Author: Usha Haley

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.

The World Trade Council of Wichita (WTCouncil) and Center for International Business Advancement (CIBA) will host the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) on “How to do business in and with South Korea: Korea as investor, partner and market” starting a 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23 at the Wichita Marriott Hotel, 9100 E. Corporate Hills Dr.

South Korea has successfully transformed itself from a low-income to a high-income economy and is a global leader in innovation and technology. KOTRA, South Korea’s national trade and investment-promotion organization, facilitates trade, investment between domestic and foreign companies, and industrial-technology cooperation. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet and hear from Lee Yungsun, director general at KOTRA Chicago, and Kevin SunChang Hwang, general manager at KOTRA Chicago, as well as survey the economic, political and cultural landscape.

Community members who know of a Wichita-based company or association that would like to meet with KOTRA should reach out to Usha Haley, Barton School distinguished chair in international business and WTCouncil elected chair, through wtcouncil@wichita.edu.

Prior registration is required. Attendance for the networking hour, three course dinner and KOTRA presentation is $55 for non-members and $45 for members, and WSU students get a subsidized rate (through the WTCouncil) of $25. Attendance to just the presentation is free.

Contact Sherryl Hubble, CIBA/WTCouncil, at wtcouncil@wichita.edu for more information.

As a leading business school academic, Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton distinguished chair in international business and Kansas Faculty of Excellence, was recently interviewed by the Financial Times. Professor Haley explained why business school research has not had greater social impact.

The next World Trade Council of Wichita (WTCouncil) program will be held on Thursday, Feb 23. Deloitte Consulting will present “What matters: Insights from Deloitte Consulting.” The agenda of the event:

• 6:00 p.m. – Reception sponsored by Deloitte Consulting.
• 7:00 p.m. – Dinner.
• 8:00 p.m. – Welcome from Dr. Usha Haley, chair of the WTCouncil and Barton School chair/professor: “The Global Market for ESG Metrics.”
• 8:10 p.m. – Introduction from Lou Librandi, principal of Deloitte Consulting and director of WTCouncil: “Deloitte: Delivering on Promises.”
• 8:20 p.m. – Presenter: Geoff Tuff, principal of Deloitte Consulting: “Sustainability Imperatives and Business Models in Energy and Industrials.”
• 9:00 p.m. – Questions/adjourn

Attendance for the presentations, without dinner, is free. Attendance that includes a networking hour, three-course sit-down dinner and presentations is $25 for students and $45 for other individuals (subsidized by the WTCouncil). Prior registration is required and no walk-ins will be accepted.

For more information, please contact Sherryl Hubble at wtcouncil@wichita.edu or at 316-978-3176.

Dr. Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business and Kansas Faculty of Excellence, serves on the panel of judges for the Financial Times’ prestigious annual awards for research that has a societal impact. 

In the Financial Times article, “Academic research award: tipping point for action,” Haley and other judges highlight research aimed at academic acclaim, but also identified ways to turn aspirations into concrete, real-world results.

Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business and Kansas Faculty of Excellence, had her research highlighted in Times Higher Education. Free registration is required to read the article.

Her Sage white paper titled, “Measuring Societal Impact in Business & Management Research: From Challenges to Change,” co-authored with Andrew Jack, education editor of the Financial Times, was discussed in the article.

Measuring the social impact of academic research has become a major topic of discussion among social scientists, accreditation bodies (such as the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), and grant-bestowing agencies. A new globally distributed, peer-reviewed white paper from SAGE adds to the discussion.

The white paper is co-authored by Dr. Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business and Kansas Faculty of Distinction, and Andrew Jack, a global education editor for the Financial Times. “Measuring Societal Impact in Business & Management Research: From Challenges to Change”, which is free to download, examines the challenges of measuring societal impact in business research.

Pulling from surveys of business school academics from the Academy of Management, SAGE, Financial Times and Times Higher Education, the authors review the commonly used measures of scholarly impact and address their concerns, including policies and practices of academic journals. They conclude with recommendations for a more responsible research environment within the business school ecosystem. 

The World Trade Council of Wichita and the Center for International Business Advancement will host a dinner program at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 on “Understanding and Managing Global Supply Chains in our Turbulent Times.”

The World Trade Council of Wichita (WTCouncil) offers a monthly opportunity to discuss and understand global issues that impact business and trade in Kansas, the Midwest and the United States.  Currently, few issues affect businesses worldwide as much as supply-chain fluctuations. The bulk of these global supply chains have baked into them the opportunities and costs that emerging markets afford. Consequently, mathematical modeling and analysis, though useful,  offer limited lenses to classify risks and aid in planning.  The dinner program this month will shed more light on how the aerospace sector, central to the KS economy,  is handling supply chains and unexpected turbulence in global environments, with takeaways for the regional and global economies. 

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend. The WTCouncil will subsidize WSU students’ attendance, networking hour, and dinner. The presentation alone (no dinner or networking hour) is free to all. Attendance is limited, and reservations are required.

Spirit AeroSystems, a long-term Board member of the World Trade Council of Wichita, will lead this dinner program on global supply chains. Please send an email to wtcouncil@wichita.edu and copy vxrangaraju@shockers.wichita.edu for more information.

The Academy of International Business (AIB), the oldest, largest and most prestigious scholarly association in International Business recently interviewed Usha Haley — W. Frank Barton Distinguished Professor in International Business.

The AIB chose Haley as a top international business scholar for AIB’s Frontline Series. Frontline interviews top scholars that the field of international business sees as impactful through their research for personal insights as to what motivates them.

Haley also had her award-winning research on competition posed by China to the USA’s industries covered in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The Journal Sentinel ran an in-depth analysis of the paper industry,

The Center for International Business Advancement (CIBA), the World Trade Council of Wichita (WTCouncil) and the International Business Studies Association (IBSA) invite you to a dinner program on “The China-Taiwan Situation: What Should We Know and What Can We Do About It.”

The program begins at 6 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Wichita Marriott Hotel, 9100 Corporate Hills Drive.

Reservations are required and can be made by clicking the button below. The social hour, three-course dinner and presentation cost $45 for individuals; and, $25 for WSU students with an ID card. Seating-only reservations (without the dinner and social hour) are free.

The panel features Usha Haley, chair of the WTCouncil, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business, and professor of management; Geoff Tuff, principal-strategy for Deloitte Consulting in Boston; and Jack Zhang, assistant professor of political science at the University of Kansas.

Further questions about the program can be directed to Sherryl Hubble at wtcouncil@wichita.edu or 316-978-3176.  For more information on IBSA, contact President, Denis Orwaru at dgorwaru@shockers.wichita.edu.