Faculty Research and Accomplishments

Dallas has one of the highest concentrations of Ph.D.s in the nation. Likewise, UT Dallas is known for its brain power. The university does not have a football team, but it does have a world-champion chess team competing exclusively on brain power.

In 2007 alone, School of Management faculty published articles in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Management Science and Strategic Management Journal, significantly contributing to the school's ranking as the 13th most productive business school in research in 2007 (Visit http://top100.utdallas.edu; search by "check all journals" and select from 2007 to 2007.). In comparison, the School of Management ranked 25th in 2005 and 16th in 2006, based on the UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings, which track contributions of leading academic business journals.

Textbooks and Research Books

Textbooks authored by School of Management leading faculty are used and studied around the world. Dr. Greg Dess' Strategic Management (co-authored with Lumpkin and Eisner) is widely used throughout the world, with translations in Chinese, Portuguese and Serbian, as well as adaptations in Canada and Europe.

Dr. Mike Peng's Global Strategy is used in over 20 countries and has been translated into Chinese and Portuguese. Building on the success of Global Strategy, Dr. Peng has most recently published Global Business and is working on a paperback, Global Business Express.

The school's faculty is also active in publishing research books. In 2006, Dr. Richard Harrison co-authored Culture and Demography in Organizations with G. Caroll. In 2003, Dr. John Lin co-authored Designing Stress Resistant Organizations with K. Carley.