Shyam Kamath  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Education:

• Ph.D. Economics, Simon Fraser University, June 1987
  The Political Economy of Suppressed Markets
• M.A. International Economics and Finance, Simon Fraser University, Canada, April 1981
  "Brain Drains" and "Brain Gains" - The economics of the International Flow of Human Capital (Essay 1) and "The Demand for Monday in a Constrained Developing Economy - India 1951-1979" (Essay 2)
• M.B.A. Strategy, Marketing and Finance, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, April 1974
• B.A. (Hons.) Economics, St,. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, April 1972

Teaching Experience:

• Associate Dean, Graduate Business and Global Programs - Saint Mary's College of California (2011 - Present)
• Director, EMBA and PMBA Programs - Saint Mary's College of California (2011 - 2012)
• Associate Dean for Global and External Programs - Saint Mary's College of California (2008 - 2011)
• Professor of Global Business and Economics - Saint Mary's College of California (September 2007 - Present)
• Executive Director, Trans-Global Executive MBA Progrm - Saint Mary's College of California (2007 - 2012)
  
• Honorary Professor of International Business and Economics - Vladivostok State University of Economics and Services (March 2002 - Present)
• Visiting Professor of International Business and Economics - Hartford Management Center (April 2000 - September 2005)
• Visiting Professor of Economics and Business - Thammasat Univeristy, Bangkok, Thailand (June 1998 - Present)
• Visiting Professor of International Business and Economics - UIIE-CSUH MBA Program, Hong Kong (1997 - 2003)
• Permanent Professor of International Business and Economics - Beijing Administrative College, Beijing, China (1996 - 2000)
• Visiting Professor - IMADEC University, Vienna, Austria (September 1994 - April 2002)
• Visiting Professor of International Economics - Academy of National Economy, Moscow, Russia (1994 - 1994)
• Assistant Professor to Full Professor - California State University, Hayward/East Bay (September 1986 - August 2007)
  I also served as Executive Director of Global Programs and Associate Director of the Institute of Research and Business Development
• Visiting Professor of Economics and International Management - Xiamen University, Amoy, China (April 1986 - July 1986)
• Assistant Professor of International Business, Finance and Banking - Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada (June 1984 - April 1986)
  I was elected a Fellow of the International Business Society
• Teaching Assistant and Instructor - Simon Fraser University, Canada (September 1979 - May 1984)
• Visiting Professor of Economics - REgional Engineering College, Tiruchi, India (1978 - 1979)
• Lecturer in Management and Economics - Executive Training Centre, B.H.E.L., Tiruchirapalli, India (1977 - 1978)
• Lecturer in Management - Management Development Institute, B.H.E.L., New Delhi, India (1975 - 1977)

Awards:

• Outstanding Research Award - Saint Mary's College of California (2012)
  
• Outstanding Educator and Service Award - North American Konkani Association (NAKA) (2012)
  Edison, New Jersey
• One of 17 Top Universities in the U.S. for Community Service - President Obama's Higher Edu. Honor Roll (2011)
  Based partly on Dr. Kamath’s work with non-profits worldwide, Saint Mary’s College of California was selected as one of 17 top universities in the United States for community service by President Obama’s Higher Education Honor Roll for Community Service
• Anita Garibaldi Medal and Outstanding Contributions Award - Government of Santa Catarina, Brazil (March 21, 2006)
  For outstanding contributions to the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil and for enhancing cooperation between the states of California and Santa Catarina
• CSU System Nomination for Wang Excellence Award - California State University System (2002)
  For outstanding contributions to scholarship, teaching and service to the California State System
• Bautzer Award for University Advancement, 2001 - California State University System (December 09, 2001)
  For outstanding contributions to the advancement of the California State University
• Professor of the Year - California State University, East Bay (2001)
  For outstanding teaching and contributions to the university.
• George & Miriam Phillips Outstanding Professor - California State University, Hayward (2000)
  For extraordinary accomplishments in teaching, research and service
• Research, Scholarship and Creativity Award - California State University, Hayward (1998)
  For outstanding scholarship and research at CSU, Hayward
• Most Innovative Program Award (Runners-Up) - Decision Sciences Institute (1996)
  For one of the most innovative graduate degree programs internationally among 76 programs contesting the award
• Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education - Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, PA (1995)
  For outstanding graduate and undergraduate programs of education in the U.S.
• Economics Students' Association Most Outstanding Professor Award - California State Univeristy, Hayward (1991)
  For outstanding teaching and scholarship in economics
• SBE Outstanding Professor Award - California State University, Hayward (1988)
  For outstanding teaching in the School of Business and Economics at CSU, Hayward
• Doreen Wilkinson Memorial Prize - Simon Fraser University, Canada (1987)
  For outstanding performance as a doctoral student in the School of Business and Economics at Simon Fraser University
• William and Ada Isabelle Steel Memorial Fellowship - Simon Fraser University, Canada (1984)
  Top fellowship award to conduct dissertation research at Simon Fraser University
• SFU Graduate Scholarship - Simon Fraser University, Canada (1980)
  Scholarship awarded multiple times during the 1980-84 period for academic performance at Simon Fraser University
• University Rector's Prize - University of Delhi (1971)
  Award for Most Outstanding Undergraduate Student at the University of Delhi

Professional Licenses & Certifications:

• Marketing Cetification of the EMBA Council - Executive MBA Council (2004)

Presentations:

Introducer and Discussant

• Introduction and India’s Rise: India’s Century?. Kamath, Shyam (other)
  North American Konkani Sammelan
  (July 04, 2008)

Invited Paper Presenter

• Business for Poverty Alleviation. Kamath, Shyam (invited, paper)
  The Conference of ‘C.K. Prahalad’s Legacy: Business for Poverty Alleviation’
  (September 2011)
• presenter. Kamath, Shyam (paper)
  Shell Refinery
  (June 2011)
• Paper Presenter. Kamath, Shyam (paper)
  Chevron Corporate Headquarters
  (April 2011)

Moderator

• Global Economic Forum. Kamath, Shyam (panel or forum chair, moderator, or leader)
  Commonwealth Club, San Francisco
  (November 2012)
• Excellent Speaker Series Panel on 21st Century Leadership. Kamath, Shyam (panel or forum chair, moderator, or leader)
  World Affairs Council
  (April 2012)
• Global Economic Forum. Kamath, Shyam (panel or forum chair, moderator, or leader)
  Commonwealth Club, San Francisco
  (November 2011)
• Global Economic Forum. Kamath, Shyam (panel or forum chair, moderator, or leader)
  World Affairs Council
  (November 2010)
• Kamath, Shyam
  Seminar on the Future of Indian Business
  (August 2009)

Paper

• Track Chair, Session Chair, and Paper Presenter. Kamath, Shyam, Krickx, Guido and Bowen, Dave (paper)
  International Conference on Advances in Management
  (July 2009)
• Presenter. Kamath, Shyam, Kolhede , Eric and Lee, Yung Jae (paper)
  Western Decision Sciences Institute Conference
  (April 2009)

Paper and Keynote Speaker:

• Global Hubs of Excellence. Kamath, Shyam (primary presenter)
  Hyderabad IT Summit, Hyderabad, India
  (March 20, 2008)
• The Clustering Phenomenon in Global Perspective. Kamath, Shyam (talk, speech or lecture)
  Keynote Presentation to the Z&K Cigar Club , Graz, Austria
  (January 17, 2008)
• Clusters and Economic Development: A Global Perspective. Kamath, Shyam (talk, speech or lecture)
  Keynote Speaker on the Expert Panel of the Junge Wirtschaft (Junior Chamber International), Graz, Austria
  (January 15, 2008)
• Clustering and Development: A Systems Perspective. Kamath, Shyam
  symposium on Rural Clusters and Economic Development: The PURA Concept at Gandhigram Rural University, Tamil Nadu, India
  (January 2007)
• Superclusters: Launchpads for Hi-Tech Development. Kamath, Shyam
  symposium on Clusters and High Technology Development for the Sesquicentennial of the University of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, India
  (January 2007)
• Clustering and Development: A Systems Perspective. Kamath, Shyam (talk, speech or lecture)
  Rural Clusters and Economic Development: The PURA Concept at Gandhigram Rural University, Tamil Nadu, India
  (January 2007)

Paper:

• White Men Can't Jump: Teaching and Practising Diversity in MBA Programs. Dart, Beatrix and Kamath, Shyam (talk, speech or lecture, paper, co-author)
  EMBA Council Conference, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
  (October 2010)
• Global Change and Career Management: A Modern Perspective. Kamath, Shyam (talk, speech or lecture, invited, paper)
  Chevron Speaker Series
  (April 2010)
• Network Effects in Low Tech Industries: Insights from Diamonds and Retailing. Krickx, Guido and Kamath, Shyam (primary presenter)
  International Conference on Advances in Management, Boston, Massachusetts
  (July 16, 2008)
• Factors Governing Cluster Success: A Tale of Twelve GEMS. Kamath, Shyam, Agrawal, Jagdish and Chase, Kris (primary presenter)
  Academy of International Business Annual Conference, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
  (July 03, 2008)
• The MBA Program and Its Critics: Some Suggested Directions. Kamath, Shyam, Krickx, Guido and Agrawal, Jagdish (primary presenter)
  American Institute of Higher Education Conference in Orlando, Florida
  (April 04, 2008)
• Factors Governing Global Cluster Success: A Tale of Twelve GEMS. Kamath, Shyam, Agrawal, Jagdish and Chase, Kris (primary presenter)
  Wednesday Economics Workshop at California State University, East Bay
  (March 12, 2008)
• International Program Options for MBAs’. Kamath, Shyam and Freixas, Gonzalo (primary presenter)
  EMBA Regional Council Meetings in the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
  (February 24, 2008)
• Sovereign Wealth Funds and Corporate Governance: Black Holes, Benign Neglect or Enlightened Stewardship?. Kamath, Shyam, Hawley, Jim and Williams, Andy (primary presenter)
  SEBA Faculty Workshop, Saint Mary's College of California
  (November 2007)
• Dealing with Criticisms of the MBA Ecosystem: Incorporating an Andragogical Model in a Program of Practice-Based Education. Kamath, Shyam, Krickx, Guido and Agrawal, Jagdish (primary presenter)
  SEBA Faculty Workshop, Saint Mary’s College of California
  (November 2007)

Participant

• Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis: A Conference of Institutional Investors, Practitioners, Professionals and Academics. Kamath, Shyam
  SMC and Elfenworks Center for the Study of Fiduciary Capitalism Conference on Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance Failures:
  (October 2009)

Publications:

• Kamath, Shyam. May 11, 2012. Doing Business for Doing Good, NBC News Bay Area
• Kamath, Shyam, Agrawal , J.P. and Chase, K. January 2012. Explaining Global Cluster Success _ The GEMS Model, American Journal of Economics and Sociology
• Agrawal, Jagdish, Kamath, Shyam, Grimm, Pamela and Foscht, Thomas. September 2011. A Cross-Country Study of Prior Beliefs in Signals of Quality, Journal of Product and Brand Management, vol. 20, issue 6, Taylor and Francis
• Hawley, Jim, Kamath, Shyam and Williams, Andy. January 2011. Introduction to Institutional Investors and the Global Financial Crisis, Chapter 1 in J.P Hawley, S.J. Kamath and A.T. Williams (ed.) Corporate Governance Failures: The Role of Institutional Investors in the Global Financial Crisis, eds. Hawley, JimKamath, ShyamWilliams, Andy, University of Pennsylvania Press
• Kamath, Shyam, Agrawal, J.P., Grimm, P.E. and Foscht, T. 2011. A Cross-Country Study of Prior Beliefs in Signals of Quality, Journal of Product and Brand Management
• Kamath, Shyam, Lee, Yung J. and Kolhede, Eric. 2011. Teaching Global Distribution Fundamentals through an Experiential and Flexible Financial Model of Distribution Channel Choice – The MODISC Model, Journal of Business Cases and Applications
• Kamath, Shyam, Krickx, G.A. and Kolhede, E. 2011. Network Effects in Low Tech Industries: Insights from Diamonds and Retailing, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics and Economics
• Hawley, Jim (ed.), Kamath, Shyam (ed.) and Williams, Andrew (ed.). 2011. Insitutional Investors, Risk/Return Tradeoffs and Corporate Governance: Practical Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis, eds. , , Williams, Andrew, University of Pennsylvania Press
• Kamath, Shyam, Agrawal, Jagdish and Chase, Kris. September 2010. Explaining Global Cluster Success _ The GEMS Model, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. Fall
• Kamath, Shyam, Hawley, J.P. and Williams, A.T. 2010. The Evolution of Sovereign Wealth Funds and Investment Strategy: Evil Raiders or White Knights?, Management International Review
• Kamath, Shyam, Hawley, J.P. and Williams, A.T. 2010. Sovereign Wealth Funds and Corporate Governance: Black Holes, Benign Neglect or Enlightened Stewardship?, Corporate Governance
• Hawley, James P., Kamath, Shyam J. and Williams, Andrew T. April 2009. Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds: Conceptualizing Implications for Responsible Investment, Revue d'economie financiere
• Kamath, Shyam, Krickx, Guido and Agrawal, Jagdish. March 2009. Dealing with Criticisms of the MBA Eco-System: Incorporating an Andragogical Model in a Program of Practice-Based Management Education, Journal of the Academy of Business Education, vol. Spring 2009, pg.12-37, ed. Heck, Jean, Academy of Business Education
• Kamath, Shyam. 2009. Egalitarianism as a Crusade: The Economics of Poverty and Redistribution of Nobel Laureate A.K. Sen, Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, vol. forthcoming, issue forthcoming, pg.forthcoming, ed. Centi, Jean-Pierre
• Kamath, Shyam. September 2008. An Assessment of Nobel Laureate A.K. Sen's Economic Method, The Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, vol. Volume 19, Numbers 2&3, 2008, issue 2 & 3, pg.239-262, ed. Taplin, Ruth, A B Academic Publishers
• Kamath, Shyam, Agrawal, Jagdish and Krickx, Guido. 2008. Implementing Experiential Action Learning in International Management Education: The Global Business Consulting Program, Journal of Teaching in International Business, vol. Volume 19, Number 4, 2008, issue 4, pg.403 - 449, ed. Kaynak, Erdener, The Haworth Press
• Kamath, Shyam. 2007. The Concept of Equality in Nobel Laureate A.K. Sen’s Work: A Critical Assessment, Journal of Private Enterprise, vol. Vol. 23, No. 1, Fall 2007., issue No. 1, pg.114-131, ed. Stringham, Edward, The Academy of Private Enterprise Education
• Chapter Author Kamath, Shyam and Wood, John. 2006. Indian Development and Poverty: Making Sense of Sen et. al, Amartya Sen, Critical Assessments of Contemporary Economists, vol. II, Sage Publications

Performances:

Keynote Presentation

• Managing Global Strategic Alliances. Annual Conference of the National Association of Women Business Owners, San Francisco. (April 2006)
• U.S.-Brazil Technology Trade and Business Clausters. Brazil-USA Trade and Investment Conference, Santa Catarina, Brazil. (May 2005)