Faculty Accomplishments

Faculty in Spotlight

Recent Publications and Presentations

Bassett, Glenn.  June 2003.  "At Least a Triple: Covering Multiple Academic Bases in One Required Course."  Paper presented at the 15th Annual Conference of ACBSP in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Bassett, Glenn.  2003.  "UB's Militant Union History: An Informed Participant and Labor Relations Specialist's Perspective."  Journal of Academic Ethics 1: 287-294.

Greenspan, William.  May 2003.  Business and Society: Legal and Ethical Issues (revised edition).

Greenspan, William. 2003.  "Enforceability of Software Licensing Agreements in Copyright Infringement Cases: Contracting Around the First Sale Doctrine."
Business Law Review 36: 57.

Greenspan, William. 2002.  "Applications of Ownership Rights to Electronic Reproduction of Contributions to Collective Works in Copyright Infringement Cases." Business Law Review 35: 25.

Greenspan, William. 2001.  "Corrective Advertising as a Federal Trade Commission Remedy: From Listerine to Doan's Pills." Business Law Review 34: 73.

Selig, Gad.  June 2004.  "Current and Evolving Best Practices for Planning and Development of Enterprise Wide Information Technology Program and Projects in a Fast Track Mode."  Paper presented at the 5th Annual Global Information Technology Management Conference (GITM) in San Diego, CA.

Selig, Gad.  November 2003.  "Critical Success Factors for Creating and Sustaining Faster Cycle Tim (FCT) for the Deployment of Enterprise Wide Information Technology Initiatives." Paper presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Decision Science Institute in Washington, D.C.

Selig, Gad.  August 2003.  "Global Outsourcing: Issues, Opportunities, and Critical Success Factors."  Paper presented at 2nd Annual International Outsourcing Conference, Center for Global Outsourcing in New York.

Selig, Gad.  June 2003.  "Fast Track Project Management."  Paper presented at Project World in Boston.

Selig, Gad.  June 2003.  "Strategic Enterprise Wide Initiatives -- From Strategy Development to Effective Execution for Executives.  Paper presented at the Project Leadership Conference in Boston.

Todd, Robert S.  "Finding 'Natural' Data Clusters," Proceedings of Annual Meeting, Northeast Decision Sciences Inst., Providence, RI, March 2003.

Todd, Robert S.  "Multi-Attribute Sorting," Proceedings of Annual Meeting, Northeast Decision Sciences Inst., Providence, RI, March 2003.

Wu, Congsheng.  Forthcoming. "The Pricing of Global versus Domestic Seasoned Equity Offers."  Journal of Multinational Financial Management.

Wu, Congsheng.  Forthcoming.  "All IPOs Are Not Created Equal."  Journal of Business and Economic Studies.

Wu, Congsheng, and Chuck Kwok.  2003.  "The Pricing of Global and Domestic Initial Public Offerings by US Companies."  Journal of Banking and Finance 27, 1167-1184.

Wu, Congsheng, and Chuck Kwok.  2002.  "Why Do U.S. Firms Issue Global Equity Offerings?"  Financial Management 31 (2): 47-65.

Wu, Congsheng.  2002.  "How to Invest in China?s Stock Market."  North Central Business Journal 1 (10): 3-9.

Wu, Congsheng.  2002.  "Is China's Stock Market Ready for Foreign Investors?"  American Review of China Studies 3 (1): 17-26.

Wu, Congsheng.  2001.  "The Price Behavior of Seasoned Equities around the Offering Date."  Journal of Business and Economic Studies 7:14-24.

Faculty in Spotlight

James Nicholoas, Adjunct Professor of International Business, was included in the 2003 World Trade Centers Association Book of Honor, which provides the profiles of distinguished individuals and organizations around the world--and the World Trade Centers that selected them--that best represent the WTCA's vision of peace and stability through trade. Other awardees in the year of 2003 include Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, Tung Chee-Hua (Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), and Pin-Kung Chiang (Vice President of Legislative Yuan of Taiwan).

David Kohn, Professor of Accounting, has been selected by Who's Who in America for inclusion in its 59th Edition.  This listing is by-invitation-only.  Only those who have demonstrated outstanding achievements and a biographic profile that is of national reference interest are selected by Marquis Who's Who for this prestigious listing.

William Greenspan, Professor of Business Law and Director of Undergraduate Program, presented a paper at a conference of business law professors at Boston College Law School recently.  This is paper has been accepted by Business Law Review , a refereed journal, for publication.  

Congsheng Wu, Associate Professor of Finance and International Business, has a paper accepted by Journal of Business and Economic Studies for publication.  This paper, entitled "All IPOs Are Not Created Equal," examines the relation between price adjustment, initial return, and subsequent short-run performance of initial public offerings.  Dr. Wu has another paper, "The Pricing of Global Versus Domestic Seasoned Equity Offers," accepted for publication by the Journal of Multinational Financial Management.

Gad Selig, Associate Professor of Management, will present a paper entitled "Current and Evolving Best Practices for Planning and Development of Enterprise Wide Information Technology Program and Projects in a Fast Track Mode" at the 5th Annual Global Information Technology Management Conference (GITM) in San Diego, CA on June 13-15, 2004.  This paper will be published in the proceeding of this conference.

William Greenspan, Professor of Business Law, has published a paper entitled "Enforceability of Software Licensing Agreements in Copyright Infringement Cases: Contracting Around the First Sale Doctrine" in the most recent issue of Business Law Review, a premier journal for Business Law professors in New England area.

Gad Selig, Associate Professor of Management, presented a paper entitled "Critical Success Factors for Creating and Sustaining Faster Cycle Time (FCT) for the Deployment of Enterprise Wide Information Technology Initiatives" at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Decision Science Institute in Washington, D. C. on November 22-25, 2003.  This paper has been published in the proceeding of this conference.

Glenn Bassett, Professor of Management, has been appointed by Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) to the Articulation Committee for a three year term ending June 30, 2006.  ACBSP is one of the major accreditation bodies for business schools all around the U.S.

Congsheng Wu, Associate Professor of International Finance, published an article entitled "The Pricing of Global and Domestic Initial Public Offerings by US Companies" in a recent issues of the Journal of Banking and Finance.

Jim Nicholas, Adjunct Professor of International Business, was given the "Todd Ouida World Trade Award" for embodying the CWTA's goal of Peace and Stability Through Trade. 

Tracy Rigia and Janet Albert, both faculty of Fashion Merchandising, were inducted into the Delta Mu Delta Honorary Society in May 2003.

Janet Albert, Associate Professor of Fashion Merchandising, was nominated and featured in a full-page article in the Connecticut Post in June 2002, "Woman of Substance."