University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Bryan School of Business and Economics
BUS/ ENT 342-02D: International Entrepreneurship
Fall 2013 (August 19-December2)
This syllabus is subject to change as the semester progresses to accommodate
instructional and/or student needs.
Instructor: Nir Kshetri, Ph D,
Email: nbkshetr@uncg.edu
Teaching Assistant: TBA
Phone: 334-4530
Office hours: By appointment
Fax: 334-5580
Office location: 368 BRYAN
Suggested Book:
Kshetri, Nir. 2014. Global Entrepreneurship:
Environment and Strategy, Routledge: New York
(In Press) (ISBN-10: 041588800X, ISBN-13:
978-0415888004) (I will make the textbook
freely available).
Prerequisite: None.
Catalogue description of the course
Creation and management of business ventures with international dimensions are examined and
economic and formal/informal institutions affecting Entrepreneurship are discussed.
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Course Description
This course is designed for students interested in starting, joining, or holding stakes in international
ventures. It examines the creation and management of business ventures that have international
dimensions and provides insights into economic and formal/informal institutions affecting
entrepreneurship.
Course Overview and Expectations
Business ventures are becoming increasingly global. For a venture, opportunities, resources,
uncertainties and customers thus can come from anywhere in the world. In a related sense, countries
characterized by economic, social and political environments that are conducive to entrepreneurship
tend to grow and develop faster.
This course examines: (a) how entrepreneurs create and manage business ventures that have
international dimensions; and (b) how economic factors, physical factors, trade factors and formal
and informal institutions affect entrepreneurship.
This course is multidisciplinary in nature and scope and provides broad global perspectives on
cultures, nations and sub-nationalities in the industrialized and developing world from the
standpoint of entrepreneurship. This course also examines how cultural, social, political, economic
and historical changes taking place in the world, especially in the economies in transition, affect
entrepreneurial development. It places a special emphasis on inter-connections between regions
through such mechanisms as global flow of goods, services, labor, capitals, technology and people;
and the roles of supra-national institutions (e.g., the OECD). Case analyses draw on concepts, skills,
and insights from such disciplines as marketing, operations, finance, control, decision-making,
leadership, ethics, governance, negotiation.
The course will be organized around three major sections: (1) international entrepreneurship: drivers,
performance, and impact, (2) entrepreneurship in economies with diverse economic and institutional
conditions, and (3) cases related to international entrepreneurship.
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the completion of the course, students will be able to:
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2)
3)
4)
Identify opportunities in international business ventures.
Evaluate the obstacles and challenges in international business ventures.
Analyze the attractiveness of international business ventures.
Apply the tools and concepts learnt in the course to identify, evaluate, start, and manage
international ventures.
5) Assess economic and institutional factors affecting entrepreneurship in an economy.
6) Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnectedness among regions of the world in
such aspects as colonial and neocolonial relationships, human rights, discourses of justice,
cultural and aesthetic developments, technology, ecology, or epistemology.
7) Locate, interpret, and evaluate information on diverse global culture from the
entrepreneurial angle.
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8) Demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences on a global scale from the perspective of
entrepreneurship.
Format
This online course requires you to participate in online discussion, take quizzes and exams online,
doing assignments and analyzing cases. A tentative outline of activities is provided in this syllabus.
Operations at various stages of the entrepreneurial process will be examined in a range of countries
across the five continents.
Topics covered include:
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Initiating international entrepreneurial ventures

Market entry and international expansion

Forming international alliances

Negotiations in the international context

Managing the growth of an international venture

Managing entrepreneurial ventures under changing contexts

Traditional financing in a range of economies

Cross-border financing (including the development of venture capital in different countries)

Formal and informal institutions influencing entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial promotion institutions and mechanisms (including High-technology clusters
and other local government supports)

Cultural, ethical, legal and human resource issues facing the global entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship in emerging economies with special emphasis on Africa, China and India.
Evaluation Items
Online Participation and Contribution (200 points)
Blackboard is an important component of this course. You are expected to login regularly and post
to the discussion topics (at least TEN posts are required). The purpose of online discussions is to
supplement the materials covered in the course document section and in the learning area of the
blackboard. Your posts enhance not only your own learning but also that of your fellow students.
However, please feel free to post anything that contributes to our learning of International Business.
Two of the posts are required to be on the forum “Online video contribution”. Your posts
on this forum are required to be mainly based on free video(s) available online (e.g., YouTube) to
help learn understand some concepts related to global/international entrepreneurship. Ideal videos
are 5-15 minutes long. It is a good idea to connect/combine information in the video with chapters
in the book or information other sources. One of them will be your original post and the other will
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be your comments on one or more items posted by other course participants on this forum. Please
visit the forum for more information. As an example of a post, see the following item I have posted
on this forum: The Curse of Gold - Ghana.
The last day for posting on the discussion board is December 1, 2013. Please note that I will
strictly follow this deadline.
Before the end of the session, please copy all your discussion board posts in ONE word document
and email me. Make sure that each of your posts has the date you posted on the blackboard.
Your posts are evaluated using the following criteria:
a) Have you done additional research and included source(s) of your information? You need to
include each reference in its complete form, not just the link.
b) Have you connected your discussion with materials from your textbook?
c) Have you connected your posts with the current business related events (some of them)?
d) Do your posts refer to other course participants’ posts (some of them)?
e) Are your posts uniformly distributed throughout the session?
f) Are they sufficient long (that is, at least 2 paragraphs)?
g) Are they insightful and provide the reader with new ideas?
Quizzes (75 points)
There will be THREE quizzes. Please inform the instructor as soon as possible if you have a
technical problem to complete a quiz/exam on the Blackboard.
Exam 1 (125 points)
More details about this exam will be available on the Blackboard. Please inform the instructor as
soon as possible if you have a technical problem to complete a quiz/exam on the Blackboard.
Exam 2 (125 points)
More details will be available on the Blackboard. Please inform the instructor as soon as possible if
you have a technical problem to complete a quiz/exam on the Blackboard.
Exam 3 (250 points)
Details will be announced on the blackboard. Please inform the instructor as soon as possible if you
have a technical problem to complete a quiz/exam on the Blackboard.
Case Analyses (225 points)
You are required to submit a written analysis of the following two cases. You need to summarize the
case, answer the questions at the end and provide actionable and operational recommendations to
develop entrepreneurship to companies, countries or other appropriate entities.
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Case 1 carries 75 points and Case 2 carries 150 points.
Case 1: Kaspersky Lab: from Russia with anti-virus
(Your analysis is expected to be about 1,400 words in length)
Case 2: Colombia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
(Your analysis is expected to be about 2,100 words in length)
Note: In all of the above activities, you are expected to abide by the Honor Code, which includes the
Academic Honesty Policy.
Scoring System for the Final Grade
The following scoring system will be used for the final grade.
Score
960-1000
945 - 959
900 – 944
850 – 889
Grade
A+
A
AB+
Score
800 – 849
750 – 799
710 – 749
670 – 709
Grade
B
BC+
C
Score
630 – 669
590 – 629
550 – 589
0 – 549
Grade
CD+
D
F
The following criteria will apply to the grading of assignments.
A: Work that demonstrates not only a clear understanding of the material under study, but also a
superior ability to utilize that material in the assignment. All criteria are met. The student’s work
goes beyond the task and contains additional, unexpected or outstanding features.
B: Work that demonstrates a good understanding of the material under study, and utilizes the
material well in the assignment. The student meets the assignment criteria, with few errors or
omissions.
C/D: Work that fails to demonstrate a basic or technical understanding of the material under study,
and fails to use relevant material in the assignment. Work may not address one or more criteria or
may not accomplish what was asked.
F: Work that is incomplete, inappropriate and/or shows little or no comprehension of the material
under study.
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TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE
Week
1 (Aug.
19-25)
2 (Aug.
26Sep.1)
3 (Sep.
2-8)
Detail
Chapter 1: Global Entrepreneurship: The Current Status, Definitions, Types
and Measures
1.1
A Global Entrepreneurial Revolution
1.1.1. Favorable attitude toward capitalism and social acceptance of
entrepreneurship
1.1.2. Responses of policy makers and non-governmental organizations
1.1.3. Young people’s engagement in entrepreneurial activities
1.1.4. The global financial crisis and entrepreneurship
1.2. Various Types of Capitalism and Their Influences on Entrepreneurial
Activities
1.3. Variation in Entrepreneurial Activities across the World
1.4. Definitions and Types of Entrepreneurial Activities and Their Variations
Worldwide
1.4.1. Productive, Unproductive and Destructive Entrepreneurship
1.5. Entrepreneurship Indicators
1.5.1. Entrepreneurial impacts indicators
1.5.2. Determinants of entrepreneurship
1.5.2.1. Laws, regulations and policy
1.5.2.2. Values, culture and skills
1.5.2.3. Access to finance, market, R&D and technology
1.6. Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur in Different Countries
1.7. Creating an Entrepreneurial Economy and Society
1.8. Concluding Comments
1.9. Review Questions
1.10. Critical Discussion Questions
1.11. End of the Chapter Case: Cellular Phone and Micro-Entrepreneurship in
Developing Countries
Chapter 2: The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Its Components
2.1 Introduction
2.2. Comparing Natural and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
2.2.1. Productivity of an entrepreneurial ecosystem
2.2.2. Diversity in an entrepreneurial ecosystem
2.2.3. Poor quality species and parasites and their effects
2.2.4. Feedback systems
2.3. The Essential Elements of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
2.4. The Roles of Policy and Regulation in Enhancing the Quality and Productivity
of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
2.4.1. Two African success stories on the policy front
2.5. A Systems Approach to Understanding the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem:
Moving From Parts to the Whole
2.6. Concluding Comments
2.7. Review Questions
2.8. Critical Discussion Questions
2.9. End of the Chapter Case: Colombian Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Chapter 3: Sources of Entrepreneurial Finances and Their Variation across
the World
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Availability and Costs of Bank Financing
3.3. The Capital Market
3.4. Venture Capital
3.5. Microfinance
3.5.1. Size and structure of the global microfinance industry
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Remarks
 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
 Quiz 1 will open on
8/27/2013 at 5 PM. It will
cover Chapter 1. Each quiz is
available for 24 hours.
 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
4 (Sep.
9-15)
5(Sep.
16-22)
6 (Sep.
23-29)
3.5.2. Profit seeking microfinance programs
3.5.3. Repayment rates and interest rates in microfinance programs
3.5.4. Microfinance and women
3.5.5. Some challenges facing microfinance programs
3.6. Economic Aid from NGOs and International Agencies
3.6.1. Acumen Fund’s combination of venture capital and economic aid
3.7. Crowdfunding
3.7. 1. Some examples of successful ventures that raised money through
crowdfunding
3.8. Supply Chain Financing
3.9. Informal Financing Sources
3.9.1. Informal equity funding
3.9.2. Informal sources of debt financing
3.10. International Remittances as Sources of Entrepreneurial Financing
3.11. Concluding Comments
3.12. Review Questions:
3.13. Critical Discussion Questions
3.14. End of the Chapter Case: Microfinance Programs and Village Phone Ladies
Chapter 3 contd.
Chapter 4: Entrepreneurship in OECD Economies
4.1
The OECD in Relation to Entrepreneurship
4.2
The Newly Accessed and Candidate Countries
4.3
Determinants of Entrepreneurship in OECD Economies
4.3.1. Laws, regulations and policy
4.3.2. Values, culture and skills
4.3.3. Access to finance, market, R&D and technology
4.4
Concluding Comments
4.5
Review Questions
4.6
Critical Discussion Questions
4.7. End of the Chapter Case: Governments’ Export-Promotion Strategies in EU
Economies
Chapter 5: Entrepreneurship in Post-Socialist Economies
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Various Forms of Entrepreneurship: Some Performance Indicators and
Impacts of Entrepreneurship in PS Economies
5.3. Productive, Unproductive and Destructive Entrepreneurship in PS Economies
5.3.1. Productive market entrepreneurship
5.3.2. Unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship
5.3.3. Variation across PS economies in different forms of entrepreneurship
5.4. Determinants of Entrepreneurship in PS Economies
5.4.1. Laws, regulations and policy
5.4.2. Values, culture and skills
5.4.3. Access to finance, market, R&D and technology
5.5. Concluding Comments
5.6. Review Questions
5.7. Critical Discussion Questions
5.8 . End of the Chapter Case: Kaspersky Lab: From Russia with Anti-Virus
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 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
 Exam 1 will open on
9/10/2013 at 5 PM. It will
cover Chapters 1, 2 and 3.
Each exam is available for 48
hours.
 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
7 (Sep.
30-Oct.
6)
8 (Oct.
7-13)
9 (Oct.
14-20)
10 (Oct.
21-27)
Chapter 6: Entrepreneurship in the Gulf Cooperation Council Economies
6.1. Introduction
6.2. A Survey of Entrepreneurship in the GCC Region
6.3. Determinants of Entrepreneurship in PS Economies
6.3.1. Laws, regulations and policy
6.3.2. Values, culture and skills
6.3.3. Access to finance, market, R&D and technology
6.4. Formal and Informal Institutions’ Roles in Promoting Entrepreneurship in
GCC Economies
6.4.1. The governments’ reform measures
6.4.2. Institutional change agents
6.4.3. Selective adaptation
6.4.4. The "triple embeddedness" thesis
6.4.5. The “holistic order” and the “extended order”
6.4.6. Western-educated leaders, technocrats and citizens
6.4.7. Governments’ dependence on businesses and economic and political elites’
merger
6.4.8. Dependence on Western countries and institutional reforms
6.4.9. Ability to achieve economic development without reforms
6.5. Concluding Comments
6.6. Review Questions
6.7. Critical Discussion Questions
6.8. End of the Chapter Case: Young Entrepreneurs in GCC Economies
Chapter 6 contd.
Chapter 7: Entrepreneurship in Africa
7.1. Introduction
7.2. A Survey of Entrepreneurship in Africa
7.2.1. Some positive and encouraging signs
7.2.2. Natural resources entrepreneurship in Africa
7.2.3 Human resources entrepreneurship in Africa
7.2.4 Linkages of trade and investment
7.2.5. Heterogeneity among African economies
7.3. Determinants of Entrepreneurship in Africa
7.3.1. Laws, regulations and policy
7.3.2. Values, culture and skills
7.3.3. Access to finance, market, R&D and technology
7.4. Western Response to Low Level of Entrepreneurial Activities in Africa
7.5. Concluding Comments
7.6. Review Questions
7.7. Critical Discussion Questions
7.8. End of the Chapter Case: Entrepreneurship in the African Fisheries Industries
Chapter 8: Entrepreneurship in China
8.1. Introduction
8.2. A Survey of Entrepreneurship in China
8.2.1. Some macro-economic indicators related to entrepreneurship in China
8.2.2. Emergence of world-class entrepreneurial firms and global brands
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 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
 Quiz 2 will open on
10/1/2013 at 5 PM. It will
cover Chapter 5. Each quiz is
available for 24 hours.
 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
 Exam 2 will open on
10/8/2013 at 5 PM. It will
cover Chapters 4, 5 and 6.
Each exam is available for 48
hours.
 Case 1 due 10/11/2013.Please
submit before 11:59 PM
 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
11 (Oct.
28-Nov.
3)
8.2.3. Inequalities in income and wealth
8.2.4. Informal economy
8.2.5. Motivation of Chinese entrepreneurs
8.3. Determinants of Entrepreneurship in China
8.3.1. Laws, regulations and policy
8.3.2. Values, culture and skills
8.3.3. Access to finance, market, R&D and technology
8.4. Institutional Changes Associated with Entrepreneurship in China
8.4.1. Changes in formal institutions
8.4.2. Changes in informal institutions
8.5. Concluding Comments
8.6. Review Questions
8.7. Critical Discussion Questions
8.8. End of the Chapter Case: Entrepreneurship in the Chinese Clean Technology
Industry
Chapter 8 contd.
12 (Nov.
4-10)
13 (Nov.
11-17)
Chapter 9: Entrepreneurship in India
9.1. Introduction
9.2. A Survey of Entrepreneurship in India
9.2.1. Entrepreneurship in the Indian IT and offshoring sector
9.2.2. Low overall entrepreneurial performance
9.2.3. Lack of trickledown effect and signs of oligarchic capitalism
9.3. Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India
9.3.1. Laws, regulations and policy
9.3.2. Values, culture and skills
9.3.3. Access to finance, market, R&D and technology
9.4. Concluding Comments
9.5. Review Questions
9.6. Critical Discussion Questions
9.7. End of the Chapter Case: The Entrepreneurial Chief Minister and the Andhra
Pradesh State’s Emergence as an IT Hub
Appendix 1
14 (Nov.
18-24)
Appendix 2
15 (Nov.
25-Dec.
1)
Appendix 3
Preparation and submission of assignment 2
16 (Dec.
2)
Exam 3
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 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
 Quiz 3 will open on
10/29/2013 at 5 PM. It will
cover Chapter 8. Each quiz is
available for 24 hours.
 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
 Handout/readings, slides in
the course document area of
the blackboard
 Case 2 due: 11/29/2013.
Please submit before 11:59
PM.
 Exam 3 will open on
12/2/2013 at 9 AM. It will
cover Chapters 7, 8, 9 and
Appendix 1 and 2. Each exam
is available for 48 hours.
Academic Integrity Policy:
Students are expected to adhere to the Academic Integrity Policy on all assignments
and tests. The syllabus will provide a link to the complete description of the
Academic Integrity Policy as found in the UNCG Graduate Bulletin.
http://academicintegrity.uncg.edu/complete/
Final Examination:
There will be no final proctored examination.
Additional Requirements:
Late Work Penalty
Assignments may not be submitted late. Exceptions will be granted only in rare
circumstances and be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Expectations of Students
Students in the Bryan School are also expected to adhere to the Student Code of
Conduct. Further details may be found at
http://academicintegrity.uncg.edu/complete/ and
http://studentconduct.uncg.edu/policy/code/. The Bryan School has additional
expectations and guidelines for students to follow which can be found at
http://www.uncg.edu/bae/faculty_student_guidelines.pdf.
Expectations of Faculty
The Bryan School expects its faculty to conform to all existing UNCG codes and
policies. These are found at http://provost.uncg.edu/faculty/h_section4.asp In
addition, the Bryan School has expectations and guidelines for faculty to follow
which can be found at http://www.uncg.edu/bae/faculty_student_guidelines.pdf.
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Instructor Information
Nir Kshetri is Professor at Bryan School of Business and Economics, The University of North CarolinaGreensboro (UNCG). He is a research fellow at Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration
- Kobe University, Japan. Nir holds a Ph D in Business Administration from University of Rhode Island; an
M.B.A. from Banaras Hindu University (India); and an M. Sc. (Mathematics) and an M. A. (Economics) from
Tribhuvan University (Nepal). His undergraduate degrees are in Civil Engineering and Mathematics/Physics
from Tribhuvan University.
Nir’s previously held positions include faculty member at Management School, Kathmandu
University (Nepal) and visiting lecturer at Management School, Lancaster University (U.K.). He has held
visiting professorship in a number of universities including Kobe University, Japan, European Business School,
Paris, France, Bad Mergentheim Business School, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Transatlantik-Institut,
Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany and Konrad Lorenz University, Bogota, Colombia.
During 1997-99, Nir was a consultant and a trainer for the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the
United Nations, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and Agricultural Development Bank of Nepal.
Nir is an Advisory Council member of the Pacific Telecommunications Council (2011-2015). He is a
faculty senate member and have headed and served on a number of committees in UNCG. He also served as
a Board Member of the Communities in Schools of Greater Greensboro (2004-2007) and on International
Business Advisory Board, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal (2009). Since 2010, Nir has served as a jurist
for the Intelligent Community Forum.
Nir’s books Global Entrepreneurship: Environment and Strategy (Routledge: New York) is due to be
published (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415888004/) . He is also the author of
Cybercrime and Cybersecurity in the Global South (Palgrave 2013)
(http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=583038), The Global Cyber-crime Industry: Economic,
Institutional and Strategic Perspectives (Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2010)
(http://www.springer.com/business/media+management/book/978-3-642-11521-9) and The Rapidly
Transforming Chinese High Technology Industry and Market: Institutions, Ingredients, Mechanisms and Modus Operandi
(Caas Business School, City of London and Chandos Publishing: Oxford, 2008).
Nir has published about seventy journal articles in journals such as Foreign Policy, European Journal of
Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, Third World Quarterly, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics,
Journal of International Management, Communications of the ACM, IEEE Computer, IEEE Security and Privacy, IEEE
Software, Electronic Commerce Research, Electronic Markets, Small Business Economics, Thunderbird International Business
Review, Telecommunications Policy, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Crime Law and Social Change, Electronic
Commerce Research and Applications, Information, Baltic Journal of Management, IT Professional, Journal of Health
Organization and Management, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, International Journal of Health Care Quality
Assurance, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Journal of Technology
Management in China, First Monday, Pacific Telecommunications Review, Marketing Management Journal, The Pacific Asia
Journal of AIS, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Journal of Asia Pacific
Business and International Journal of Cases on Electronic Commerce. He has also contributed about two-dozen
chapters to several books including Outsourcing and Offshoring (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2010),
and Handbook of Technology Management (Wiley, 2010).
Nir participated as lead discussant at the Peer review meeting of the United Nations’ Information
Economy Report 2013 to be published in December 2013. Other U N Agencies such as International
Telecommunications Union, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) and the
Internet Governance Forum, the US Army War College and private organizations have invited him to give
talks on cybersecurity and other topics. Nir has travelled to about seventy countries. He has given lectures or
presented research papers (over 130) at various national and international conference in Azerbaijan, Canada,
Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, France,
Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Oman,
Portugal, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Taiwan, the
Philippines, the U.K., the U.S., Tunisia, Turkey and Uganda.
Nir is a two-time winner of the Bryan School Teaching Excellence Award (2012 and 2008). He was
also a finalist in the 2009 UNCG Alumni Teaching Excellence Award. His recent research related awards
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include Best Academic Paper Award at The Business and Entrepreneurship in Africa Conference (May 2013)
and best paper award at the 5th International Conference on Information Systems and Economic Intelligence
(SIIE) (Tunisia) (February 2012). A 2012 study ranked him # 2 in terms of the number of articles published
in Journal of International Management over a 13-year period (1998-2010). Nir received Emerald Literati Network
2010 Award for Excellence. Nir is also a two time winner of the Pacific Telecommunication Council’s
Meheroo Jussawalla Research Paper Prize (2010 and 2008) and a finalist in the Management and Organization
Review (MOR) Best Paper Award in the China Goes Global Conference organized by the Harvard University
(October, 2008). Nir was also the runner up in the 2004 dissertation competition of the American Marketing
Association's Technology and Innovations Special Interest Group and the winner of the 2001 Association of
Consumer Research/Sheth Foundation dissertation award. He also won the first place in the Pacific
Telecommunication Council’s Essay competition in 2001 and second place in the same competition in 2000.
In May, 2006, the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) presented Nir with the
Organization Service Award for the Best Track Chair in the IRMA 2006 International Conference. During
2002-10, Nir ranked 8th -13th among the most popular authors of the NetAcademy Universe.
Nir has been interviewed by Bllomberg TV and WFMY News 2 on various topics such as cloud
computing, cybersecurity, Google’s Safari Tracking cookies controversy and Google’s privacy policy. In May
2011, HPC in the Cloud published a video-interview with Nir “ Video Feature: The Cloud's Criminal Element”
(http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2011-05-17/video_feature_the_clouds_criminal_element.html).
Nir’s works have also been featured in Foreign Policy’s Global Newsstand section (a publication of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace), East-West Center News and in Providence Journal. He was pictured in the
front page of Jamestown News on October 6, 2010. He was also pictured in the front page of Global
Perspective, a publication of the Fox School’s Temple CIBER and Institute of Global Management Studies (Fall
2004). Nir has been interviewed and/or quoted in over 60 magazines and newspapers published from
Australia, Brunei, Canada, China, Colombia, France, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New
Zealand, Qatar, Tanzania, Thailand, the Philippines, the U.S., United Arab Emirates and other countries
including HPC in the Cloud, Foreign Policy, Telecommunications, Simply Security, The Business Journal of the Greater
Triad Area, Jamestown News, Greensboro News and Record, El Nuevo Herald, Mother Nature Network, GulfTimes.com, The Times of India, news24.com, Canoe.ca, key4biz.it, aufaitmaroc.com, rtbf.be, livemint.com,
World News Australia, Brunei Times, Leadership Magazine and High Point Enterprise. Nir’s work has been
featured at the UNCG homepage (http://ure.uncg.edu/prod/inspirechange/2011/12/02/head-in-thecloud/).
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University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Bryan School of Business and Economics
BUS/ ENT 342-02D: International Entrepreneurship
Fall 2013 (August 19-December2)
Please complete information requested in this page and email at nbkshetr@uncg.edu by August 30, 2013.
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Your hometown
Your telephone number
Your class standing (Soph., Jr., Sr.) and major
Your educational and career goal
Other information you would like me to know about you
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