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Microeconomics of Competitiveness:
Firms, Clusters, and Economic
Development
Spring
2007
Course Faculty
Prof. Vinod K. Jain
 Vinod
Jain is director of the Center for
International Business Education and
Research (CIBER) and the Center for
Global Business, as well as an affiliate
professor in the Management &
Organization area at the Robert H. Smith
School of Business, University of
Maryland. He is also the academic cohort
director for the School's Executive MBA
programs in Beijing and Shanghai, China.
Prior to joining the Smith School in
2005, he taught for some twelve years at
universities in the United States, U.K.,
and Bahrain. And, in spring 2005, he
taught on the Executive MBA program at
the Polish-American Management Center,
University of Lodz, Poland as a
Fulbright Scholar. A true cosmopolitan,
Vinod has lived, studied, and worked in
India, United States, Europe, and the
Middle East.
Vinod currently teaches strategy,
global strategy, and microeconomics of
competitiveness on Smith's MBA and
Executive MBA programs in College Park,
China, and Switzerland. His current
research involves measuring the
knowledge economy in the United States,
a project funded by the IBM Center for
Innovation. His research and
publications have been in fields as
diverse as strategy evolution,
performance measurement and management,
and knowledge management. Vinod designed
and chaired a symposium on curriculum
and program internationalization at the
annual meeting of the Academy of
Management, which won the 2005
McGraw-Hill/Irwin Best Symposium Award
from the Management Education and
Development Division. During the last
eight years, he has received and managed
four competitive grants from the U.S.
Department of Education, with a total
budget of over four million dollars.
And, in 1992-93, he received the Allen
J. Krowe Award for Teaching Excellence
from the Robert H. Smith School of
Business, University of Maryland.
Prior to returning to academia in
1989, Vinod worked in industry for some
twenty years and held a variety of
positions including Vice President
(Macmillan Publishers), Manager Sales
and Marketing (Falcon Publishing),
Manager Coordination (Molins PLC),
Marketing Research Executive
(Coca-Cola), and Marketing Analyst
(FMC). He has also consulted for a
number of multinational corporations and
has conducted over one hundred executive
seminars worldwide.
In 2004, Vinod received a Citation
from Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich,
Jr., recognizing him for his services
promoting international understanding
with people from different parts of the
world in business and education. And, in
2001, he won the “E†Award for
Excellence in Exporting from Ohio
Governor Robert Taft for the services he
provided to multinational companies in
the state.
Vinod has a Ph.D. degree in Strategy
and International Management from the
University of Maryland at College Park
and Master's degrees in Management
(UCLA) and Statistics (Indian
Statistical Institute). He is a member
of Academy of International Business,
Academy of Management, Maryland
Washington D.C. District Export Council,
Mensa, Strategic Management Society, and
the World Affairs Council. He is
President Emeritus of the board of
directors of the Toledo Area
International Trade Association and was
on the boards of governors of Ohio's
Information Technology Alliance and the
IT Alliance for Northwest Ohio during
April 2000 - April 2002.
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