Faculty

Associate Dean MBA Programmes and Professor of Strategy and Management at TiasNimbas Business School, The Netherlands. Received his PhD. from the University of Michigan Business School, holds Masters Degrees in Organisational Psychology (University of Michigan) and Business Administration (University of Massachusetts) and an undergraduate degree in Psychology (University of Massachusetts). He has previously held academic positions at Temple University Japan ( Director of the EMBA programme), the International University of Japan ( Dean of the Graduate School of International Management), at Seoul National University, Nyenrode University (Netherlands), and New York University. He specialises in organisational analysis, strategy formulation, change management, knowledge management, psychological climate in service environments, and mobile government trends and effectiveness.

György Bőgel works at CEU Business School as Professor of Management. His academic career started two decades ago, but acquired practical experience as well: he joined CEU BS after spending four years as the CEO's strategic advisor at an IT services company. He launched project-based action learning courses in 2001 and has managed more then a hundred projects since then. He teaches courses also on organizational behavior, outsourcing and entrepreneurship plus participates in many company projects at the school’s executive education unit. His main research field is the influence of technological development on management structures and processes. He is the author of eight books and many articles.

Associate Dean of Company Specific Programmes and Professor of Strategic Management at TiasNimbas Business School The Netherlands. Received his PhD at Purdue University in Strategic Management. He previously taught at New York University (Stern School of Business) and Nyenrode University (The Netherlands). From 1992-1999 he served as a member of the editorial board of the Strategic Management Journal.

Dr. Duparcq is a recognized technology strategist and technology visionary with fifteen years of expertise in technology forecasting, marketing, and technology implementation. Working in R&D, product strategy, and technology strategy, he has a track record of “predicting and planning for the next wave." He teaches marketing management.

Chancellor and Professor of Management, Purdue University, USA. Ph.D., University of Minnesota, USA. Instructor of International Business Negotiations.

Maria Findrik is CEU Business Schools’s Director for Executive Education programs. She teaches various courses on business economics and competitiveness, and is also a visiting Professor to the IMM multi-campus global Executive MBA offered by jointly together by CEU and three other leading universities in Europe, America, and Asia. Maria has taught at leading institutions including the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western (Cleveland) and Columbia University (New York) and is a visiting Professor.Her research interest includes macro and micro analysis of the business environment, international competitive analysis, the transition process from emerging economies to established market economies and its social impact, and the regulation of natural monopolies. She holds a PhD from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Professor in Economics, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University. He has a BSc in Economics from the University of Wales and an MSc in Economics from the University of Salford.

Professor Glen specialises in teaching micro economics, industrial organisation and is the author of several papers relating to competition policy, and deregulation. He has recently completed a sector risk assessment for a European Bank. He is currently researching the impact of Regional Development Agencies on Local Government Economic Development Strategies (sponsored by UNISON). John has also completed a report on Scottish Licensing Law which formed part of the British Entertainment and Discotheque Association's (BEDA) response to the Home Office White Paper on Licensing Law Reform in England and Wales.

Professor Iyer is the Susan Bulkeley Butler Chair in Operations Management and the Director of DCMME (Dauch Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises)and GSCMI (the Global Supply Chain Management Initiative) at the Krannert School of Management. Previously, he was Purdue University Faculty Scholar from 1999-2004. His teaching and research interests are operations and supply chain management. Prior to joining the Krannert faculty in 1996, Professor Iyer taught at the University of Chicago. He has been affiliated with the Production and Distribution Research Center at Georgia Tech, and a consultant to Daymon Associates, Sara Lee, Turner Broadcasting and others.

(Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management)

Ph.D., Technische Universität Berlin

Professor Kearney has taught a wide range of different courses in organizational behavior, human resource management, and psychology at numerous German universities such as the three main universities in Berlin (Freie Universität, Technische Universität, Humboldt Universität) as well as Jacobs University Bremen, Justus Liebig University Giessen, and Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

In his research, he examines how teamwork and leadership contribute to organizational effectiveness. Professor Kearney’s work can be found in leading OB/HRM outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, and Organizational Research Methods.

Judge at the Court of Appeals of Indiana State House, Indianapolis, USA. Instructor of Business Law & Ethics.

Dr. Kfuri works as consultant and executive trainer in projects with the private (MNC’s, medium and small-sized enterprises, and family-run businesses) as well as the public sector. He also teaches at executive, graduate (MBA), undergraduate and e-Learning programmes in universities of Argentina, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and USA. Since 2008, he joined GISMA business School as permanent faculty. His areas of expertise are: Corporate Strategy, Marketing, and International Business.

Dr. Kfuri acts as Advisory Board Member of different organizations, including companies, business incubators, business schools, and non-for-profit institutions. He is also academic member of Marketing Science Institute, Academy of Marketing Science, and Decision Sciences Institute, as well as Member of the Review Board of Journal of Business Management. Dr. Kfuri is a member of the Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma, and has been awarded the Outstanding Young Award by Cordoba Stock Exchange, Argentina. He contributes permanently with articles and as guest speaker to the media.

Herman C. Krannert Distinguished Professor of Management, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, USA. Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Instructor of Financial Management and International Finance.

Professor of International Management Economics; Dean, Faculty of Management; Director of Policy, Strategy & Performance Community, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK. Ph.D., Cranfield School of Management, UK. Instructor of Macro-economics and International Economics.

Professor Tang’s teaching interests are applied statistics and quantitative methods. His current research includes the areas of applied statistics, statistical quality control, and reliability analysis. Professor Tang also has considerable expertise in the distribution theory of statistical multivariate analysis. Prior to joining the Krannert faculty in 1991, Professor Tang was a member of technical staff at Bell Communications Research (1984-91) and an assistant professor at Marquette University (1981-84). He is a member of the editorial board for IIE Transactions (1996-present). He is a member of Operations Research Society of America and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

Professor Thoman teaches courses in both managerial and financial accounting. Her current research focuses on auditing issues, the source of the demand for auditing, how the legal system disciplines auditors, how accounting standards are chosen, and agency problems - what makes hierarchies advantageous and how the agency contract is affected when firms must compete for managers.
Professor Thoman’s prior professional work experience was as an economics instructor at Santa Clara University (1981-83) and Scripps College (1983-84). She is a member of the American Accounting Association.

Professor of Economics, Adjunct Visiting Professor at the CEU Business School.

Professor Urban currently works for the EBRD in London as a Member of the Board on behalf of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia. His previous positions included Chief Financial Officer of OTP Bank, the largest bank in Hungary, Vice President, Business Planning Director at Citigroup, New York, NY. Professor Urban has fulfilled several positions in Policy making as well.