C U R R I C U L U M V I T A

Demetri Kantarelis

CURRENT POSITION &

CORRESPONDING ADDRESS: 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 (tenured, Associate from 9/90 to 5/03, Assistant from 9/83 to 5/90) Department of Economics and

Global Studies Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts; teaching in undergraduate & MBA levels.

July 1997 – June1998 (on leave)

Professor of International Political Economy Department of Future Conflict Studies Air University / Air War College

Montgomery, Alabama.

January1981 – May 1983

Lecturer, Clark University, Assumption College, Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester State College.

MAIN AREAS OF ACADEMIC/RESEARCH INTERESTS:

The Theory of the Firm.

Industrial Organization.

Law and Economics.

Environmental Economics.

Managerial Economics.

Applied Statistics and Econometrics.

PUBLICATIONS, EDITORSHIPS, ATTENDED CONFERENCES & OTHER:

A. BOOKS:

2007 Theories of the Firm, 2nd ed,

Inderscience, ISBN: 0-907776-34-5.

2005 Essentials of Inferential Statistics, 4th ed,

University Press of America, ISBN: 0-7618-3030-8.

B. REFEREED ARTICLES IN JOURNALS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

2007 “The Increasing Relevance of Auctions",

World Journal of Business & Management, Issue 1, pp 65-71.

2007 “Entrepreneurship in the USA: Architecture, Market Structure & Incentives",

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management, (forthcoming.)

2007 “Capital Democratization”,

The Journal of Socio-Economics, (forthcoming.)

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.)

2001 “How Do You Spell Future?”,

(International Business Trends, Academy of Business Administration International Conference.)

2000 “The Ugly Face of Opportunism”,

(Contemporary Business Readings, Academy of Business Administration International Conference.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

1997 "Interdependency Between Nations”,

(Contemporary Business Readings, Academy of Business Administration National Conference.)

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.

1987 “Buyer Concentration and Countervailing Power”,

Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 26, #3.

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.

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.

1980 Employment in Eastern Africa,

Program for International Development Clark University, November.

C. EDITORSHIPS (JOURNALS):

2007: Editor, International Journal of Behavioral and Healthcare Research.

2006 - Present: Interim Editor, International Journal of Immunological Studies.

1998 – Present: Founding Editor, Global Business & Economics Review.

1998 – Present: Co-Editor, Interdisciplinary Environmental Review.

1994 – Present: Associate Editor, American Economist.

1995 – Present: Editorial Board, Journal of the Academy of Business Administration.

1999 – Present: Editorial Board, Business Quest.

2003 – Present Advisory Board, Series: Nature, Culture & Literature (Publisher: Rodopi.)

D. EDITORSHIPS (ANTHOLOGIES/ PROCEEDINGS):

1997 – Present: Business & Economics Society International Conference -

Annual Anthology.

1995 – 2002: Interdisciplinary Environmental Review -

Annual Proceedings [Co-Editor.]

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

Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment (1995 – 2005, 2007);

Business & Economics Society International Conference (1997 – 2007);

Academy of Business Administration Conference (1993 – 2002, 2006, 2007);

Association of American Law Schools Conference (2001 - 2007);

Western Economic Association Conference (1988 – 1993);

American Economic Association Conference (1983, 1992);

Eastern Economic Association Conference (1983, 1994).

F. AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:

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.