Faculty Scholarly Activity & News

Below is an archive of news relating to the MBA, and some of the scholarly activity of MBA faculty, including conference presentations, publications, grants and talks.

MBA program featured in Vermont Business Magazine
"In its master of business administration degree, the College is on the leading edge of a trend toward what are known as 'Green MBA' programs, which use the triple bottom line approach: People, Planet, Profit.

"'In the wake of so many corporate scandals, it's more important than ever for today's business managers be versed in business ethics and how their actions affect stakeholders," says GMC's Professor Bill Prado, who directs the program. "These corporate decision makers need to protect their bottom line, but they need to do it in a sustainable way that takes into account the needs of people and the environment.' Read more here...


Bill Prado leads AOM workshop
From the GMC Journal
Week of March 24, 2008
Prof. Bill Prado (business) will lead a professional development workshop at the 2008 Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Conference titled “Leading and Managing for Global Sustainability: A Conversation for Possibility and Action.” AOM is the oldest and largest scholarly management association in the world, with 17,500 members from over 100 nations. More on Bill Prado...


Jacob Park co-edits book on environmental governance
From the GMC Journal
Week of April 14, 2008
A book co-edited by Prof. Jacob Park (business strategy & sustainability), titled “The Crisis of Global Environmental Governance: Toward a New Political Economy of Sustainability,” was published this month by Routledge. Edited by Park, Ken Conca (University of Maryland), and Matthias Finger (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), and with contributions from international scholars from North America, South America, Asia, and Europe, the book offers a comprehensive framework on globalization, governance, and sustainability, and examines institutional mechanisms and arrangements to achieve sustainable environmental governance. More on Jacob Park...



Jacob Park receives $10,000 research grant from Commission for Environmental Cooperation
From the GMC Journal
Week of April 2, 2007
Prof. Jacob Park (Business & Public Policy) received a $10,000 research grant from the Montreal-based Commission for Environmental Cooperation (http://www.cec.org) to work on a paper examining the environmental impacts of economic and business trends in the food retail/service industry. At the fourth North American Symposium on Assessing the Environmental Effects of Trade in the spring/summer of 2008, Jacob will deliver a paper presentation (hopefully with a student or two from GMC) outlining the direct, upstream, and downstream environmental impacts of the food retail/services industry. More on Jacob Park...



Jacob Park co-edits new book on boundaries between globalization, sustainability, and governance
From the GMC Journal
Week of March 12, 2007
Prof. Jacob Park (Business & Public Policy), along with Ken Conca, University of Maryland and Matthis Finger, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, will be a co-editor of a new book ("Crisis of Global Environmental Governance: Toward a New Political Economy of Sustainability"), to be published later this year by Routledge. With leading scholars from US, Canada, UK, Germany, Brazil, Switzerland, and other countries contributing individual chapters, the book "Crisis of Environmental Governance" examines the increasingly contested boundaries between globalization, sustainability, and governance, and discusses why the important goals of the 1992 Rio Summit have been so marginalized so far by the international community. More on Jacob Park...



Steven Letendre Op-Ed. Published in Christian Science Monitor
From the GMC Journal
Week of Feb. 12, 2007

Prof. Steven Letendre (Management and Environmental Studies) co-authored an op-ed column that appears in the February 12 issue of the Christian Science Monitor. The article discusses the need for public utilities and auto manufacturers to collaborate in order to build the success of a plug-in hybrid car technology that can reduce the nation's dependence on oil. Letendre is one of a team of researchers who have been exploring the feasibility of plug-in hybrids (Vehicle to Grid Technology) for several years. Letendre is currently on sabbatical researching the technology through Department of Energy funding. For the full text of the article, click here.



Steven Fesmire delivers talk in Unity College Inspired Speaker series
From the GMC Journal
Week of Feb. 12, 2007
Prof. Steven Fesmire (philosophy & environmental studies) traveled to Unity, Maine on January 24 to give the keynote address for Unity College's Inspired Speaker Series. To a backdrop of photographs of GMC’s Cerridwen Farm and sustainable dining initiative, Fesmire spoke on the topic of “Ecological Imagination.” He defined this as our capacity to perceive, in light of possibilities, the relationships that constitute any focus. “We cannot respond to what we do not perceive,” he observed. He urged cultivation of ecological imagination to respond to (a) the global scene of human impact on the natural environment, and (b) our novocain-like disconnection from the mosaic of natural and social relationships in which we dwell. More on Steven Fesmire...



Jacob Park delivers guest lecture at Moore School of Business
From the GMC Journal
Week of Feb. 5, 2007
Prof. Jacob Park (business & public policy) recently gave a guest lecture titled, “Search for a New Strategy: Business, Globalization, and Sustainable Development” at the University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business. Park talked about the major factors that are driving the issues of environmental sustainability into boardroom conversations and onto the covers of mainstream magazines: global ecological deterioration and rapid international demand for energy. Businesses are faced with the challenge of meeting increased demand without further harm to the planet. Park’s talk was co-sponsored by The International MBA Program at the Moore School of Business, the USC Honors College, and the School of the Environment. More on Jacob Park...



Steven Letendre testifies before Vt. legislature on hybrid car technology
From the GMC Journal
Week of January 22, 2007
Prof. Steven Letendre (business and economics) testified before the Vermont state legislature last week on the feasibility of electric hybrid cars capable of plugging in to the electric grid. Letendre, who is currently on leave from GMC to conduct electric car research, told lawmakers that the “plug-in hybrid” is the car of the future, but that the future is almost here. He described vehicles currently in production, including the Toyota Prius, which have been altered to be able to plug into the power grid. These cars will get 100 miles to the gallon, he reported. Letendre has been researching Vehicle to Grid technologies for several years and has published numerous articles on the topic. He is currently researching under a contract with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of the federal Department of Energy. More on Steven Letendre...