Faculty Research and Accomplishments

Dallas has one of the highest concentrations of Ph.D.s in the nation. Likewise, UT Dallas is known for its brain power. The university does not have a football team, but it does have a world-champion chess team competing exclusively on brain power.

Our faculty have recently published in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Management Science and Strategic Management Journal, significantly contributing to the school's ranking as the 13th and 16th most productive business school in research in 2007 and in 2008, respectively (Visit http://top100.utdallas.edu; search "rankings by journals," "check all journals," select from "2007" to "2007" for the 2007 results and from "2008" to "2008" for the 2008 results, click "North American").

Textbooks and Research Books

Textbooks authored by School of Management leading faculty are used and studied around the world. Dr. Greg Dess' Strategic Management (co-authored with Lumpkin and Eisner) is widely used throughout the world, with translations in Chinese, Portuguese and Serbian, as well as adaptations in Canada and Europe.

A global market leader, Dr. Mike Peng's Global Strategy is used in over 30 countries and has been translated into Chinese and Portuguese. Building on the success of Global Strategy, Dr. Peng has most recently published Global Business and is launching a new paperback text, GLOBAL.

The school's faculty is also active in publishing research books. In 2006, Dr. Richard Harrison co-authored Culture and Demography in Organizations with G. Caroll. In 2003, Dr. John Lin co-authored Designing Stress Resistant Organizations with K. Carley.