nearly 50 years. The selection process made by our own editorial experts is based initially on the citations being given to papers published in a previous year (in this case 2012), but our judging panel also take into account the content of the papers themselves in terms of novelty, inter-disciplinary interest and relevancy in today’s world. Many congratulations and thanks to Dr. Wang for representing the best of the College of Business. For more information on the Citations of Excellence Awards at Emerald Group Publishing, please visit http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com//citations/awards.htm.

Paloma Lopez, IBUS alumna leads the sustainable efforts in Kellogg’s MSBA in IBUS alumuna has been named the Global Sustainability Director for Kellogg’s. See this video of her latest work: http://www.openforbreakfast.com//helping-farmers-and-the-e

Sean Ansett, IBUS alumnus making strides in sustainable business and equity. MSBA in IBUS alumnus, Sean Ansett, co-authored an article entitled Can socially responsible leaders drive Chinese firm performance?" in the Leadership & Organization Development Journal. Please see this link of the complete article: http://www.emeraldinsight.com//a/10.1108/LODJ-01-2014-0006... Sean is also a co-founder and co-owner of Fairphone, a social enterprise that is building a movement for fairer electronics. Please click the link for more information about Fairphone: https://www.fairphone.com/ Meanwhile, Sean and his peers launched UNIFORM on Kickstarter and a one-for-one program at the Liberty and Justice factory in Liberia. Three hundred women own the equity in the factory. They will earn income for their families and the local kids will receive free uniforms to go to school. Please see this link: https://www.kickstarter.com//1/uniform-worlds-softest-tee

May 8th, 2015 Alumni Dinner at San Francisco