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UC Davis experts: Specific industriesThe following University of California, Davis, faculty members are available to comment on various industries.
Agricultural laborPhilip Martin, professor of agricultural and resource economics, is an authority on migration and labor issues, particularly agricultural labor. He can discuss labor and migration as they affect U.S. and Mexico relations. He has published extensively on labor, migration, economic development and immigration policy issues and has testified before Congress and state and local agencies on those issues. He recently co-authored a report urging California policy-makers to develop strategies that will encourage and hasten the integration of immigrants into the state's economy and society. He also maintains a Web publication, Migration News, with extensive information about world migration issues. Contact: Philip Martin, Agricultural and Resource Economics, (530) 752-1530, plmartin@ucdavis.edu. Airlines and antitrustProfessor Michael Maher of the Graduate School of Management is a recognized expert on managerial accounting and corporate crime including fraud, bribery and antitrust activities. He develops profiles of companies and managers who commit corporate misconduct, and studies and lectures on corporate ethics and the responsibilities of business and auditors to stakeholders. Maher focuses his research on the efficiency of recent developments in managerial accounting, including activity based costing, benchmarking and theory constraints. He has authored more than 10 books on the principles and essentials of managerial accounting and written or edited chapters in more than 20 other publications. Maher has also conducted research on anti-trust issues related to the airline industry, the cost effectiveness of online education and health-care costs. He consults for government and many different industries, including computer software, automobile, defense, health-care and pharmaceutical industries. Contact: Michael Maher, Graduate School of Management, (530) 752-7034, mwmaher@ucdavis.edu. Auto and commercial building industriesNicole Woolsey Biggart, dean of the Graduate School of Management, is a professor of both management and sociology, and she holds the Jerome J. and Elsie Suran Chair in Technology Management. Biggart is an authority on organizational theory and management of innovation. Her research interests include economic and organizational sociology, firm networks, industrial change and social bases of technology adoption. The author of seven books or book-length reports, Biggart has studied a wide array of sectors, organizations and markets around the world, including the auto industries of South Korea, Taiwan, Spain and Argentina; the U.S. commercial building industry; Japanese management strategies in the United States; management and organization in the Far East; organizational explanations for scandals in the White House; organizational change in the U.S. Post Office; and the sociology of labor and leisure. She is also an expert in the formation of business clusters. Contact: Nicole Woolsey Biggart, Graduate School of Management, (530) 752-7366, nwbiggart@ucdavis.edu. Christian music industryMilmon F. Harrison, an assistant professor of African American and African studies at UC Davis, is a sociologist who looks at the various roles and meanings of Christianity and the black church in the African American experience. Currently he is studying the Christian music industry and can talk about how the racial reconciliation movement among evangelicals is opening white-owned Christian music radio stations to multicultural talent. Harrison can also talk about the production of African American gospel music. His book, "Name It and Claim It! The Word of Faith Movement, The Faith Message and the Disestablishment of Doctrinal Meaning," concerns the Word of Faith movement. He is also writing a new book on prosperity Christianity. Contact: Milmon Harrison, African American and African Studies, (530) 752-1548, mfharrison@ucdavis.edu. FashionUC Davis women and gender studies scholar Leslie Rabine can talk about the evolution of Western fashion and its importance in culture. She can talk about how capitalism and fashion are mutually dependent, haut couture history and issues, and how the fashion industry has been influenced by globalism. Rabine can also talk about the creative, high-quality fashion industry in Africa and how it is exported throughout the world. She is the author of the 2003 book "The Global Circulation of African Fashion." Contact: Leslie Rabine, Women and Gender Studies, (530) 752-8642 or 752-4686 office, (415) 409-6411 home, lwrabine@ucdavis.edu. Film and television: black participationChristine Acham, UC Davis assistant professor of African American and African studies, can talk about the history of blacks in African American film and television. Her book, "Power to the People: Television of the Black Revolution," will be published this year. She can also talk about contemporary film and TV trends in regards to blacks, African Americans currently in the film and television industry, and popular culture. She is writing another book on the Blaxploitation films of the '70s. Contact: Christine Acham, African American and African Studies, (530) 754-6619, acham@ucdavis.edu. Information technologyProfessor Hemant Bhargava of the Graduate School of Management is an expert in management information systems, technology management and the information technology industry. He centers his research on the economics of information systems and the IT industry, focusing on various issues in pricing, product variety, operations and competition. He has studied topics such as preferential placement in Internet search engines; information gatekeepers; quality-differentiated product versioning and price discrimination; electronic intermediaries and e-commerce; and joint optimization of pricing and inventory policies in electronic retailing. His research on market strategy for IT products and services shows that contingency pricing is increasingly relevant in many IT settings such as data storage outsourcing, managed hosting, nontraditional software, products from startup firms, telecommunications services and e-commerce. Contact: Hemant Bhargava, Graduate School of Management, (530) 754-5961, hkbhargava@ucdavis.edu. Tranportation and the environmentDaniel Sperling is a leading international expert on transportation technology assessment, energy and environmental aspects of transportation, and transportation policy. He is a UC Davis professor of civil engineering and of environmental science and policy, and founding director of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis). Sperling recently completed service on a National Academy of Science committee that issues a major report on hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles. Sperling is founding chair and an emeritus member of the Alternative Transportation Fuels Committee of the U.S. Transportation Research Board. He serves on advisory committees and boards of directors of environmentally oriented organizations and consults for international automotive and energy companies. He has testified numerous times to the U.S. Congress and frequently provides major addresses at international conferences. Contact: Daniel Sperling, ITS-Davis, (530) 752-7434, sperling@ucdavis.edu. Travel and leisureAssistant Professor Eyal Biyalogorsky of the Graduate School of Management concentrates his work on marketing strategy, pricing, new product development and managerial decision making. He is an ad hoc reviewer for several top journals, including Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Letters, and Psychology & Marketing. He has studied the effects of online activities on offline sales and how firms should pay affiliate partners for referring potential customers to their Web sites. Biyalogorsky is researching consumers' price expectations for frequently purchased products as well as how businesses such as airlines, train operators and performing arts houses that offer different service classes can best maximize profits from selling upgraded tickets. Contact: Eyal Biyalogorsky, Graduate School of Management, (530) 752-9919, eyalog@ucdavis.edu. Utilities, energy policy and economicsProfessor David Bunch of the Graduate School of Management is an internationally recognized expert on marketing research, marketing science, and decision and management sciences. His research interests include consumer choice behavior, choice modeling, new product development and introduction, travel behavior and vehicle choice, and alternative fuel vehicles. Bunch has consulted on transportation issues for public utilities, the California Energy Commission and the U.S. Department of Energy. He has assessed the acceptance and potential impact of alternative fuel vehicles, the impact of telecommuting on travel and other transportation choice issues. Contact: David Bunch, Graduate School of Management, (530) 752-2248, dsbunch@ucdavis.edu. Wind energyCalifornia has the largest wind energy industry of any state in the United States, but accounts for only about 1 percent of total electricity generated. UC Davis mechanical and aeronautical engineering professor Bruce White, who co-directs a consortium based at UC Davis aimed at developing California's wind energy resources, can talk about developing the industry's potential. The Wind Energy Institute brings together UC Davis engineers, wind energy companies, utilities, state and federal government officials and environmentalists to build expertise in wind energy and support development of the wind energy generating capacity in the state. Contact: Bruce White, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, (530) 752-6451, brwhite@ucdavis.edu. Dean Emeritus and Professor Robert Smiley of the Graduate School of Management is a noted wine industry economist who studies global and national trends in the industry. Director of wine industry studies for the school, he conducts an annual survey of wine industry insiders and chief executive officers of wineries, vineyards, distributors and wine sellers. As well, he is an authority on competitive strategy, economics and economic trends, industrial structure, public policy analysis, antitrust policy and regulation. He teaches a course on markets and the firm, which concentrates on supply and demand, efficiency, pricing, the use and interpretation of economic data, and the rationale and effects of government policies on business. He can also comment on the impact that acts of terrorism, war and other major events can have on financial markets and business and consumer confidence. Contact: Robert Smiley, Graduate School of Management, (530) 752-7662, rhsmiley@ucdavis.edu. Media contacts
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