Speaker: Masaaki Kotabe, Academy of International Business
Air Date: February 09, 2017
Hosted by Tomas Hult, this segment of the globalEDGE Business Beat is an interview with Masaaki Kotabe, President, Academy of International Business. He is a professor and holds the Dorothy Washburn Chair in the Fox School of Business at Temple University.
Tomas Hult is executive director of the Academy of International Business as well as professor and Byington Endowed Chair in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. Masaaki “Mike” Kotabe tells us about his role as president of the Academy of International Business, his background in international business, and his interests that span management, marketing, and international business. Plus, as AIB President, Professor Kotabe shares with us why it is so valuable to be a member of the Academy of International Business (with members in some 90 countries). Mike Kotabe is a graduate of the Eli Broad College of Business with a Ph.D. in marketing and has been one of the most prominent researchers in global sourcing in the last several decades.