HUIV. Tagi Sagafi-nejad Office Address The A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business Texas A&M International University, 5201 University Blvd., Laredo, TX 78041, Tel: (956) 326-2512, FAX: (956) 326-2554; e-mail: HUTagi.Sagafi@TAMIU.eduU UHome Address: 2019 Gustavus Road Laredo, TX 78043 (956) 795-1175 WWW.Freetrade.TAMIU.eduU World s currencies web site: HUwww.sagafi.netUH HUIII. Honors and Awards HUV. Research & Professional B0UI. Education Institution Year Degree University of Pennsylvania 1979 Ph.D., International Relations University of Pennsylvania 1971 M.A., International Relations Pahlavi University - Shiraz, Iran 1967 Graduate Certificate, National Development Pahlavi University - Shiraz, Iran 1966 B.S., Economics Language Skills: Bilingual in English and Persian, working knowledge of Arabic, rudimentary Spanish II. Employment Texas A&M International University: The Radcliffe Killam Distinguished Professor of International Business and Director, Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade and International Trade Institute, 2009-Present Texas A&M International University: The Radcliffe Killam Distinguished Professor of International Business and Director, Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade and Texas Center for Border Economic & Enterprise Development, 2008-2009. Texas A&M International University: The Radcliffe Killam Distinguished Professor of International Business and founding Director, PhD Program in International Business Administration, the A.R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business, 2003-2008; Seton Hall University, Stillman School of Business: Keating-Crawford Chair in International Business, 2001-02;
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Geneva, Economic Affairs Officer, 2000-01 (during sabbatical leave from Loyola); Loyola College in Maryland - Associate Professor, 1984-1993; Professor, 1993-2001; Emeritus Professor, 2001-present; University of Texas-Austin - Visiting Assistant Professor, 1980-84; University of Washington - Visiting Assistant Professor, 1976-80; The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Lecturer, 1974-76 IV. III. Honors and Awards: Recipient of two Best Paper awards (Pacific Asia Management Institute, 1988; Academy of Management, 1991) Recipient of the United Nations Intellectual History Project ( Hwww.UNHistory.orgH) research grant to write a book on the UN and Transnational Corporations, 2000-2008 Recipient of Texas A&M International University s Faculty International Research Award, 2007 Recipient, US Department of Commerce Border Trade Champion award - 2012 Listed in: o Marquis Who is Who in America, and Who is Who in the World o Who is Who in International Business Education & Research o Who is Who in American Education o Who is Who in Business Higher Education Appointed by Maryland Governor to State Trade Policy Council, 1985 Appointed by Laredo Mayor to the Blue Ribbon Commission on International Trade, Laredo, Texas, 2010 Consultant to the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations and UNCTAD Editor, International Trade Journal, 2007-present; Member, editorial board: United Nations Transnational Corporations; International Journal of Emerging Markets; Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies Teaching: Courses Designed & Taught Research Issues in International Business Administration (PhD level) Industry and Competitive Analysis (PhD level) Introduction to International Business - (Undergrad., MBA, Executive MBA, MBA Fellows) International Management Special Topics: "EC-92", "International Business in Europe", "Emerging Markets", "Transnational Corporations" (MBA), International Marketing (MBA) Global Strategy (Undergraduate, MBA) Business Policy (Total Enterprise: Strategy & Policy), MBA International Technology Transfer (undergraduate, MA, MBA, Ph.D.) International Business in the Middle East (undergraduate, MBA, MA) International Business in the Third World (undergraduate, MBA, Ph.D.) Multinational Corporate Management (MBA) Economics of the Middle East (undergraduate, MBA) 2
Science and Technology Policy (undergraduate, MA, MBA). Curriculum Development Texas A&M International University: PhD program in International Business Administration, as Director, developed or supervised curriculum and other details. Loyola College in Maryland Developed the undergraduate International Business Concentration, Developed the Master of International Business curriculum, Developed International Business courses: Undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA, and MBA Fellows, Led several workshops for faculty on internationalizing the curriculum (both at Loyola and the Academy of Management); Created linkages between the classroom and the international business community, including outside speakers from businesses, government agencies and international organizations; Executive education Loyola Executive MBA and MBA Fellows program - taught numerous classes; Executive MBA at Al-Akhawayn University, Morocco, Summer 2003, and Summer 2004 Academic Director (Loyola) of the Northrop Grumman Corporation executive seminars in international business, in partnership with the University of Maryland and the University of Baltimore. Developed and taught executive seminars on "Representation in international Business and "Entry Strategies and Risk Assessment", 1997-2000; Executive education programs on "Dynamics of the Global Economy" in English and in Farsi for Industrial Management Organization, various locations in Iran, 1992-97; Extensive teaching experience at all levels, from pre-school (Head Start) to Executive MBA and Ph.D. programs and the elderly (Elderhostel); As Academic Consultant, designed the syllabus for the United Nations "China Management Development Programme", 1990-91, which was subsequently implemented by the United Nations Center on Transnational Corporations in Beijing, China in 1992; Design and implementation of one of the first university courses offered on international technology transfer (the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1974-76). Guest-Teaching As visiting professor, taught international business, global strategy, economics of the Middle East, technology transfer, and related courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Portland State University, Texas A&M International University, Georgetown University, Industrial Management Institute (Iran) and University of Pennsylvania. V. Research & Professional Activities HClick here to return to front page A. Publications: Hi. BooksH Hii. ArticlesH Hiii. Book ChaptersH Hiv. Book ReviewsH 3
i. Books: ii. Articles: Hv. Proceedings, Research Reports, Working Papers, Professional PresentationsH Hvi. Research in Progress 1. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, in collaboration with John H. Dunning, The UN and Transnational Corporations: From Codes of Conduct to Global Compact, Indiana University Press for UN Intellectual History Project, 2008; 2. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, F. Mugione and Z. Zimny (Geneva: Investment Policy Review: Ecuador (Geneva and New York, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 2001) 3. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, editor, US Trade Policy Beyond the Uruguay Round: Implications for International Business Strategy (Baltimore: Loyola CIBER, 1994); 4. Technology Exports from Developing Countries: The Case of Egypt (Vienna: United Nations Industrial Development Org., UNIDO/Is. 362, 1982), 256 pages; 5. Perlmutter, Howard V., and Tagi Sagafi-nejad, International Technology Transfer: Codes, guidelines, and a Muffled Quadrilogue. Book #1 in the Technology Transfer Trilogy (New York: Pergamon Press, 1981) 6. Sagafi-nejad, Tagi, Howard V. Perlmutter, Richard W. Moxon, eds., Technology Transfer Control Systems: Issues, Perspectives and Implications. Book #2 in the Technology Transfer Trilogy, (New York: Pergamon Press, 1981); 7. Sagafi-nejad, Tagi, and Robert Belfield, Transnational Corporations, Technology Transfer, and Development: A Bibliographic Sourcebook. Book #3 in the Technology Transfer Trilogy, (New York: Pergamon Press, 1980). HClick here to return to front page 1. Tagi Sagafi-njead, [with Balaji Janamanchi and Leonel Prieto], Immigrant Customers Banking Behavior in the Texas Mexico Border Region, North American Journal of Banking and Finance Research, Vol. 6, No. 6 (2012), pp. 38-51. 2. Sustainability in Academia, Business and International Organizations, Eurasian Economic Review, 02/2011, pp. 126-30; 3. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, L. Murphy Smith, Sean K. Byrne, Leebrian E. Gaskin, Zone Nguyen, and Shaun C. W. Sexton, (2010) Moving Toward IFRS in North America, Internal Auditing, Volume 25, No. 1 (January/February), 3-9. 4. Smith, L.M., T. Sagafi-nejad, and Kun Wang, (2008) Going International: Accounting and Auditing Standards. Internal Auditing, Vol. 23, No. 4 (July): 3-12. 5. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, The UN Galaxy and Global Corporate Social Responsibility: Challenges and Opportunities, in Madhav Mehra, Editor, Creating a Better World Through Corporate Governance (London: MM Publishing, for World Council on Corporate Governance, 2007), pp 151-173.; 6. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, (2003) Global Rules and Corporate Strategies: A Comparison of the World Health Organization s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and 4
the United Nations Global Compact, the 2003 Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, Porto, Portugal, June 20-24; 7. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, The United Nations and Transnational Corporations: Is Another Storm Brewing? Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) New Delhi, India, January 3-5, 2005 published in Advances in Global Business Research, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2005), pp. 427-; 8. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, TNCs and South Africa s Apartheid, Proceedings, Eastern Academy of Management annual meeting, Cape Town, South Africa June 26-30, 2005; 9. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Should Global Rules Have Legal Teeth? Policing (WHO Framework on Tobacco Control) vs. Good Citizenship (UN Global Compact), International Journal of Business, Vol. 10, No 4 (2005), pp. 363-82. 10. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Should Global Rules Have Legal Teeth? Policing (WHO Framework on Tobacco Control) vs. Good Citizenship (UN Global Compact), International Journal of Business, Vol. 10, No. 4 (2005), pp. 363-82; 11. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, There will NOT be a war: The game of chicken and Las Vegas odd- makers, The Iranian March 7, 2003; Hhttp://www.iranian.com/Opinion/2003/March/War/index.html 12. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, a review essay on the United Nation's World Investment Reports series, 1991-1997, in Journal of International Business Studies [JIBS] Volume 29, No. 3 (Third Quarter 1998), pp. 647-51; 13. Tagi Sagafi-nejad and Ed Sim, "Global Inter-modal Logistics in the 21st Century" Proceedings, the annual meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management, Prague, the Czech Republic, June 21-24, 1999; 14. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Industrial Democracy and Performance: Cross-National Relationships for Developed Industrial Economies", with Richard Franke, Academy of Management annual meeting, Cincinnati, August 10-13, 1996. Selected as one of the "best papers" and published in the Academy of Management Electronic Proceedings (7% acceptance rate);h 15. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Share the Blame: WTO s rejection of Iran s membership, Iranian.com, July 20, 2001 http://www.iranian.com/opinion/2001/july/wto/index.html 16. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Time to Move Forward?" in Iranian.com (an Internet-based publication covering news and commentary on Iran), June 23, 1998; Hhttp://www.iranian.com/Opinion/June98/Match/index.html 17. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "America and the Islamic Republic: Time to Move Closer?" [in Farsi], Iran Times (Washington, D.C.), August 21, 1998; 18. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Transnational Corporations-Host Country Relations and the Changing Foreign Investment Climate: Toward 2000" [excerpted from Journal of 5
International Trade (1995)], Loyola College Executive Outlook, vol. 4, no. 2 (September 1996), pp. 4-7; 19. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Transnational Corporations-Host Country Relations and the Changing Foreign Direct Investment Climate: Toward 2000", International Trade Journal, Spring 1995, pp. 85-106; 20. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "AIB on the Infobahn: A Progress Report" World Business Review, vol. 4, no. 5 (1995), pp. 32-33; 21. Ali M. Sedaghat, Tagi Sagafi-nejad and George Wright, "Economic Development and Securities Markets in Developing Countries: Implications for International Accounting Education", Journal of International Accounting, Vol. 29 (1994), pp. 297-315; 22. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "The Islamic Republic and Foreign Direct Investment", [in Farsi], Iran Times, February 10, 1994; 23. Tagi Sagafi-nejad "Iran: Where Industry is Power", Trade & Culture, (November- December 1994), pp. 45-47; 24. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Technology Transfer Pricing Practices: A Statistical Case Study of Iran", The American Asian Review, Vol. XI, No. 1 (Spring, 1993), pp. 112-42; 25. Sagafi-nejad, Tagi and John Burbridge, "Competitiveness and Global Manufacturing: The Contribution of Information Technology", in Advances in Applied Business Strategy, Supplement I, Global Manufacturing: Technological and Economic Opportunities and Research Issues, William A. Wallace, Daniel Berg and Daniel Orne, eds., (New York: JAI Press, 1993), pp. 21-45; 26. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Iraq has to exit: Mistakes about the Mideast Confrontation", in The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), August 18, 1990; 27. Sagafi-nejad, Tagi, "Good News and Bad in International Trade," The Evening Sun (July 8, 1986); 28. Sagafi-nejad, Tagi and Marc Rubin, "Technology Transfer to the People's Republic of China: Congruence and Discontinuity in Perspectives," Business Journal (Special Issue, 1987), pp. 10-17; 29. Yeh, Ryh-song, and Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Organizational Characteristics of American and Japanese Firms in Taiwan," Frank Hoy, Ed., Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings, 1987 (New Orleans, August 9-12, 1987), pp. 111-115; 30. Best Paper Award recipient, International Management Division, Academy of Management. Extensively annotated, constituting the second half of chapter 5, by Hodges & Luthans, International Management (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991), pp. 161-65, and chapter 9 (pp. 259-63) in the 1997 edition; 31. Sagafi-nejad, Tagi, review essay on "Explorations into the Causes of the Iranian Revolution," International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (May, 1986), pp. 236-240; 32. Sagafi-nejad, Tagi, "Third World Transnationals: Recent Literature," UN Centre on Transnational Corporations, CTC Reporter, No. 21 (Spring 1986), pp. 65-67; 6
33. Sagafi-nejad, Tagi, "Egypt," World Development, Special issue on Technology Exports from Newly Industrializing Countries, May/June, 1984, pp. 567-573; 34. Contractor, Farok, and Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "International Technology Transfer: A Review of the Issues, Impact and Policy," The Journal of International Business Studies, Fall 1981, 113-135; 35. Moxon, Richard W. and Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Technology Transfer and the Transnational Enterprise: The Outlook for Regulation," The Journal of Contemporary Business (Autumn, 1977) pp. 147-65. iii. Book Chapters: HClick here to return to front page 1. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Codes of conduct and other multilateral control systems for multinationals: has the time come again? in John McIntyre, Silvester Ivanaj, and Vera Ivanaj, editors, Sustainable Technologies and Innovations (Edward Elgar, 2013), 2. Tagi Sagafi-nejad (2010) Transnational Corporations, Higher Education, and Sustainability: Profession vs. Practice, in Mahdav Mehra, editor, Making Sustainability Sustainable (London: World Council for Corporate Governance); pp. 177-94; 3. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, ( 2009); The UN Galaxy, Transnational Corporations and Sustainable Development in Multinational Enterprises and the Challenge of Sustainable Development, co-edited by J. McIntyre, S. Ivanaj and V Ivanaj, Edward Elgar, pp. 28-49. 4. Tagi Sagafi-nejad and Howard V. Perlmutter, (2001); Perception Gaps and Mistrust as Obstacles to Multilateral Solutions: Some Empirical Evidence, with in S.J. Patel, P. Roffe, and A. Yusuf (Eds.), International Technology Transfer (London: Kluwer Law International,), pp. 247-56. 5. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "International Technology Transfer Literature", chapter 3 in Sanjaya Lall, editor, The Economics of Technology Transfer (London: Edward Elgar - International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 2002), pp. 44-68. Reprinted from Robinson, item 4 below. 6. Tagi Sagafi-nejad and Howard V. Perlmutter, "Perception Gaps and Mistrust as Obstacles to Multilateral Solutions: Some Empirical Evidence from Technology Transfer Codes", in Pedro Roffe, editor, International transfer of Technology: The Origins and Aftermath of the United Nations Negotiations on a Draft Code of Conduct, (London: Kluwer International, 2000), pp. 247-56. 7. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Free Trade vs. Protectionism: Theological Futility?, in Sagafinejad, editor, US Trade Policy Beyond the Uruguay Round (1994), pp. xix-xxiv 8. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "International Technology Transfer Literature: Advances in Theory, Empirical Research and Policy," in Richard D. Robinson, ed., The International Communication of Technology: A Book of Readings (New York: Taylor & Francis, 1991), pp. 199-223; Anthologized by Lall, item 1 above. 7
9. Sagafi-nejad, Tagi, "Epilogue", in M. R. Vaghefi, et. al., International Business: Theory and Practice, (New York: Taylor & Francis, 1990), pp. 272-287; 10. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, with Farok Contractor, "International Technology Transfer: A Review of the Issues, Impact and Policy," selected as one of the "outstanding research articles" and reprinted in Dymsza and Vambery, eds, International Business Knowledge: Managing International Functions in the 1990s. (New York: Praeger, 1987), pp. 515-537; 11. Manners, Ian, and Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Agricultural Development in Syria," in P. Beaumont and E. McLachlan, eds., Agricultural Development in the Middle East (Chichester and New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1985), pp. 255-278; 12. Sagafi-nejad, Tagi, Richard W. Moxon and H. V. Perlmutter, "Introduction" and "Conclusion," Technology Transfer Control Systems, (Pergamon Press, 1981), pp. xiiixx, 517-532; 13. Perlmutter, Howard V., and Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Process or Product? A Social Architectural Perspective of Codes of Conduct for International Technology Transfer and Development," in Susan S. Holland, ed., Codes and Conduct for the Transfer of Technology: A Critique (New York: Council of the Americas and FMME, 1976), pp. 95-129; 14. Saghafi-nejad, Taghi, "Transfer of Technology and Development: A Framework and Some Observations from Iran," in K. Farmanfarmaian, ed., The Social Sciences and Problems of Development (Princeton Studies on the Near East, 1976), pp. 143-70 (old spelling of name) Click here to Hreturn to "A. Publications"H iv. Book Reviews: HClick here to return to front page 1. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Review of Theodore H. Moran, editor, International Political Risk, in the United Nations journal Transnational Corporations, Vol. 14, No. 1 (April 2005) 2. Review of Theodore H. Moran, editor, International Political Risk, in the United Nations journal Transnational Corporations, Vol. 14, No. 1 (April 2005) 3. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, review of World Investment Report 2003 in Journal of Borderland Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Fall 2002), pp. 107-8; 4. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Review of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), World Investment Report 2003, in the Journal of Borderland Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Fall 2002) 5. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, review of Global Development Finance (World Bank, 2001) in Transnational Corporations (a United Nations journal), Volume 10, No. 3 (December, 2001; 6. Review of Raymond Vernon, In the Hurricane's Eye (1998) in Transnational Corporations (a United Nations journal), volume 9, no. 1 (April 2000) pp. 95-98; 7. Review of World Bank, World Development Indicators (and CD-ROM edition), in Journal of Teaching International Business, Volume 10, Nos. 3-4 (1999), pp. 149-51; 8
8. Review of World Bank, World Development Indicators 1998 (text and CD-ROM), AIBNET, electronic list server, August 1998; 9. Review of Jamil Jreisat, Politics without Process: Administering Development in the Arab World, in The Middle East Journal, vol. 52, no. 3 (Summer 1998), pp. 465-67; 10. Review of S. Yamashita (ed.) Transfer of Japanese Technology and Management to the ASEAN Countries (1991) in Transnational Corporations, Vol. 2, No. 3 (December 1993), pp. 163-65; 11. Review of UN Centre on Transnational Corporations, World Investment Report 1991, in Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 23, no. 1 (fourth quarter 1991), pp. 746-49; 12. Review of Askari, Saudi Arabia's Economy (1990) and Looney, Economic Development in Saudi Arabia (1990) in The Middle East Journal, Vol. 47, No 1. (Winter 1993), pp. 146-48; 13. Review of Robinson, The International Transfer of Technology: Theory, Issues and Practice (1988) and Robinson, Cases in International Technology Transfer (1988), in International Marketing Review, vol. 8, no. 1 (1991), pp. 71-72; 14. Review of Bertin and Wyatt, Multinationals and Industrial Property: The Control of the World's Technology (1988) in The International Trade Journal, vol. V, no. 2 (Winter 1990), pp. 283-86; 15. Review of Sauvant, International Transactions in Services: The Politics of Transborder Data Flows (1986), in Journal of International Business Studies, (Summer 1988), pp. 307-9; 16. Review of Katz, Ed., Technology Generation in Latin American Manufacturing (1987), in Journal of International Business Studies (Summer, 1988), pp. 309-12; 17. Review of Marton, Multinationals, Technology and Industrialization (1986), in Journal of International business Studies (Fall, 1987), 117-20; 18. Review of Rivlin, The Dynamics of Policy Making in Egypt, (1985), in The Middle East Journal, Vol. 40, no. 3 (Summer, 1986), pp. 537-38; 19. "Problematique in Pictures," review essay of Kidron and Segal, The State of the World Atlas, (1981) and Kidron and Smith, The War Atlas: Armed Conflict Armed Peace, (1983), in Global Futures DIGEST, Vol. 1, Nos. 2&3 (Fall/Winter 1983/4), pp. 82-83; 20. Review of Plascov, Security in the Persian Gulf: Modernization, Political Development, and Stability (1982), in The Middle East Journal, Spring, 1983, pp. 265-67; 21. Review of Kilmarx and Alexander, Eds., Business and the Middle East: Threats and Prospects (1982), in American-Arab Affairs, Winter 1982-83, No. 3, pp. 129-31; 22. Review of Kapoor, ed., International Business in the Middle East (1979), in MESA Bulletin, December, 1982, pp. 61-62; 23. Review of Z. Sardar, Science, Technology and Development in the Muslim World (1977), in Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Bulletin, Vol. XIII, No. 2 (May 1979), pp. 69-70. 9
Click here to return to "A. Publications" Click here to return to front page v. Conference Proceedings, Research Reports, Working Papers, Professional Presentations, Letters to the Editor (Partial List): 1. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, (2010) The Interface between the UN and TNCs, keynote address to the International Business Conference, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, February 9-11. 2. Aziz Bakay, Aditya Limaye, and Murad Moqbel (2010) Common Themes and Topics in International Business Textbooks, presented at the AIB/Midwest USA meeting, Chicago, March 24-26. 3. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, (2009) Codes of Conduct and other Control Systems for Multinationals: Has the Time Come Again? presented at the Conference on Multinational Enterprise and Sustainable Development, Nancy-Metz, France, November 4-6. 4. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, (2009) A Report on UNCTAD s World Investment Report 2008 and a Glimpse into WIR2009, presented at the14 th annual Conference Emerging Challenges in the Western Hemisphere, sponsored by Texas A&M International University, Monterrey, Mexico, April 16-18, 2009 5. Leonel Prieto, Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Balaji Janamanchi, and Andres Rivas-Chavez Changing Banking Needs of Immigrants: An Interim Report presented at the 2009 NASBITE Conference, San Diego, CA, April 18-21, 2009. 6. Reaching for New Global Heights: The Assimilation Project, US Dept. of Education Title VI.B grant to continue research, co-sponsored by LNB/BBVA (now Compass) and Wells Fargo Bank, unpublished manuscript, 2009. 7. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Global Financial Crisis: From Wall Street to the Streets of Laredo:, presented at the Town Hall Meeting, Texas A&M International University, October 28, 2008; 8. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, United Nations and Transnational Corporations: From Code of Conduct to Global Compact, presented at the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, November 25, 2008 9. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Multinational Corporations, Scandals, Codes and Controls, Lectures at Fu Jen Catholic University (Taipei, Taiwan), at National Sun Yat-Sen University (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), and Asia University (Taichung, Taiwan), May, 2008. 10. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, International Trade Journal: An Introduction, presented at the Meet the Editor panel, Southern Academy of Management/Academy of International Business/Southeast annual Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, October 30, 2008. 11. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Transnational Corporations, Extractive Industries and Development: Key findings from World Investment Report 2007 Preoceedings, Thirteenth Annual Conference on Western Hemispheric Trade: Facing New Global Challenges, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX April 3-4, 2008. 12. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, World Investment Report 2006: FDI from Developing Countries and Transition Economies: Implications for Development", Proceedings,12 th annual 10
conference on Western Hemispheric Trade and Investment Challenges, Laredo, Texas, March 22-23, 2007. 13. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Globalization of Higher Education, presented at the NASBITE 2007 Conference, Vancouver, April 1-2, 2007; 14. Lectures in China (Beijing and Tianjin), and Taiwan (Fu Jen Catholic University and National Chi Nan University), on US Trade Policy and on UN and Transnational Corporations ; May 2007; 15. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, The UN Galaxy and Global Corporate Social Responsibility: Challenges and Opportunities, presented at the 8th International Conference on Corporate Governance London, 20-21 September, 2007; 16. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, The UN and TNCs, accepted for a virtual global presentation at the Business as an Agent of World Benefit: Management Knowledge Leading Positive Change Global Forum on Sunday-Wednesday October 22-25, 2006. 17. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Transnational Corporations and the Internationalization of R&D: Western Hemisphere s Role, Proceedings, the 11 th annual Trade and Investment Challenges for Western Hemisphere, Laredo, Texas, April 6, 2006; 18. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Global Rules and Global Strategies, presented at the Western Academy of Management annual meeting, Las Vegas, March 30-April 2, 2005. 19. Tagi Sagafi-nejad and Christine Bernadas, The Use of International Business Concepts in the Journal of International Business Studies, presented at the Academy of International Business/Southeast annual meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 3-5, 2005 20. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Transnational Corporations and South Africa s Apartheid: The United Nations Role, Proceedings, Eastern Academy of Management, Cape Town, South Africa, June 26-30, 2005 21. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, The United Nations, transnational Corporations, and Foreign Direct Investment: An Intellectual Journey, presented at Southern New Hampshire University, May 18, 2005 22. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, The United Nations and Transnational Corporations: Is Another Storm Brewing? Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) New Delhi, India, January 3-5, 2005 published in Advances in Global Business Research, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2005), p. 427. 23. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Global Rules and Global Strategies, presented at the Western Academy of Management annual meeting, Las Vegas, March 30-April 2, 2005. 24. Tagi Sagafi-nejad and Christine Bernadas, The Use of International Business Concepts in the Journal of International Business Studies, presented at the Academy of International Business/Southeast annual meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 3-5, 2005 25. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, The Dark Side of International Business: Some Research Issues, accepted for presentation at the Business Association for Latin American Studies (BALAS) annual meeting, Madrid, Spain, May 25-28, 2005. Withdrawn subsequent to 11
acceptance; unable to participate due to time constraint. 26. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, The Variables: Challenges and Opportunities for Mexico and Latin America, presented at the Vision 2004 Conference, Laredo Texas and Monterrey, Mexico, April 27-28, 2004; 27. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, The Variables: Challenges and Opportunities for Mexico and Latin America, presented at the Vision 2004 Conference, Laredo Texas and Monterrey, Mexico, April 27-28, 2004 28. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Multilateral Control Instruments and Multinational Corporations, paper presented at the International Business and Economy Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 9-12, 2003 29. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Global Rules and Corporate Strategies: A Comparison of the World Health Organization s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the United Nations Global Compact, Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, Porto, Portugal, June 20-24, 2003 30. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Multilateral Control Instruments and Multinational Corporations, paper presented at the International Business and Economy Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 9-12, 2003 31. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, There will NOT be a War: The game of chicken and Las Vegas oddsmakers, Iranian.com, March 7, 2003; http://www.iranian.com/opinion/2003/march/war/index.html 32. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Globalization of Higher Education: Preconditions, Dynamics of Transformation, and Outcomes, presented to the faculty, Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, December 10, 2002 33. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Keynote address on "The United Nations and Transnational Corporations", the annual meeting of the Academy of International Business/Northeast Chapter, Scranton, PA, June 2, 2001; 34. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Should ILSA be renewed?" Presentation to the Congressional Staff, Capitol Hill, May 29, 2001; 35. Tagi Sagafi-nejad and Amita Shreenath, The United Nations and Transnational Corporations: An Assessment of the Top 100 TNCs Data Base, presented at the East West Center Association Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 4-8, 2000 36. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Eghtesade Reghabati" ["The Competitive Economy"], Afarinesh, Iranian daily, in Persian (Tehran), November 19, 2000; 37. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Avarez va Neshane-ha-ye Eghtesad-e Bimar" [Signs and Symptoms of a Sick Economy"] Afarinesh, Iranian daily, in Persian (Tehran), November 22, 2000; 38. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Iran as an Emerging Market: Threats and Prospects", Academy of Business and Administrative Sciences, Electronic Proceedings, Budapest, Hungary, July 1998; 39. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Re: Saudi/WTO Query", Gulf2000-list (Columbia University, December 2, 1999); 12
40. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Economic Conditions in Today s Iran", presented to the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Delegation to Iran, May 20, 1999; 41. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Globalization of Higher Education", presented to the faculty at the University of Lethbridge (Canada), April 16, 1999; 42. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Protectionism", presented at St. Louis University Madrid, March 2, 1999; 43. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Emerging Markets", presented at St. Louis University Madrid, March 2, 1999; 44. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Multinationals and Host Countries", Presented at the Secretary s Open Forum, US Department of State, May 5, 1999, and published on the State department s Open Forum web site. 45. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Iran s Economy at the Dawn of the 21st Century" at the George Washington University Seminar on "An Assessment of the Iranian Revolution and its Consequences", February 20, 1999, reported in Washington Iranians, March 19, 1999; 46. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "It's Unfortunate to Confuse Iran and Iraq" letter to the editor, Baltimore Sun, November 28, 1998; 47. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "The Euro and its Implications for US Corporations and the Global Economy", presentation to the Financial Managers Society Baltimore Chapter, October 8, 1998; 48. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "The Euro: What is it, and Who Cares?" - presentation to Baltimore Economic Society, January 7, 1999; 49. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Iran as an Emerging Market: Threats and Prospects" Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (CIRA) annual meeting, April 1999, Boston; 50. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Iran as an Emerging Market?" paper presented at the Academy of Business and Administrative Sciences (ABAS) annual meeting, Budapest, Hungary, July 13, 1998; 51. Tagi Sagafi-nejad and Richard Franke, "Conditions of Technology Transfer and Convergence of National Economies", presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-economics (SASE), Vienna, Austria, July 14, 1998; 52. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Iran as an Emerging Market: Prospects and Threats" [in Farsi], Society for Iranian Studies (Berlin), Berlin, July 8, 1998; 53. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Iran as an Emerging Market? Opportunities and Challenges", presented at the annual conference of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (CIRA) Portland, Oregon, April 24-25, 1998; 54. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Labor Markets and Competitiveness Issues in the United States: A critical Analysis and Possible Lessons for Europe", keynote lecture delivered at the Conference on "Employment Structures of the Future: Lessons from the United States", sponsored by BISOWE des DBB (Training and Research Academy of the Federation of German Civil Servants), Berlin, Germany April 17, 1997; 55. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Competitiveness Among the Triad", presented at the conference The 13
New Europe at the Crossroads, co-sponsored by Loyola College, York, England, August 3-7, 1997; 56. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "US-Japan Competitiveness in Manufacturing: Who Leads in What Industry" presented at the American Society for Competitiveness annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 17-19, 1996; 57. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Globalization of Higher Education in America", keynote address delivered at the annual meeting of the Academy of International Business/Northeast (Scranton, PA), June 1, 1994; 58. Tagi Sagafi-nejad and Michael DeHaemer, "US-Japan Competitiveness in Manufacturing: A Status Report on Who Leads in What Industry?", presented at the 1993 annual meeting of the Association of Management, Atlanta, GA, August 5-9, 1993; 59. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Technology Transfer and the Current World Situation", interview, Tadbir (Management), the Scientific and Educational Journal for Managers, published monthly by Industrial Management Institute, Tehran, Iran], Vol. III, no. 23 (June-July 1992), pp. 26-8, in Farsi; 60. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "The European Community Opens New Opportunities" Tadbir [Management] - the scientific and educational journal for managers - published monthly by Industrial Management Institute, Tehran, Iran, October-November, 1992, pp. 18-21 and 64-5, in Farsi; 61. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Editor and compiler, The Ten Best Papers Proceedings, Academy of International Business/Northeast USA Chapter, 1992; 62. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Editor and compiler, The Ten Best Papers Proceedings, Academy of International Business/Northeast USA Chapter, 1991; 63. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Globalization: Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces in the Integration Process", 1991, mimeo, 64. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Globalization and Regionalism: Contending Forces in the Integration of the Americas", Business Association for Latin American Studies (BALAS) annual meeting, Boston, April 17-20, 1991; 65. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "The Piracy of Intellectual Property: Issues in the US-LDCs' Trade Debate", Academy of International Business Southeast Asia Region, Hong Kong, June 26-28, 1990; 66. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Editor and compiler, The Ten Best Papers Proceedings, Academy of International Business/Northeast USA Chapter, 1990; 67. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "RPPs, TNCs, & LDCs: Major Issues Surrounding the Debate on Restrictive Business Practices of Transnational Corporations in Less Developed Countries", Academy of International Business annual meeting, Singapore, November 19-22, 1989; 68. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Competitiveness and Global Manufacturing: The Contribution of Information Technology", with John Burbridge, presented at the Western Academy Management, Shizuoka, Japan, June 18-21, 1990; 14
69. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Editor and compiler, The Ten Best Papers Proceedings, Academy of International Business/Northeast USA Chapter, 1989; 70. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Technology Transfer to the People's Republic of China: Congruence and Discontinuity in Perspectives," with Marc Rubin, Proceedings, First Annual Symposium on Pacific Asian Business, Pacific Asian Management Institute (PAMI), Univ. of Hawaii, January 1988, p. 63; a. Best Paper Award recipient, Pacific Asia Management Institute, 1988; 71. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, research consultant and contributor, U.N. Centre on Transnational Corporations, Transnational Corporations in World Development: Fourth Survey, (New York: United Nations, 1988), 72. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Conflict Identification in Technology Transfer to the PRC", with Marc Rubin, Academy of International Business annual meeting, San Diego, October 1988; 73. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Keynote speaker at "Perspectives on International Business: The Emerging Third World Multinationals" organized by St. Joseph College and University of Hartford, February 3, 1988; 74. Workshop Leader, "Internationalization of the Curriculum," Sellinger School of Business and Management Retreat, August 1987; 75. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Moderator and Organizer, "Technology Transfer and Licensing," Maryland Annual Trade Conference, December 1986, and December 1987; 76. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Syrian Agriculture: Performance and Potential" with Ian Manners, 1986, 90 pp., mimeo; 77. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "The Management of Technology Transfer from the U.S. to the People's Republic of China," with Marc Rubin, Guangzhou Economic Research, 9 (1986), (in Chinese); 78. United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations, "TIPS Users' Survey of Mexico: Final Report and Annexes," (New York: UNCTC, 1985, mimeo), as research consultant, assisted in the preparation of the report; 79. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Technology Transfer to Iran, (Report to the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, March 1983), 119 pp., mimeo; used in the Office of Technology Assessment, Technology Transfer to the Middle East (Washington: Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, 1984); 80. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Skill Transfers from Egypt," presented at the 1983 annual meeting of the Academy of International Business, San Francisco, December 27-31, 1983; 81. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Agricultural Development and Food Self-Sufficiency: The Syrian Post-War Experience," presented at the International Studies Association Meeting, with Ian Manners, Mexico City, April 1983; 82. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Technology Transfer from Egypt," presented at the annual meeting of The American Economic Association, New York, December 28-30, 1982; 83. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Technology Transfer from LDCs: The Case of Egypt," presented at 15
the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Philadelphia, November, 1982; 84. Tagi Sagafi-nejad and Stephen P. Magee, "Foreign Direct Investment and Capital Theory Considerations in the Pricing Technology: An Empirical Investigation," Discussion papers, 82.12, Center for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Texas, Austin, 1982; 85. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Foreign Direct Investment in LDCs and Technology Pricing Policies: A Statistical Portrait and Tests of Some Hypotheses," presented at the Academy of International Business annual meeting, Montreal, October 1981. Working Paper 81/82-5- 6, Department of Marketing Administration, University of Texas at Austin, (1981); 86. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "The Economic Causes and Consequences of the Iranian Revolution," presented at the Middle East Studies Association annual conference, Seattle, November 1981; 87. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Perception Gaps and Intra-group Consensus: Some Obstacles in Managing Multilateral International Negotiations," presented at the International Studies Association annual convention, Philadelphia, March, 1981, Working Paper 81-91, Graduate School of Business, University of Texas 1981; 88. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Developmental Impact of Technology Transfer: A Conceptual Overview," delivered at the annual meeting of the Academy of International Business, New Orleans, October 24, 1980; 89. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Technology Transfer Control Systems: Actors, Issues, and Alternatives," presented at the International Studies Association annual convention, Los Angeles, March 22, 1980; 90. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "A Summary of Papers Presented at the International Conference on Technology Transfer Control Systems," mimeo, 1979; with Richard W. Moxon; 91. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Technology Transfer Control Systems and U.S. Policy," Report to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the State Department, mimeo, 1979; 92. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "The New International Economic Order: An Overview of the Issues," background pamphlet for the Northwest Project on the New International Economic Order, (Seattle: NW/NIEO Project, March 1979) with Mickey Riley; 93. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, "Technology Transfer cum Foreign Direct Investment: Some Statistical Analysis from Iran 1954-74," mimeo, 1978; 94. Saghafi-nejad, Taghi and Robert Belfield, Transnational Corporations, Technology Transfer, and Development: A Bibliography, (Philadelphia: Worldwide Institutions Group, 1976); 95. Saghafi-nejad, Taghi, "The Automotive Industry in Iran," (Tehran: Iran Center for Management Studies, 1974), mimeo; 96. Saghafi-nejad, Taghi, "Developmental Consequences of Transfer of Technology by the Multinational Enterprise: A Framework and Some Evidence from Iran," invited paper delivered at the International Conference on the Social Sciences and Problems of Development, Persepolis, Shiraz, Iran, June 1974. 16
Note: a) For the sake of brevity, numerous other panel presentations, panels organized in academic and non-academic meetings, speeches to professional groups, and appearances on radio and television are not individually listed. b) The spelling of name changed in 1976 from Taghi Saghafi-nejad to Tagi Sagafi-nejad. Click here to return to "A. Publications" Other scholarly and professional activities: Click here to return to front page Organizer and chair, Faculty Development Seminar, PhD Students Consortium, UNCTAD Regional Workshop and numerous similar workshops Research in Progress: 1. Sustainability in academia, corporations, and international organizations, in progress; 2. Banking practices of immigrants as they assimilate; 3. Iran and the Global Economy in the 21 st Century: Opportunities and Challenges, in Farsi, with Akbar Disfani, unpublished manuscript; 4. "Globalization of Higher Education in the United States", unpublished manuscript; 5. "Global Multimodal Logistics Management", unpublished manuscript. Grants Received VI. Dissertation Travel grant, National Science Foundation, 1973-74; Recipient of multiple-sourced (NSF, U. Washington, U Penn, State Department) grant for Technology Transfer Control Systems project, 1977-80. Recipient, Faculty Development Leave, Texas A&M International University, Fall 2010, Recipient and Director, Texas A&M International University: US Department of Education Title VI-B grant for 2006-08 multi-year $394,000 Federal grant Reaching for New Global Heights at TAMIU ; Sabbatical leave and supporting grant to pursue above research, Loyola College in Maryland, 2000-2001 Numerous other research grants, not listed for brevity. SERVICE A. Service to the University (Texas A&M International University and Loyola Collge): Chair, Loyola College Faculty Council; Director, Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade, 2008- present Director, Texas Center for Border Economic & Enterprise Development, 2008-present PhD Program in International Business Administration, 2003-2008; Interim chair, Department of Management, Marketing and Interknit Business, fall, 2003; Coordinator, annual Conference on Western Hemispheric Development Challenges, held at Texas A&M International University annually, for 2006, 2008 and 2009 Founder and organizer of the annual PhD Students Consortium, held annually at Texas A&M International University since 2005; Coordinator, College of Business Administration Distinguished Lectures Series, Texas 17
A&M International University, 2007- present; Editor, International Trade Journal, published by Taylor&Francis on behalf of Texas A&M International University, 2007- present. B. Curriculum Development Led the drive for internationalization, including an International Business Concentration at the undergraduate and MBA programs; "Internationalization of the Curriculum"; International Business Lecture Series; Loyola s Study Abroad program; design for a Master of International Business (MIB) program; strategic partnerships between Loyola and European universities, particularly in Holland, France and Sweden; C. Main College Committee and Administrative Functions: Chair, Globalization Committee, International Business Committee, numerous other school and College committees; Chair, Department of Management & International Business, 1995-1996; Founder and Director, Loyola Center for International Business Education and Research (Loyola CIBER), 1986-97; D. Service to the Community 1. Selected Off-Campus Lectures and Media Appearances: Participated in Maryland Public TV, Radio Free Europe, Voice of America, and CBS, NBC and ABC affiliates in Baltimore, national and international media; Numerous keynote lectures and public appearances in the US, Europe, China, South America and Central Asia Click here to Hreturn to "A. Publications"H E. Consulting, Professional and Community Services: HClick here to return to front page Executive education programs to audiences in corporations, international organizations and public sector, Consultant to United Nations Centere on Transnational Corporations (UNCTC), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and US Congress; Grant reviewer for various organizations, including US Department of Education; American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation; F. Professional Memberships, Offices Held, and Service to the Profession Founder, List Owner and Moderator of AIBNET, the Internet-based list server for members of the Academy of International Business (AIB) co-sponsored by Loyola College and AIB, October 1994-August 1998; Member of the editorial board of several academic journal, member of several academic associations including Academy of Management (AoM) and Academy of International Business (AIB) G. Other scholarly activities: 18
Held Press Conferences on behalf and at the invitation of UNCTAD in Mexico City to launch the publication of WIR06 and present results of the study in Mexico City, October 16, 2006. See Hhttp://www.tamiu.edu/coba/phd/files/LMTBJ2006_12_04_p6.pdf; held press conferences each subsequent year to release the UNCTAD annual World Investment Report Organized a web site containing old and new paper currencies of different denominations from nearly 100 countries, together with links to each country s financial authorities and other useful information for students and others interested in international monetary system and world s currencies. HWWW.Sagafi.netH. Updated January 30, 2013 19