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Stephen J Kobrin
William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management
Publisher and Executive Director, Wharton Digital Press™


Education

PhD, University of Michigan, 1975; MBA, University of Pennsylvania, 1961; BMgtE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1960

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards

Fellow, Academy of International Business

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1987-present (Editor, Wharton School Publishing, 2008-present; Director, The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies, 2006-2007; named William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management, 1992; Director, The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies, 1994-2000; Director, William H. Wurster Center for International Management Studies, 1992-94; Chairperson, Management Department, 1989-92; Anheuser-Busch Term Professor of Management, 1987-92). Previous appointments: New York University; The Conference Board; Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Other Positions

Brand Manager, Procter & Gamble, 1965-71

Professional Leadership

Fellow, World Economic Forum, 1995-present; President, Academy of International Business, 2001-2002

Publications
Stephen J Kobrin (2009), Private Political Authority and Public Responsibility: Transnational Politics, Transnational Firms and Human Rights, Business Ethics Quarterly
Stephen J Kobrin (2008), It Ain't Over Until the Fat Lady Sings: Three Narratives Relating to the Rise and Possible Fall of the Second Wave of Globalization
Stephen J Kobrin (2008), Globalization, Transnational Corporations and the Future of Global Governance, Handbook of Research on Global Corporate Citizenship, Chapter 12 in Andreas Georg Scherer and Guido Palazzo, eds
Stephen J Kobrin (2005), The Determinants of Liberalization of FDI policy in Developing Countries: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, 1992-2001, Transnational Corporations, 14: 1
Stephen J Kobrin (2005), Multinational Enterprise and Public Responsibility: The Case of Talisman Energy and Human Rights in Sudan, International Business Government Relations in the 21st Century, In Robert Grosse, ed. Cambridge University Press
Stephen J Kobrin (2004), Oil and Politics: Talisman Energy in Sudan, NYU Journal of Law and Politics, 36: 2-3

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Knowledge@Wharton
Paul J.H. Schoemaker's 'Brilliant Mistakes': Finding Opportunity in Failures 11/09/2011
Can Discounted Tablets Lure New Newspaper Subscribers? 07/14/2011
Parag Khanna on 'How to Run the World' 07/13/2011
China at a Crossroads: Trade Tensions Vie with Consumer Needs 01/12/2011
Supply and Sustainability: Piecing Together the Energy Puzzle 07/14/2010
What Does the Drooping Book Business Need? How About a Jolt of Espresso? 04/28/2010

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Kobrin Stephen J

Stephen J  Kobrin
3201 SH-DH
3620 Locust Walk
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Phone: (215) 898-7732
kobrins@wharton.upenn.edu

Personal Website

Research Interests:
International political economy; globalization; , global strategy, impact of the information revolution