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It is with great pleasure that I would like to confirm to you and to all our other esteemed colleagues at SMCU the forthcoming publication in 2010 in the US and abroad of a new book by Wiley & Sons, Inc. for which I have contributed a chapter with my research work (Chapter 16).

It is a great honor and pleasure for me to represent our prestigious institution in this highly rewarding recognition.

As anticipated to you before, the other contributors to this book are major international scholars, economists, and subject matter experts sourced by invitation by the other of the book (Prof. Robert Kolb) of Loyola University Chicagosuch as, Dr. Olivier Blanchard (Chapter 72) Chief Economist at IMF and Professor at MIT in Boston.

Please check the internet link below to access the book details.
http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470561777,descCd-tableOfContents.html

Dexter, Richard and Elena have been appointed as Directors on Student Council effective January 1, 2010. Their appointment is for one year. If you have any questions of your student council reps, please contact anyone of us.

Congratulations Richard, Dexter and Elena. The bios follow:

Richard Miller:

Currently a DBA student, he received his MBA from the university of Liverpool, Masters in Education from Temple University (Philadelipha) and BA and BA Honours from Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada). He is teaching at the Hirao Management School at Konan University in Nishinomiya, Japan as well as Dentsu University in Osaka as a lecturer. He is a Canadian living in Kobe, Japan with his wife and two young children.

Elena Kreger

Born in Ukraine, Elena has a bachelor and master’s degree in Philology from Uzhhorod National University.

Elena has 16 years of professional experience that includes being a packer in pharmacy, secretary-adviser, office-manager, director’s assistant, accountant and teacher. Elena has a passion for working with people and is continually involved in coordinating and organizing people activity, resolving conflicts in workplace and advising solutions to improve team performance.

Elena is completing her Master of Science in Human Resource student at SMC. She lives in Liechtenstein with her husband and spends her spare time travelling and hiking.

Dexter Phillips

Dester is an educator and has worked in the international school industry for over 10 years in various administrative and teaching capacities. He believes that given his background as an educator that he will bring to the student council a wealth of experience in a number of areas, including – student mentoring, helping to strengthen ongoing dialogue between students and administration at SMC-U, working with administration to enhance students learning experience.

Welcome to Richard, Dexter and Elena.

SMC University makes it’s name known in Forbes Magazine. To see the article, please access the following URL:

http://www.swissmc.ch/documents/Europes_Masters_Forbes.pdf

Greetings to all students:

This note is an update from your student council. Your student council has been working behind the scenes to set priorities for the coming year. As you may be aware, SMC University has undergone transition the past few months, and Student Council has been in touch with Administration to set priorities for Student Council for the coming year.

Dr. Guenther Singer, who joined SMC University this past Spring, has been working dilegently to make necessary academic changes to make SMC’S programs and processes even better. You will be hearing from Doctor Singer in the near future on the many initiatives SMC University has been working on.

Some of the initiatives include an enhanced learning platform, an improved process for dissertation work, as well as changes to courses to enhance the experience for learners.

Please consider letting your name stand for election for 2 director’s positions on Student Council. If you are interested in letting your name stand, please forward a brief biography as stated in the call for nominations.

Your Student Council

Julie Beardsell’s paper entitled, “Managing Culture as Critical Success Factor in Outsourcing” was recently listed on SSRN’s Top Ten download list for ERN: Culture & Leadership (Topic), ERPN: Capabilities (Topic), ERPN: Culture (Strategy) (Topic), ERPN: Entrepreneurs (Innovation) (Topic), ERPN: Opportunities (Topic), Information Systems & eBusiness Research Centers Papers, Qnt Mkt: Marketing Strategy (Topic) and Quantitative Marketing. To view the top ten list for the journal click on its name ERN: Culture & Leadership (Topic) Top Ten, ERPN: Capabilities (Topic) Top Ten, ERPN: Culture (Strategy) (Topic) Top Ten, ERPN: Entrepreneurs (Innovation) (Topic) Top Ten, ERPN: Opportunities (Topic) Top Ten, Information Systems & eBusiness Research Centers Papers Top Ten, Qnt Mkt: Marketing Strategy (Topic) Top Ten and Quantitative Marketing Top Ten and to view all the papers in the journals click on these links link(s) ERN: Culture & Leadership (Topic) All Papers, ERPN: Capabilities (Topic) All Papers, ERPN: Culture (Strategy) (Topic) All Papers, ERPN: Entrepreneurs (Innovation) (Topic) All Papers, ERPN: Opportunities (Topic) All Papers, Information Systems & eBusiness Research Centers Papers All Papers, Qnt Mkt: Marketing Strategy (Topic) All Papers and Quantitative Marketing All Papers.

Congratulations Julie on a job well done!

The Student Council Executive invites nominations from current students to become a director on students council. 2 Director Positions will be filled from this election process.

Nominations will be open until November 30th, 2009, with voting taking place in December. All current active students will be eligible to vote. The 2 directors will assume their post effective January 2010.

If you are interested in letting your name stand for election, please forward a brief biography that includes what you would bring to student council.

Forward to:

Somjai Muenkid
somjaim@hotmail.com

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any member of student council.

Professor Kurt Leube, professor of Economics at SMC, is also a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and Professor Emeritus at California State-Hayward. Below you can hear him speak on Austrian Economics while visiting the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in August 2008 (25 minutes). Enjoy !

Professor Kurt Leube of SMC & Stanford