Dear colleagues:

Next Thursday, November 13th , Prof. Dr. Mikko Ketokivi, Professor of Industrial Management at Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), will present the research seminar entitle:

"CONTESTING FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATION:

THE CASE OF AMBIDEXTROUS MANUFACTURING"

Please find a brief CV below.

The research seminar will be held in Castellón de la Plana 8, room CP-201, at 15:00.

If you would like to meet with Mikko Ketokivi, please contact Fabrizio Salvador (fabrizio.salvador@ie.edu ).

*Please confirm your attendance to Tertulias@ie.edu - Admission is subject to availability

MIKKO KETOKIVI

Professor of Industrial Management at Helsinki University of Technology

E-mail: mikko@ketokivi.fi

Education
B.A., M.A., Iowa State University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Teaching
Professor Dr. Mikko Ketokivi teaches Research Methods and Statistics, Organizational design, and Operations management at the Ph.D., MBA, and Executive levels. Adjunct Professor and Senior Lecturer of Industrial Management at  Helsinki University of Technology; Associate Research Fellow - ETLA, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy; Visiting Associate Professor - IE Business School; Affiliate professor at HEC School of Management.

Research Areas
Professor Dr. Mikko Ketokivi has published in top academic journals, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, and Journal Production and Operations Management.

Professional Experience
Entrepreneur - Mikko Ketokivi, Inc. (professional training and development, consulting services)

Thursday, October 23nd, Gilad Livne, Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at Cass Business School, City University in London, will present the research seminar entitle:

"DO CUSTOMER ACQUISITION COSTS, CALL USAGE AND

CUSTOMER RETENTION MATTER IN THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY?"

Please find here Gilad Livne Wireless Oct 2008.pdf the paper of the research seminar and a brief CV below.

The research seminar will be held in Castellon de la plana, CP-203 , at 15:00.

*Please confirm your attendance to Tertulias@ie.edu - Admission is subject to availability

If you would like to meet with Gilav Livne , please contact Garen Markarian (garen.markarian@ie.edu).

Gilad Livne

Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance and Course Director of MSc in International Accounting and Finance, Cass Business School, City University

g.livne@city.ac.uk

Education

PhD (University of California at Berkeley); MSc (University of California at Berkeley); Certified Public Accountant (Israel); BA in Accounting and Economics (Tel Aviv University)

Research Areas

Gilad's research focuses on understanding how capital markets react to accounting information. Current research looks into international accounting issues, accounting for intangibles, the role of non-financial information, firm-coverage decisions by analysts and soft dollar arrangements between money managers and brokerage houses.

Teaching Areas

Gilad's teaching involves Financial Statement Analysis, International Accounting, and Introductory and Advanced Financial Accounting courses. Gilad has also taught at London Business School and Lancaster University

Additional Experience

Gilad is a CPA (Certified Public Accountant, Israel) and worked several years as a senior auditor in Israel, after completing his BA in accounting and economics at Tel Aviv University.

Wednesday, October 22nd , Terry Hill, Consultant and Emeritus Fellow in Operations Management at Oxford University, will present the research seminar entitle:

"MANAGING THE SUPPLY CHAIN"

Please click here Terry Hill presentation - Oct 08.pdfto read the paper of the research seminar and a brief CV below.

The research seminar will be held in Castellón de la Plana 8, room CP-300, at 15:00.

*Please confirm your attendance to Tertulias@ie.edu - Admission is subject to availability

If you would like to meet with Terry Hill, please contact Ángel Díaz (angel.diaz@ie.edu).

Terry Hill

Emeritus Fellow, Saïd Business School, Oxford University.

Research Areas
Terry recently headed a £500,000 research contract with the Department of Trade and Industry linked to their Manufacturing, Planning and Implementation Scheme.  He is currently heading a £400,000 research contract into customer service provision within the service sector.

Publications include: Small Business: Production/Operations Management (Macmillan, 1987);  The Essence of Operations Management (Prentice Hall, 1993);  Manufacturing Strategy:  the Strategic Management of the Manufacturing Function (second edition, Macmillan, 1993);  The Strategy Quest (AMD Publishing, 1998);  Manufacturing Strategy: Text and Cases (third edition, Irwin-McGraw Hill, 2000);  Operations Management : Strategic Context and Managerial Analysis (Macmillan 2000); Manufacturing Strategy: Text and Cases (second edition, Macmillan 2000).

Teaching Areas

Terry Hill joined Templeton College, University of Oxford, in April 2000.  He was previously at the London Business School where he held a Chair in Operations Management and has also held faculty positions at the Universities of Bath and North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  Currently he is Adjunct Professor at The Ohio State University and Visiting Professor at both the University of Pretoria and Milan Polytechnic.

Additional Experiences

Before entering education he held several positions in firms within the industrial sector.  These included plant manager of an injection moulding company within the McKechnie Group and a similar position within the Caradon Group, a group of companies manufacturing a range of domestic and industrial sound signals and auxiliary equipment.