Indiana University – Ph.D.
University of Kansas – M.B.A., B.S.
CBM 184
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
• Applications: Emerging Economy and Agriculture Supply Chain; Fashion and Seasonal Products
Ph.D., Operations Management, Purdue University, USA
Graduate Certificate, Applied Statistics, Purdue University, USA
M.S., Operations Research and Control Theories, Tsinghua University, P.R. China
B.S., Applied Mathematics, Tsinghua University, P.R. China
• Agricultural Supply Chains in Emerging Markets: Competition and Cooperation under Correlated Yields (2023, with M. Dada and P. Kouvelis). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Forthcoming
• A Periodic Review Inventory Model with Two Delivery Modes, Fractional Lead-Times, and Age-and-Period-Dependent Backlogging Costs (2016, with S. Chand and Y. Xu). International Journal of Production Economics. 173, 199-206.
• Optimality of (s, S)-policies in a dynamic pricing model with replenishment opportunities: a sample path approach (2013, with X. Xu). Operations Research Letters. 41(6), 719-725.
• Day-Definite Full Container Load Service for Time-Sensitive Shippers: On the Perspective of Total Distribution Cost (2013, with P. Kouvelis). Int. J. of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management. 6(3), 1-39.
• Outsourcing, Yield Uncertainty and Contingency Responses (2013, with P. Kouvelis). Production and Operations Management. 22(1), 164-177.
• Contingency Strategies in Managing Supply Systems with Uncertain Lead Times (2012, with P. Kouvelis). Production and Operations Management. 21(1), 161-176.
• Managing the New Uncertainty: Can a new, day-definite ocean transport product deliver benefits for shippers in a changing and challenging market (2009, with P. Kouvelis)? Research Report/Whitepaper, Washington University in St. Louis.
• Managing Inventory over a Short Season: Models with Two Procurement Opportunities (2009, with S. Chand, M. Dada and S. Mehta). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 11(1), 174-184.
• Flexible Backup Supply and the Management of Lead-Time Uncertainty (2008, with P. Kouvelis). Production and Operations Management, 18(2), 184-199.
Room CBM 179
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Tuesday and Thursday: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Ph.D. in Marketing, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), 2019
M.B.A., Lebanese American University, Lebanon, 2014
B.B.A., Haigazian University, Lebanon, 2010
Jeffrey F. Durgee, Garo Agopian, (2018) "Refurbishing services and how services enhance consumer wellbeing", Journal of Services Marketing, Vol. 32 Issue: 3, pp. 311-321
MBA Case Western
DBA Candidate, DePaul University
MBA, Dalhousie University
Application Areas: Disaster Relief Logistics, Health Care Operations Management, Sustainable Operations, Real-time Traffic Management, Military Operations
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Ph.D. in Operations Management, 2018
M.S. in Operations Management, 2017
B.S. in Operations Management, 2014
R. A. Cook and E. J. Lodree. Dispatching policies for last-mile distribution with stochastic supply and demand. Cook and Lodree [2017], Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 106:353 – 371.
E. J. Lodree, N. Altay, and R. A. Cook. Staff assignment policies for a mass casualty event queuing network. Lodree et al. [2017] Annals of Operations Research.
Room CBT 180
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Monday and Tuesday: 5:00-6:00 p.m.
• D.B.A. Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, 1996
• M.B.A. Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy, India, 1990
• B.Tech Anna University, Madras, India, Chemical Engineering, 1985
CBM 106
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
• Ph.D. Strategic Management, Washington State University
• M.M. Management & Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Public/Non-Profit Management, Northwestern University
• B.B.A. Accounting, University of Notre Dame
• Funk, C. A. & Kulik, B. W. 2012. Happily ever after: Toward a theory of late-stage group performance. Group and Organization Management, 37(1): 36-66.
• Funk, C. A., Arthurs, J., Trevino, L. & Joireman, J. 2010. Consumer animosity in the global value chain: The effect of international production shifts on willingness to purchase. Journal of International Business Studies, 41: 639-651.
• Trevino, L. J., Mixon Jr., F. G., Funk, C. A. & Inkpen, A. C. 2010. A perspective on the state of the field: International business publications in the elite journals as a measure of institutional and faculty productivity. International Business Review, 19(4): 378-387.
Dr. Charles Funk is an Assistant Professor of Management at the College of Business and Management, Northeastern Illinois University. He earned a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, a Master of Management degree from Northwestern University (Kellogg) and a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from Washington State University.
Dr. Funk currently teaches both the undergraduate and graduate strategy capstone courses at NEIU as well as undergraduate courses in management and organization theory. His prior teaching experience includes strategy, management and marketing principles, organizational behavior, human resource management, small business management and business introduction courses.
Dr. Funk’s research interests include country of origin effects in global integration strategies, international alliance formation, evolution and management, and efficient organizational growth and contraction. His research has been presented at Academy of Management annual conferences and has been published in the Journal of International Business Studies, Group and Organization Management and International Business Review. His work has been acknowledged with a recognition award from the College of Business and Management as well as a University research grant. Professor Funk also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of International Business Studies and is an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of World Business and International Marketing Review.
Finally, Dr. Funk’s background includes over 22 years of Chicago-area business experience in both financial and operating positions, including finance vice-president of a start-up telecommunications company, product development financial manager of a $1 billion wireless communications company, controller of a $30 million food company, and financial coordinator of a $1 billion chemicals business unit.
CBM 122
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
BSC DePaul University
MBA and Ph.D. University of Minnesota Minneapolis St Paul
•James Haefner and Al Rosenbloom, “Emerging Market Consumers: Latvian and Georgian Perceptions of Global Brands,” Academy of Marketing Science 17th Biennial World Marketing Congress, Lima, Peru, August 5-8, 2014
•Al Rosenbloom, James Haefner, and Olutayo Otubanjo, “Nigerian Consumers and their Purchase Intentions for Global Brands,” Association of Marketing Theory and Practice, Charleston, SC, March 2013
•Al Rosenbloom and James Haefner, “Consumer Brand Preferences in Asia: Insights from China and South Korea,” Academy of Business Research, Biloxi MS, November 2012
•Al Rosenbloom, James Haefner, and, Joong-won Lee, “Global Brands in the Context of China: Insights into Chinese Decision Making,” International Journal of China Marketing, Vol. (3) 1, Fall 2012
•James Haefner, Al Rosenbloom, and Margaret Haefner, “Global Brand Purchase Intentions and the Emerging South African Consumers,” Academy of Marketing Science, Atlanta, GA, August 28, 2012 (also chair of the BRICS program component)
•Amy Yarbrough Landry, Michael Stowe , and James Haefner, “Perceptions of Healthcare Leaders: The Role of Competency Development in Career Advancement,” Health Services Management Research, 2012; 25: 78–86
•Al Rosenbloom and James Haefner, "Understanding South African Consumers Global Brand Purchase Intentions," Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Conference ,Myrtle Beach, March 2012
•James Haefner, Robert Behling, and Michael Stowe, “Clinicians’ Perceptions of Major Pharmaceutical Firms,” Academy of Health Care Management Journal, January 2012
•Al Rosenbloom, and James Haefner, “Understanding Chinese Consumer Purchase Intentions Towards Global Brands, Economics and Management Solutions in the 21st Century --Solutions for Sustainability and Growth.” International Jubilee Scientific Conference. Svishtov, Bulgaria: Tsenov Academic Publishing House, 2011.
•Frank Wyrostek & James Haefner, “Evaluating Visual/Verbal Online Finance Students, ”Journal of Advances in Business Research, Winter, 2011
•Al Rosenbloom, James Haefner, Joong-won Lee, “Global Brands in China: Expanding Our Insights Into Chinese Consumers,” Academy of Business Research Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, September, 2011, AACSB Business School Jobs Best Papers in Marketing
CBM 102
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
• Ph.D. Linder College of Business, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, Management
• M.A. Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Human Resources
• B.A. College of Business, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Business Administation
Kim, S.D. (2018). Managing Millennials' Personal Use of Technology at Work. Business Horizons.
Kim, S.D. & Christensen. A.L. (2017). The Dark and Bright Sides of Personal Use of Technology at Work: A Job Demands-Resources Model. Human Resource Development Review.
Kim, S.D. & Hollensbe, E.C. (2017). Work Interrupted: A Closer Look at Work Boundary Permeability. Management Research Review.
Kim, S.D., Hollensbe, E.C., Schwoerer, C.S., & Halbesleben, J. (2015). Dynamics of a Wellness Program: A Conservation of Resources Perspective. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 20(1), 62-71.
Kim, S., Furst-Holloway, S., Hollensbe, E., Masterson, S., Sprinkle, T., & Bologna, D. (2019). A Qualitative Study of “online” Work Breaks. Organization Management Journal, 16(4), 235-250
Xu, QJ, Yunlu, DG, Kim, S. An examination of mediating processes of work and nonwork support for employee development. (2021). Human Resource Development Quarterly. 1– 18.
Room CBM 124
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Ph.D., Logistics and Supply Chain Management, The University of North Texas. 2015.
M.S., Information Technology Management, The University of Texas at Dallas. 2009.
B.S., Business Administration, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey. 2005.
1. Gonul Kochan, C., Pourreza, S., Tran, H., and Prybutok, V. R. (2016). Determinants and Logistics of E-waste Recycling, The International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 1, No. 27, pp. 52-70.
2. Gonul Kochan, C., Nowicki, D. R, Sauser, B., and Randall, W.S. (2017). Impact of Cloud-based Information Sharing on Hospital Supply Chain Performance: A System Dynamics Framework, International Journal of Production Economics, No. 195, pp. 168-185.
3. Kochan, C. G., and Nowicki, D. R. (2018). Supply chain resilience: a systematic literature review and typological framework, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 48 No. 8, pp. 842-865.
4. Kochan, C. G., Kulkarni, S., and Nowicki, D. R. (2016). Efficient Inventorying and Distribution of Blood Product during Disasters. In Advances in Managing Humanitarian Operations (pp. 185-204). Springer International Publishing.
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
• Coker, Kesha, Deepa Pillai, and Siva K Balasubramanian (2010), “Delay-Discounting Rewards from Consumer Sales Promotions” Journal of Product & Brand Management, 19(7), 487-495.
• Unni, Ramaprasad, Douglas Tseng, and Deepa Pillai (2010), "Context specificity in use of price information sources," Journal of Consumer Marketing, 27 (3), 243-250.
• Pillai, Deepa, Siva K. Balasubramanian, and Shabnam H.A. Zanjani (2014), “The Effect of Individual Level Variables on the Effectiveness of Brand Placements,” Innovative Marketing, 10(4).
• Balasubramanian, Siva K., Hemant Patwardhan, Deepa Pillai, and Kesha K. Coker (2014), "Modeling Attitude Constructs in Movie Product Placements," Journal of Product & Brand Management, 23 (7), 516-31.
• Sabour, Nadia I., Deepa Pillai, Giacomo Gistri, and Siva K. Balasubramanian (2015), "Attitudes and related perceptions about product placement: a comparison of Finland, Italy and the United States," International Journal of Advertising, 1-26.
• Zanjani, Shabnam, Kwong Chan and Deepa Pillai (2016), “Internationalization factors and years of firms export performance: Does it matter when a born global was born?” Journal of International Marketing and Exporting 20(1).
• Balasubramanian, Siva K., Deepa Pillai, Hemant Patwardhan and Tianyu Zhao, “Product Placement.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Communication. Ed. Patricia Moy. New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Deepa Pillai has a Ph.D. in Marketing from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. She has a bachelor's degree in Engineering and an MBA in Marketing, and worked for several years in the advertising industry in India. Dr. Pillai is the recipient of a university level doctoral fellowship, a doctoral dissertation research award, and the Sekaran award for the outstanding female doctoral student in the School of Business at SIUC. She was a doctoral fellow at the SMA 2008, INFORMS 2009, and AMA 2010 doctoral consortia.
Dr. Pillai's research interests include marketing communication (specifically, brand/product placement) and pricing (specifically, price discounting). Her research has been presented at the AMA, SMA, INFORMS Marketing Science, MMA, and AMS conferences. Her published research appears in the Journal of Consumer Marketing and the Journal of Product and Brand Management.
CBM 108
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
MBA, North Park
MSC, Northwestern
PhD Candidate, Cardinal Stritch
MBA, Northwestern
• Ph.D. Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Business Administration, International Business (Statistics minor), 2011
• M.B.A. International Business, School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 2005
• Other Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1998
CBM 127
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
• Ph.D. in Management, University of California, Irvine, 2007
• M.A. in Business Administration, Peking University, 2001
• B.A. in Accounting Peking University, 1999
Room CBT 187
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
• Ph.D., Operations Management, University of Oregon, 2012.
• M.S., Industrial Engineering and Management with Distinction, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 2003.
• B.S., Engineering, Xi’an Jiao Tong University, China, 1994.
CBM 103
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
P.h.D in Organizational Behavior and Strategic Management, University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee
• Ren, H., Yunlu, D., Shaffer, M., & Fodchuk, K. (2015) “Expatriate Success and Thriving: The Influence of Job Deprivation and Emotional Stability.” Journal of World Business.
• Yunlu, D. & Clapp-Smith, R. (2014) “Enhancing Metacognition: The Role of Cultural Psychological Capital and Motivational Cultural Intelligence.” Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal.
• Yunlu, D., Murphy, D. D. (2012) “R&D intensity and economic recession: Investigating the moderating role of CEO characteristics.” Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. 19, 282-291.
CBM 101
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Ph.D., Business Administration (Entrepreneurship - Strategy), Washington State University
Master of Labor Studies & Employment Relations, Rutgers University
M.S., Entrepreneurship Management, University of Tehran
B.S., Industrial Management, Azad University
Maleki A., Funk, Ch., Moghaddam, K., Tajjedin, M., Simba, Amon. A cross–national study of entrepreneurial intent: The contextual effect of social trust and trust in government. April 2023. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship.
Maleki A., Moghaddam., K., Cloninger, P. A Cross-National Study of Youth Entrepreneurship: The Effect of Family Support. November 2021. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Kuhn, K., and Maleki, A. Micro-Entrepreneurs, Dependent Contractors, and Instaserfs: Understanding Online Labor Platform Workforces. March 2017, Academy of Management Perspectives.
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
