Global Culture/Commerce

To meet the demands of our increasingly global economy and modern life, Bentley University strives to provide students and faculty with an experiential understanding of international cultures and business practices.

We do so through world-class teaching and learning centers, innovative academic programs both here and abroad, and a growing record of faculty research and scholarship in the strategic domain of Global Commerce and Culture.

Global Studies Department
Bentley offers America's only undergraduate degree in global studies that requires both a business studies minor and a study abroad experience.


Centers

Education Abroad prepares students to become active leaders in business and related professions in a global economy. Bentley offers 27 education-abroad partnerships in 16 countries worldwide. Bentley in Bahrain is a program making a Bentley education available to students in the Persian Gulf region through a partnership with the Bahrain Institute for Banking and Finance.

Center for Languages and International Collaboration
The CLIC offers live video and computer conferencing, a multimedia library of instructional materials for language and cultural learning, and access to international satellite broadcasting to enhance course curricula in Modern Languages and International Studies.

Center for Marketing Technology
The CMT is a "best practices" center for studying the forces that drive buying and selling in a global, networked economy.

CyberLaw Center
The center promotes research and teaching and serves as a clearinghouse for exploring myriad legal issues surrounding international business practices in a digital world.

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Recent Research and Scholarship

2009

Mohammad J. Abdolmohammadi
Journal Article:
  • Factors Associated with Use and Compliance With The IIA Standards: A Study of Anglo-culture CAEs
Authors:
  • Abdolmohammadi, M.J
Lynn S Arenella
Journal Article:
  • The Best of Both Worlds: Infusing Liberal Learning into a Business Curriculum
Authors:
  • Arenella, Lynn S
  • Davi, Angelique M
  • Veeser, Cyrus R
  • Wiggins III, Roy A
Samir Dayal
Book Chapter:
  • Ethical Antihumanism in Frantz Fanon
Authors:
  • Dayal, Samir
Dominique M Haughton
Journal Article:
  • Living standards of Vietnamese provinces: a Kohonen map
Authors:
  • Phong Nguyen
  • Dominique Haughton
Aaron L. Jackson
Journal Article:
  • Quantitative Goals for Monetary Policy: A Quantile Regression Approach
Authors:
  • Jackson, Aaron L
  • Miles, William
Charles A. Malgwi
Journal Article:
  • Combating Academic Fraud: Are Students Reticent about Uncovering the Covert?
Authors:
  • Malgwi, Charles A
  • Rakovski, Carter C
Journal Article:
  • A Study of the Financial Reporting Dichotomy of Managers' Perceived Usefulness of the Value Added Statement
Authors:
  • Malgwi, Charles A
  • Purdy, Derek E
Randall J. Nichols
Conference Paper:
  • Target Acquired: "America's Army" and the Political Economy of the Global Video Game Industry
Authors:
  • Nichols, Randy
Michael A. Quinn
Journal Article:
  • Estimating the Impact of Migration and Remittances on Agricultural Technology
Authors:
  • Quinn, Michael A
Journal Article:
  • Movies and the Mystery of the Missing Trade: Is Hollywood Good for U.S. Exporters?
Authors:
  • Quinn, Michael A
Anne Warfield Rawls
Journal Article:
  • MITRE Informaiton Assurance Data Standards Study: What Can be Learned and How Enumerations Can be Defended Using Ethnomethodology (EM) and Conversation Analysis (CA)
Authors:
  • Rawls, Anne Warfield
  • Mann, Dave
  • Garcia, Angela
  • David, Gary
  • Burton, Matt
Journal Article:
  • An Essay on Two Conceptions of Social Order: Constitutive Orders of Action, Objects and Identities vs Aggregate Orders of Individual Action
Authors:
  • Rawls, Anne
Jeffrey C. Shuman
Journal Article:
  • Modeling and Replicating Effective Collaboration: A Case Study of The Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Authors:
  • Jeffrey Shuman
  • Janice Twombly
Conference Paper:
  • Modeling and Replicating Effective Collaboration: A Case Study of The Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Authors:
  • Jeff Shuman
  • Jan Twombly
Jeffrey C. Shuman
Professional Presentations:
  • Designing and Building Sponsored Business Networks
Authors:
  • Jeff Shuman
  • Jan Twombly
Jane D Tchaicha
Journal Article:
  • ICTs as a (Re)source for socio-economic development: Case studies from Morocco
Authors:
  • Tchaicha, Jane D
Hans J. Thamhain
Journal Article:
  • Managing globally dispersed R&D teams
Authors:
  • Thamhain, Hans J
Ari Yezegel
Journal Article:
  • Crises, Contagion and Cross-Listings
Authors:
  • Nandini Chandar
  • Dilip K. Patro
  • Ari Yezegel

2008

Donald R. Chand
Journal Article:
  • Integrated Collaboration Across Distributed Sites: The perils of Process and the Promise of Practice
Authors:
  • Gary David
  • Donald Chand
  • Susan Newell
  • L. Resenda-Santos
Alina M. Chircu
Conference Paper:
  • IT Entrepreneurial Strategies in Emerging Economies: Lessons from a Local Start-up
Authors:
  • Chircu, Alina
  • Chircu, Flavius
Gary C David
Journal Article:
  • Undoing Degradation: The Attempted Rehumanization of Arab and Muslim Americans
Authors:
  • Gary David
  • Paul Jalbert
Journal Article:
  • Integrated Collaboration Across Distributed Sites: The Perils of Process and the Promise of Practice
Authors:
  • Gary David
  • Donald Chand
  • Susan Newell
  • Joao Resende Santos
Samir Dayal
Journal Article:
  • Professing Spirituality: Bollywood Fantasies and the Return of Religion
Authors:
  • Dayal, Samir
Linda Fiddler Edelman
Journal Article:
  • Separated by a common language? Entrepreneurship research across the Atlantic
Authors:
  • Manolova, Tatiana
  • Edelman, Linda
  • Brush, Candida
Bonnie N. Field
Journal Article:
  • Candidate Selection Procedures in Transitional Polities: A Research Note
Authors:
  • Field, Bonnie N
  • Siavelis, Peter M
Book:
  • Democracy and Institutional Development: Spain in Comparative Theoretical Perspective
Authors:
  • Field, Bonnie N
  • Hamann, Kerstin (eds)
Patricia M. Flynn
Industry Report:
  • 2007 Index of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy
Authors:
  • MTC
  • Flynn, Patricia
K. Richard Garrett
Professional Presentations:
  • THE GOLDEN RULE: The Unrecognized Goldmine.ABSTRACT: The paper argues that philosophers have failed to understand the great riches lying within The Golden Rule
Authors:
  • Richard Garrett
Girish J. Gulati
Conference Paper:
  • Media Representation of Human Trafficking in Three Liberal Media Systems
Authors:
  • Gulati, Girish J
John O. Hayward
Journal Article:
  • Grokster Unplugged: It's Time to Legalize P2P File Sharing
Authors:
  • John O. Hayward
Ranjoo Seodu Herr
Journal Article:
  • Cultural Claims and the Limits of Liberal Democracy
Authors:
  • Ranjoo Seodu Herr
Aaron L. Jackson
Journal Article:
  • Fixed Exchange Rates and Disinflation in Emerging Markets: How Large is the Effect?
Authors:
  • Jackson, Aaron L
  • Miles, William
Mark Oliver Lewis
Journal Article:
  • Business Network Agility for Global Demand-Supply Synchronization: A Comparative Case Study in the Apparel Industry
Authors:
  • M. Lewis
  • R. Hornyak
  • R. Patnayakuni
  • A. Rai
Sean Michael McDonald
Journal Article:
  • Information Communication Technology: Reform of organisational crisis management during natural disasters
Authors:
  • McDonald, Sean M
  • Sinha, Ranu
Randall J. Nichols
Book Chapter:
  • Ancillary markets: Merchandising and Video Games
Authors:
  • Nichols, Randy
Anne Warfield Rawls
Journal Article:
  • Harold Garfinkel, Ethnomethodology and Workplace Studies
Authors:
  • Rawls, Anne Warfield
Jahangir Sultan
Journal Article:
  • The Effectiveness of Dynamic Hedging: Evidence from Selcted European Stock Index Futures
Authors:
  • Jahangir Sultan
  • Mohammad S. Hasan
Jane D Tchaicha
Professional Presentations:
  • Undoing the past, and Re-energizing the future of Language Studies in BusinessEducation
Authors:
  • Jane Tchaicha
Bruce David Weinberg
Journal Article:
  • The Secrets of Marketing in a Web 2.0 World
Authors:
  • Parise, Salvatore
  • Patricia J. Guinan
  • Bruce D. Weinberg
Poh-Lin Yeoh
Journal Article:
  • Earning the Doctoral Degree: An Example of Relationship Marketing
Authors:
  • Poh-Lin Yeoh
Ari Yezegel
Journal Article:
  • Contagion Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Evidence from Spain
Authors:
  • Virginia Cortijo
  • Ari Yezegel
Professional Presentations:
  • The News of No News in Stock Markets
Authors:
  • Oral Erdogan
  • Ari Yezegel

2007

William J Buchholz
Book Chapter:
  • Chapter 7.12 Ontology
Authors:
  • Buchholz, William J
Priscilla A. Burnaby
Book:
  • A Global Summary of the Common Body of Knowledge 2006 Preview Edition, pages
Authors:
  • Burnaby, Priscilla
  • Abdolmohammadi, Mohammad
  • Hass, Susan
Donald R. Chand
Conference Paper:
  • Exploring Formal and Informal Controls in Global IT Work
Authors:
  • Min Zhang
  • Donald Chand
  • Gary David
Book Chapter:
  • Does Exposure to Cross-Cultural Models lead to Stereotyping or Better Management of IT Work?
Authors:
  • Doanld Chand
  • Gary David
  • Senthil Kumar
Gary C David
Journal Article:
  • The Creation of Arab American: Political Activism and Ethnic (Dis)Unity
Authors:
  • Gary David
Samir Dayal
Journal Article:
  • Re-Positioning India: Tagore's Passionate Politics of 'Love.'
Authors:
  • Dayal, Samir
Joel Ian Deichmann
Journal Article:
  • International Tourism from the Perspective of Czech Hospitality Professionals: A Pilot Study for Exploring Origin-Specific Stereotypes
Authors:
  • Joel I. Deichmann
Bonnie N. Field
Journal Article:
  • Incorporating Spain into the Comparative Democratization Syllabus
Authors:
  • Field, Bonnie N
Robert D Galliers
Journal Article:
  • Vive les differences? Developing a profile of European Information Systems research as a basis for international comparisons
Authors:
  • Galliers, R. D
  • Whitley, E. A
Journal Article:
  • An alternative perspective on citation classics: Evidence from the first ten years of the European Conference on Information Systems
Authors:
  • Whitley, E. A
  • Galliers, R. D
Ranjoo Seodu Herr
Journal Article:
  • Liberal Multiculturalism: An Oxymoron?
Authors:
  • Ranjoo Seodu Herr
Louis J. Iandoli
Journal Article:
  • The Image of the Tuileries Palace in the French Press and Memoirs. 1871-1883
Authors:
  • Iandoli, Louis J
Mark Oliver Lewis
Published Case Study:
  • Value Creation through Supply ChainPartnerships: A Case Study of the UPS and HP Relationship
Authors:
  • M. Lewis
  • A. Rai
  • D. Forquer
  • D. Quinter
Tatiana S. Manolova
Journal Article:
  • The differential effect of men and women entrepreneurs' human capital and networking on growth expectancies in Bulgaria
Authors:
  • Manolova, Tatiana S
  • Carter, Nancy M
  • Manev, Ivan M
  • Gyoshev, Bojidar S
Tracy J. Noga
Journal Article:
  • The inequity of U.S. Estate Tax Consequences for non-citizen spouses and expatriate and the impact of the proposed exit tax
Authors:
  • Wilkinson, Brett
  • Noga, Tracy
Published Case Study:
  • International Transfer Pricing at Marks Pharmaceuticals: A Tax and Financial Accounting Perspective
Authors:
  • Noga, Tracy
  • Wilkinson, Brett
  • Ford, Caroline
Tracy J. Noga
Published Case Study:
  • International Consulting Income: An Investigation of the Tax Implications of a U.S. Individual Working in Canada
Authors:
  • Noga, Tracy
  • Wilkinson, Brett
Anne Warfield Rawls
Book Chapter:
  • Speaking in Tongues: a Dialectic of Faith and Practice
Authors:
  • Wright, Bonnie
  • Rawls, Anne Warfield
Balaji Sankaranarayanan
Journal Article:
  • Critical Capabilities for IS Offshore Outsourcing
Authors:
  • Ranganathan, C
  • Balaji, S
Bruce David Weinberg
Journal Article:
  • Multichannel marketing: Mindset and program development
Authors:
  • Bruce D. Weinberg
  • Salvatore Parise
  • Patricia J. Guinan
Samuel W. Woolford
Journal Article:
  • Measuring the International Digital Divide: An Application of Kohonen Self-Organizing Maps
Authors:
  • Deichmann, Joel I
  • Abdolreza, Eshghi
  • Haughton, Dominique
  • Sayek, Selin
  • Woolford, Sam
David J. Yates
Conference Paper:
  • How Open Source Software and Wireless Networks are Transforming Two Cultures: An Investigation in Urban North America and Rural Africa
Authors:
  • David J. Yates
  • Thomas McGonagle
  • Anas Tawileh

2006

Nader Asgary
Journal Article:
  • A Microeconometric Approach to the Incentive Effect of Shortage on Fertility
Authors:
  • Asgary Nader
  • Mokhtari Mitch
Priscilla A. Burnaby
Journal Article:
  • A Survey of Internal Auditors to Establish the Scope of the Common Body of Knowledge Study in 2006
Authors:
  • Burnaby, Priscilla
  • Hass, Susan
  • Abdolmohammadi, Mohammad
Journal Article:
  • The Americas' Literature on Expanded Scope of Internal Auditing
Authors:
  • Hass, Susan
  • Abdolmohammadi, Mohammad
  • Burnaby, Priscilla
Priscilla A. Burnaby
Professional Presentations:
  • Ten Steps to Enterprise Risk Management
Authors:
  • Burnaby, Priscilla
  • Hass, Susan
Alina M. Chircu
Journal Article:
  • Managing Electronic Commerce Transaction Costs for Customer Value
Authors:
  • Chircu, A. M
  • Mahajan, V
Joel Ian Deichmann
Journal Article:
  • Understanding Eurasian Convergence: Application of Kohonen Self-Organizing Maps
Authors:
  • Joel I. Deichmann
  • Abdolreza Eshghi
  • Dominique Haughton
  • Selin Sayek
  • Nicholas Teebagy
  • Heikki Topi
Bonnie N. Field
Journal Article:
  • Transition Modes and Post-transition Inter-party Politics: Evidence from Spain (1977-82) and Argentina (1983-89)
Authors:
  • Field, Bonnie N
Journal Article:
  • Transitions to Democracy and Internal Party Rules: Spain in Comparative Perspective
Authors:
  • Field, Bonnie N
Ranjoo Seodu Herr
Journal Article:
  • In Defense of Non-liberal Nationalism
Authors:
  • Ranjoo Seodu Herr
Louis J. Iandoli
Journal Article:
  • The Palace of the Tuileries and its Demolition: An analysis of the years 1870-1883
Authors:
  • Iandoli, Louis J
Professional Presentations:
  • Le Retentissement aux Etats-Unis du projet de reconstruction des Tuileries, (The Reaction in the United States to the Reconstruction of the Tuileries
Authors:
  • Iandoli, Louis J
Louis J. Iandoli
Professional Presentations:
  • The Industrialization and Popularization of Objets d'Art in the Second Empire
Authors:
  • Iandoli, Louis J
Anthony E. Kiszewski
Journal Article:
  • Efficacy of resmethrin aerosols applied from the road for suppressing Culex vectors of West Nile Virus
Authors:
  • Reddy MR
  • Spielman A
  • Lepore TJ
  • Henley D
  • Kiszewski AE
  • Reiter P
Yuan Li
Journal Article:
  • Native Countries as Language-Learning Environments
Authors:
  • Yuan Li
Jeffrey Alan Livingston
Book Chapter:
  • Decentralization in Uganda
Authors:
  • Jeffrey A Livingston
  • Omar Azfar
  • Patrick Meagher
Tatiana S. Manolova
Journal Article:
  • Breaking the family and friends' circle: Predictors of external financing usage among men and women entrepreneurs in a transitional economy
Authors:
  • Manolova, Tatiana S
  • Manev, Ivan M
  • Carter, Nancy M
  • Gyoshev, Bojidar S
Irvin W. Morgan
Journal Article:
  • The Effect of Volatility on Commercial Lending Pricing
Authors:
  • Irvin W. Morgan Jr
  • N. L. Larrymore
Tracy J. Noga
Journal Article:
  • Excluding Expatriates' Foreign Earned Income: New Developments
Authors:
  • Noga, Tracy
  • Wilkinson, Brett
Aaron J. Nurick
Book Chapter:
  • Developing Multinational Project Teams
Authors:
  • Aaron J. Nurick
  • Hans J. Thamhain
Michael A. Quinn
Journal Article:
  • Relative Deprivation, Wage Differentials and Mexican Migration
Authors:
  • Quinn, Michael A
Jane D Tchaicha
Journal Article:
  • Empowering Technologies, Empowered Women, the Case of Morocco and Tunisia
Authors:
  • Tchaicha, Jane D
Cyrus Richard Veeser
Book Review:
  • Book review
Authors:
  • Veeser, Cyrus
Poh-Lin Yeoh
Conference Paper:
  • The Role of Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Internalization in Sourcing Performance: A Supplier's Perspective
Authors:
  • Poh-Lin Yeoh
Conference Paper:
  • Understanding the Antecedents and Outcomes from Potential and Realized Absorptive Capacity
Authors:
  • Poh-Lin Yeoh