Fariborz Ghadar (FG): Articles

Through more than 25 years of research in the broad field of global management, FG's articles have been cited numerous times. Here is a list of his publications:

"IT:Ubiquitious Force", (with Heather Spindler), Industrial Management, Jul-Aug, 2005 Read This Article >>
"Will They Still Feed Us When We're 65?," Los Angeles Times, Mar.20, 2005 Read This Article>>
"The Growth of Biotechnology ," (with Heather Spindler), Industrial Management, Mar-Apr, 2005 Read This Article>>
"Nanotechnology : Small Revolution ", (with Heather Spindler), Industrial Management, May-Jun, 2005 Read This Article>>
"The Fred Dilemma :Solve Fred’s Problem And Your Global Business Strategy Will Fall Into Place" Read This Article >>
"Population:Shifting Demographics" , Industrial Management, Mar-Apr, 2005 Read This Article>>
"Strategy Implementation: Where the Fun Begins," Profiles in Coaching, The 2004 Handbook of Best Practices in Leadership Coaching
"Urbanization: Uncharted Growth" , Industrial Management, Mar-Apr, 2005 Read This Article>>
Review of “Iran and the surrounding world : Interactions in Culture and Cultural Politics”, The Academy of Management Executive , Nov 2003
"Disease and Globalization: On a Fast Track," (with Beth Hardy), Industrial Management, Mar-Apr, 2005 Read This Article>>
"Resource Management: Allocating Precious Stores", Industrial Management, Mar-Apr, 2005 Read This Article>>
"Technology That Can Change the World," The Albuquerque Tribune, July.25, 2003 Read This Article >>
"Environmental Degradation: Our Failing Earth" , Industrial Management, Mar-Apr, 2005 Read This Article>>
"Future Conflicts Threaten Global Business," World Trade Magazine, July.1, 2003 Read This Article >>
"Knowledge Dissemination : Economic Development Solution" , Industrial Management, Mar-Apr, 2005 Read This Article>>
"Economic Integration: Tech-Enabled Synthesis" , Industrial Management, Mar-Apr, 2005 Read This Article>>
"Population Trends will Shape Global Sustainability," Scripps Howard News Service, June.30, 2003 Read This Article >>
Foreword on “Smooth Sailing on Rough Seas : 8 Principles for High Performance Business,” Apr.17, 2002
“The Digital Economy and the ‘Black Diamond Management’,”(with John . K. Leonard), Pushing The Digital Frontier, Nov.15, 2001
"It's Not Good to be Big in the Global Economy," PSU Op-Ed Program, Sep 2001. Read This Article >>
"Engage Secular Iran,"(with S. Rob Sobhani) The Iranian, March 2001. Read This Article >>
"Conflict: Its Changing Face" , Industrial Management, Mar-Apr, 2005 Read This Article>>
" The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers," Harvard Business Review, Jul-Aug 2000 Across the Board,the almost universal belief among executives today is that bigger is better: companies are entering into huge, pricey cross-border mergers at an unprecedented rate. Common wisdom is that industries will become more concentrated as they become more global. In this article, FG debunks the myth of increased concentration; the perceived links between the globalization of an industry and the concentration of that industry are weak. Empirical research shows that global--or globalizing--industries have actually been marked by steady decreases in concentration since World War II. FG presents the biases that managers often have about consolidation and offer alternative strategies to pursuing the big M&A deal. There are better, more profitable ways of dealing with globalization than relentless expansion, they say. Those strategies include buying up cast-off assets from merging rivals; focusing more on domestic or regional growth rather than on global expansion; taking advantage of merging rivals' weakened market position during integration and launching an aggressive marketing campaign; and building alliances with other companies rather than buying them up.
" The Three Myths of Globalization"( with Pankaj Ghemawat) To many people, globalization is an inexorable process in which cross-border competitors become more concentrated, increasingly produce where it is most cost effective to do so, standardize the product varieties on offer and are rewarded with sustained “globalization premia.” Global cross-industry datasets, the global auto industry and other case studies are used to probe these intuitions about industry dynamics, none of which seem to be supported broadly. And some of the mistakes that misconceptions about global industry dynamics may engender are reviewed. Read This Article >>
"The Evolving Role of Global Business,"Keynote Address at the Thirteenth Annual ISBM Members meeting Dr. Ghadar, director of Penn State 's Center for Global Business Studies, told the conference that the most successful global companies achieve a reputation for providing value throughout the 'international product life cycle.' Shorter product life cycles and more expensive research and development now make these firms attractive strategic partners for emerging technology companies. In turn, the value leaders with marketing clout need to ally themselves with new-technology firms to avoid an otherwise inevitable slide into mature, commoditized markets with cutthroat competition and slim profit margins. Read This Article >>
"Governance: The Rising Role of NGOs" , Industrial Management, Mar-Apr, 2005 Read This Article>>
“Hey,Deutsche Telekom : Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better,” (with Panjak Ghemawat), The Wall Street Journal, July 2000. Read Article >>
“Testing the logic of cross-border mergers,” (with Pankaj Ghemawat) Financial Times, Jun.8, 2000 . Read This Article >>
“ Leadership and the Rapidly Changing Global Environment ”



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