C U R R I C U L U M      V I T A

 

Demetri Kantarelis, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics & Global Studies
Assumption College, 500 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609-1296, USA
Tel:(508) 767-7557, Fax: (508) 767-7382
Email: dkantar@assumption.edu

 

EDUCATION:

Harvard University                      Visiting Scholar                      9/84 - 2/86
Cambridge, MA                          Economics Department

Clark University                           Ph.D. / Economics                9/79 - 5/83
Worcester, MA

Fordham University                     M.A. / Economics                  9/77 - 12/78
Bronx, NY

University of Athens                    B.A. / Economics                   9/72 - 5/76
Athens, Greece

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

September 1983 - Present
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics and Global Studies
Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; teaching in undergraduate & MBA levels.

July 1997 – June 1998 (on leave)
Professor of International Political Economy
Department of Future Conflict Studies
Air University / Air War College, Montgomery, Alabama, USA.                                          

January 1981 – May 1983   
Lecturer: Clark University, Assumption College, Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester State College.

 

MAIN AREAS OF ACADEMIC/RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Theory of the Firm
• Managerial Economics
• Industrial Organization
• Law and Economics
• Environmental Economics
• Applied Statistics and Econometrics
  

 

PUBLICATIONS, EDITORSHIPS, ATTENDED CONFERENCES & OTHER:

A.  BOOKS:

2010    Theories of the Firm, 3rd ed,
            Inderscience, ISBN: 0-907776-34-5.

2009    Essentials of Inferential Statistics, 5th ed,
            University Press of America, ISBN: 978-0-7618-4451-8.

B.  REFEREED ARTICLES IN JOURNALS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

2010    “The Banking Firm: Theoretical Principles and their Violations in the USA”,
International Journal of Business Continuity & Risk Management, Volume 1, Issue 3, pp 222-232.

2009    “Review of book by Hugh Schwartz titled A Guide to Behavioral Economics”,
Higher Education Publications, Inc., Falls Church, Virginia (2008) 90 pp., ISBN-13: 978-0-914927-61-7”,
The Journal of Socio-Economics, Volume 38, Issue 6, December, pp 998-999.

2009    “Financial Capital Democratization: Recipes for Growth & Disaster”,
International Journal of Society Systems Science, Volume 1, Issue 4, pp 325-350. (Co-authored.)

2009    “Pairing Industries and Firms for Optimum Portfolio Performance”,
World Journal of Management & Economics, Volume 2, Issue 2 (leading article), pp 2-10. (Co-authored.)

2009    “Entrepreneurship in the USA: Architecture, Market Structure & Incentives”,
The International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management, Volume 9, Issue 3 (leading article), pp 191-203.

2008    “Internalization of Costs, Liability and Negligence, Performance and Reliance”,
International Journal of Law & Management , Volume 50, Issue 6 (leading article), pp 274-284.
(Highly Commended Award Winner, Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2009.)

2008    “Capital Democratization”,
The Journal of Socio-Economics, Volume 37, pp 1624-1635. (Co-authored.)

2007    “The Increasing Relevance of Auctions”,
World Journal of Business & Management, Issue 1, pp 65-71.

2005    “Occupational Stress: Some Microeconomic Issues”,
International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, Volume 1, #3, pp 232-247.

2003    “The Neoclassical Theory of the Firm and some of its Branches”,
Journal of the Academy of Business Administration, Fall.

2003    “Building Blocks for an Evolutionary Theory of the Firm: Review & Analysis”,
Journal of Business & Public Affairs, August.

2002    “A Fertility-Reducing Cycle as a Cause for Fertility Decline”,
(Contemporary Business Readings, Academy of Business Administration International Conference.) (Co-authored.)

2001    “How Do You Spell Future?”,
(International Business Trends, Academy of Business Administration International Conference.) (Co-authored.)

2000    “The Ugly Face of Opportunism”,
(Contemporary Business Readings, Academy of Business Administration International Conference.) (Co-authored.)

1999    “NATO's Mission, Threat Environments and Effectiveness”,
Business Quest, <http://www.westga.edu/~bquest/1999/nato.html>.

1999    “The North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) Today: An  Institution for Peace and Economic Prosperity”,
(International Business Practices, Academy of Business Administration International Conference.) (Co-authored.)

1998    “Stochastic Duopoly and Learning to Cooperate”,
(Contemporary Business Readings, Academy of Business Administration International Conference.)

1997    “Industry Economic Welfare and the Need for Entry and Exit”,
(International Business Practices, Academy of Business Administration National Conference.) (Co-authored.)

1997    “A Maximum Likelihood Approach to Subjective Decisions: 
An Application to the Ranking of American College Football Teams”,
(International Business Practices, Academy of Business Administration International Conference.) (Co-authored.)

1997    “Interdependency Between Nations”,
(Contemporary Business Readings, Academy of Business Administration National Conference.) (Co-authored.)

1995    “Labor Hoarding and Market Gains”,
Journal of the Academy of Business Administration, Fall.

1994    “Captive and Common Markets Without Price Discrimination”,
(World Business Trends, Academy of Business Administration International Conference.)

1993    “The Evolution of Industrial Concentration Due to Luck: An Extension”,
Studies in Economic Analysis, Vol. 15, No. 1.

1993    “Marketing, Variety of Products and Profits in the Long-Run”,
(Business Topics new Directions, Academy of Business Administration International Conference.)

1989    “Buyers, Sellers, and Price Cost Margins in Manufacturing  Industries”,
Studies in Economic Analysis, Vol. 12, #2, Spring.

1988    “Live and Let Live Type Behavior of Oligopolists in a Multi-Market Setting with Demand Fluctuations”,
Journal of  Economic Behavior and Organization, October. (Co-authored.)

1987    “Buyer Concentration and Countervailing Power”,
Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 26, #3. (Co-authored.)

1985    “The Buyer's Response to ‘Vertical’ Quality Changes”,
Spoudai Quarterly Economic Journal, Vol. 35, #3, December.

1982    “Parastatals a Preliminary Assessment”,
Program for International Development Clark University, April. (Co-authored.)

1981    “Agricultural Economic Development and Some Lessons from the Performance of the ILO's Strategy for Kenya”,
African Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Vol. 8, #2. (Co-authored.)

1980    “Employment in Eastern Africa”,
Program for International Development Clark University, November. (Co-authored.)

 

C. EDITORSHIPS (JOURNALS):

• 2008 – Present: Editor, International Journal of Economics and Business Research
• 2007 – Present: Editor, International Journal of Behavioral and Healthcare Research
• 2009 – Present: Interim Editor, Interdisciplinary Environmental Review
• 2006 – Present: Interim Editor, International Journal of Immunological Studies
• 1998 – Present: Founding Editor, Global Business & Economics Review
• 1994 – Present: Associate Editor, American Economist
• 1995 – Present: Editorial Board, Journal of the Academy of Business Administration
• 1999 – Present: Editorial Board, Business Quest
• 2009 – Present: Editorial Board, International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing
• 2010 – Present: Editorial Board, International Journal of Business Competition and Growth
• 2010 – Present: Editorial Board, Panoeconomicus
• 2003 – Present  Advisory Board, Series: Nature, Culture & Literature (Publisher: Rodopi)

 

D. EDITORSHIPS (ANTHOLOGIES/ PROCEEDINGS)

• 1997 – Present:  Business & Economics Society International Conference - Annual Anthology (Global Business & Economics Anthology)
• 1995 – 2002:     Interdisciplinary Environmental Review - Annual Proceedings (various titles) [Co-Editor]
  
  

E.  CONFERENCES (INVOLVED AS PRESENTER, CHAIR, DISCUSSANT, ORGANIZER):

• Business & Economics Society International Conference (1997 – Present)
• Frontiers in Immunology Research Network Conference (2006 – Present)
• Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment (1995 – 2005, 2007, 2009)
• Academy of Business Administration Conference (1993 – 2002, 2006 - 2008)
• Association of American Law Schools Conference (2001 - 2008)
• Western Economic Association Conference (1988 – 1993)
• American Economic Association Conference (1983, 1992)
• Eastern Economic Association Conference (1983, 1994)
• An Enterprise Odyssey: From Crisis to Prosperity – Challenges for Government and Business, 2010
• Japan Economic Policy Association, 2010

 

F. AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:

• The Paul Ziegler Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 2009. [Recognition of outstanding scholarly contributions, Assumption College, September 2009]
  
  
• Highly Commended Award Winner, Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence, 2009. [For the paper “Internalization of Costs, Liability and Negligence, Performance and Reliance”, International Journal of Law & Management , 2008, Volume 50, Issue 6, pp 274-284]
  
  
• International Service Award (Academy of Business Administration, 2000)
  
  
• International Service Award (Academy of Business Administration, 1999)
  
  
• International Service Award (Academy of Business Administration, 1994)
  
  
• Visiting Scholarship (Department of Economics, Harvard University, 9/84-2/86)
  
  
• Research and Teaching Scholarship (Departments of Geography & Economics, Clark Univ., 9/79-5/83)

 

G. MEMBERSHIPS:
                                                 

• American Economic Association
• Interdisciplinary Environmental Association
• Business & Economics Society International
• Frontiers in Immunology Research Network

 

H. OTHER:

• Co-Founder: Interdisciplinary Environmental Association
  
  
• Co-Founder: Business & Economics Society International
  
  
• Co-Founder: Frontiers in Immunology Research Network

 

I. HOBBIES:

• Tennis
  
  
• Electronic Music