Author: Usha Haley

Every year, Times Higher Education posts its university rankings across all subjects. This year, Times Higher Education reached out to Usha Haley, Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business, to explain the change in the top 50 in the sciences and business.

Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Chair in International Business, was recently interviewed for an article on Elon Musk for Yahoo! Finance, the leading global platform for business news with over 93 million unique users in the United States alone.

Usha was interviewed for her expertise on Chinese business strategy for the article, “How Elon Musk’s China challenges may cost Tesla its next $800 billion in market cap.”

The World Trade Council of Wichita and the Center for International Business Advancement’s (CIBA) next program, “Is China a National Security Threat and How does this Affect Business?,” will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 at the Wichita Country Club, 8501 E. 13th St. North and feature Don McClure, colonel in the US Air Force and an expert on grand strategy, will put the issues in perspective; David Graff, a professor at KSU and an expert on East Asian military history; and Usha Haley, a professor at WSU and an expert on China strategies.

Acknowledging the interconnectedness of national security and business concerns, the three expert panelists will address the topic from diverse perspectives. All panelists will address the implications of current events for business and society. 

Reservations for the program are $45 for members and $55 for non-members, which includes a networking hour with complimentary wine reception and a three-course sit-down dinner. The event is capped to 65 attendees.

Deloitte Consulting is coming to the Barton School of Business for the International Business Studies Association’s (IBSA’s) first event of the new academic year, “Donuts with Deloitte,” from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25 in 231/232 Woolsey Hal.

Deloitte Consulting is on the World Trade Council of Wichita’s (WTCouncil) board of directors and will speak to students about job opportunities in global business and the international business major as well as the kinds of skills, project expertise and courses they are looking for. A panel of speakers from Deloitte will take students through the process of consideration for a job or internship at Deloitte. Students should come with questions, and undergraduate and graduate students are welcome.

Attendance is available at no additional charge, but registration is required. To RSVP, email ibsa@wichita.edu by Thursday, Sept. 21. Business casual attire is suggested, but not required. For more information, send an email to Usha Haley, IBSA faculty advisor and WTCouncil chair, at wtcouncil@wichita.edu. 

Please see updated dates and information for the World Trade Council of Wichita (WTCouncil) program now on Sept. 27; and, the International Business Studies Association (IBSA) program with Deloitte on Sept. 25.

The WTCouncil’s keynote with Fahad Nazer, official spokesperson for Saudi Arabia to the United State, has been postponed to Wednesday, Sept. 27. The presentation will now be at 8 p.m. at the Wichita Country Club, 8501 E. 13th St. North, with time for networking at 6 p.m. and a dinner at 7 p.m. Dress is business casual and reservations are required.

If you have already made reservations, Sherryl Hubble will contact you separately. For more information or any questions, email wtcouncil@wichita.edu or call 316-978-3176.

Additionally, the first IBSA event, “Cocoa, Coffee and Jobs with Deloitte,” will be between 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25 in 231/232 Woolsey Hall. Deloitte Consulting is on the WTCouncil’s board of directors and will speak to students about job opportunities in international business and the skills, project expertise and courses they are looking for. A panel of speakers from Deloitte will take students through the process of consideration for a job or internship at Deloitte. Students should come with questions. Stay tuned for more information. Students can attend at no additional charge, but registration is required. Business casual attire is suggested, but not required.

For more information about the event, send an email to wtcouncil@wichita.edu and address it to Usha Haley, WTCouncil chair and IBSA faculty advisor.

The World Trade Council of Wichita’s next program will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21 at the Wichita Country Club, 8501 E. 13th St. North and feature Fahad Nazer — the official spokesperson of Saudi Arabia to the United States and to Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud, the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. — as the keynote speaker.

The event is capped to 65 attendees, so RSVP as early as possible. Send an email to wtcouncil@wichita.edu if you plan to attend, and indicate if you wish to reserve a table.

Registration fees are $45 for members, $55 for non-members. Contact Sherryl Hubble at sherryl.hubble@wichita.edu for questions or if you have trouble registering.

Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business and Kansas Faculty of Distinction, was recently covered in the Financial Times on an academic scandal concerning research credibility and fraud, using her knowledge as a leading global expert on the impact and worth of academic research.

Haley has recently published articles on the subject:

• Triviality and the Search for Scholarly Impact in the Organization Studies
• Measuring Societal Impact in Business and Management Research, with Andrew Jack at the Financial Times, a Sage White Paper

On Thursday, May 11, Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business at the Barton School and the board of the World Trade Council of Wichita (WTCouncil) invite the community to its final dinner program of the academic year.

Mexico is the focal country of this event, and the Consul General of Mexico is the featured speaker.  Mexico is Kansas’s largest trading partner and in December, overtook Canada to become the U.S.’s largest trading partner. WTCouncil will open World Trade Week as has been traditional with an announcement through the governor’s and mayor’s proclamations. It will also announce this year’s recipients of the Dharma de Silva Study Abroad Scholarship, sponsored by the de Silva family and the WTCouncil for WSU students. WTCouncil annually sponsors about 11 students for study abroad.

• Social, dinner and presentation: Members-$45, Non-members-$55, WSU Student-$25 (non-WSU students by prior arrangement)
• Seating for presentation only: No charge

Contact Sherryl Hubble for reservations and other information at wtcouncil@wichita.edu or 316-978-3176.

Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business and Kansas Faculty of Excellence at the Barton School, spoke to The Wire China about the country-wide legislation on purchases of United States agricultural land by the Chinese government.

An expert on China and emerging markets, Usha testified before Congress on the acquisition of U.S.-based Smithfield Foods by the Chinese company Shuanghui, what is widely considered to be a landmark, precedent-setting case on foreign investment in the United States.

The next program at the World Trade Council of Wichita (WTCouncil) will be held on Tuesday, April 11 and will deal with “Globalization and its Aftermath: Concerns and Strategies.”

The WTCouncil aims at topical programs that resonate with its constituencies of businesspersons, policymakers, the military, academics and students. The April program deals with issues on several minds. The new normal for globalization poses unknown risks and rewards.

The panel of international experts featuring Juan Escalante, Textron; Melissa Birch, University of Kansas; and Usha Haley, Barton Distinguished Chair and WTCouncil chair, provides an opportunity for educated and informed discussion on the topic to separate the wheat (information and trends that should be paid attention to) from the chaff (useless, perhaps harmful, chatter).

Attendance to just the presentation is free to the public, and attending the networking hour and dinner is $55 for non-members, $45 for members, and $25 for WSU students (subsidized by the WTCouncil). For more information, send an email to Sherryl Hubble at wtcouncil@wichita.edu.