Faculty Profile

Cristian Dezsö Assistant Professor Ph.D., New York University Robert H. Smith School of Business Logistics, Business and Public Policy 3347 Van Munching Hall College Park, MD 20742-1815 Phone: (301) 405-7832 Email: cdezso@rhsmith.umd.edu

Research Interests: Strategy, Industrial Organization, Corporate Governance.

Professor Dezsö teaches the global economic environment and the business and government courses in the part-time MBA and undergraduate programs. His research examines the impact of top executives on firm performance, and the moderating effect of executives- demographic characteristics and firms- corporate governance arrangements. In addition, his applied game theory research examines issues related to firm reputation and technology adoption. His research appears in the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.

Dezsö joined Maryland in 2007, after a year in economic consulting. He completed his Ph.D. at New York University-s Stern School of Business. He also holds an M.A. in economics from the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and a B.A. in business from the "Babes-Bolyai" University in Cluj, Romania.