SUSAN ELIZABETH FEINBERG
Associate Professor of International Business
Rutgers Business School Newark/New Brunswick
111 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 353-5297
e-mail: feinberg@business.rutgers.edu

APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor of International Business, Rutgers Business School. 2007-
Assistant Professor of International Business, Rutgers Business School. 2005-2007.
Assistant Professor of International Business, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. 1996-2002. 2003-2005.

EDUCATION

Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. Ph.D. in Business Administration, 1996.
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. B.S.E. in Marketing 1987, cum laude.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Impact of trade liberalization and economic policy on firm behavior. Effect of economic reforms on foreign direct investment and MNC operations. MNC location choices and outsourcing. US-Canada trade.

ACADEMIC HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

January, 2004 Summer Research Award, Robert H. Smith School of Business.
January, 2002 Summer Research Award, Robert H. Smith School of Business.
January, 2001 Summer Research Award, Robert H. Smith School of Business.
March, 2000 Best Paper, International Management Division, Academy of Management.
December, 1999 Summer Research Award, Robert H. Smith School of Business.
July, 1998 Graduate Research Board Summer Research Grant, University of Maryland.
October, 1997 Finalist: Best Dissertation Award, Academy of International Business.
August, 1997 Finalist: Best Dissertation Award, The Academy of Management, IM Division.
January, 1996 Fulbright Research Scholarship, Canada-US Fulbright Program.

EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS

Special Departmental Editor (Economics), Journal of International Business Studies, August 2004.
Editorial Review Board, Journal of International Business Studies.

PUBLISHED AND FORTHCOMING PAPERS

Refereed Journal Articles

[1] Feinberg, S. and A. Gupta (2008). MNC Subsidiaries And Country Risk: Internalization As A Safegaurd Against Weak External Institutions. Conditional Accept, Academy of Management Journal.

[2] Keane, M. and S. Feinberg (2007). Advances in Logistics and the Growth of Intra-firm Trade: The Case of Canadian Affiliates of U.S. Multinationals. Journal of Industrial Economics, lead article, forthcoming December, 55(4): 571-632.

[3] Feinberg, S. and M. Keane (2006). Accounting for the Growth of MNC-based Trade using a Structural Model of U.S. MNCs. American Economic Review, 96(5): 1515-1558.

[4] Feinberg, S. and A. Gupta (2004). Knowledge Spillovers and the Assignment of R&D Responsibilities to Foreign Subsidiaries. Strategic Management Journal, 25(8-9): 823-845.

[5] Feinberg, S. and S. Majumdar (2001). Technology Spillovers from FDI in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry. Journal of International Business Studies, 32(3): 421-438.

[6] Feinberg, S. and M. Keane (2001). US-Canada Trade Liberalization and MNC Production Location. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 83(1): 118-132.

[7] Feinberg, S. (2000). Do World Product Mandates Really Matter?. Journal of International Business Studies, 31(1): 155-168.

[8] Feinberg, S., M. Keane and M. Bognanno (1998). Trade Liberalization and "Delocalization": New Evidence From Firm-level Panel Data. Canadian Journal of Economics, 31(4): 749-777. Lead article, nominated for the Harry Johnson Prize.

Refereed Conference Proceedings and Book Chapters

[1] Feinberg, S. (2007). Location Theory. In Reinert and Rajan (eds.), The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

[2] Feinberg, S. and M. Keane (2005). The Intra-firm Trade of U.S. MNCs: Findings and Implications for Models and Policy. In Blomstrom, M., Graham, E. and T. Moran (eds.), The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Development: New Measurements, New Outcomes, New Policy Approaches. Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics.

[3] Feinberg, S. and A. Gupta (2004). Country Risk and Network Linkages Within MNCs. Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings.

[4] Feinberg, S. (2000). The International R&D location choices of US Multinationals. Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings, IM: D1-D6. Best Paper Award: International Management Division.

WORKING PAPERS UNDER REVIEW

Feinberg, S. and M. Keane (2006). Tariff Effects on MNC decisions to Engage in Intra-firm and Arms-length Trade.

WORKING PAPERS NEAR COMPLETION

[1] Feinberg, S. and Gl Phillips (2005). Growth, Capital Market Development, and Competition for Resources within MNCs. NBER Working Paper 9252.

[2] Feinberg, S. The Expansion and Location Patterns of U.S. Multinationals (2005)

NEW WORK IN PROGRESS

[1] The Offshore Outsourcing and FDI Strategies of American Firms Operating in Canada and Canadian Firms Operating in the U.S., (with M. Keane). $15,000 grant received for this project from Industry Canada.

[2] Just-in Time Production, Inventory Management and the Growth of Trade (with M. Keane)

TEACHING CASES

U.S. Memories (with S. Lenway and W. McEvily), (1993).
Reprinted in Pew Case Studies on Global Competition and Marcus, Alfred, Business and Society. Irwin Press, second edition.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Econometrics for Social Sciences (doctoral seminar, Rutgers University). Average Evaluation 4.3/5
International Business (undergraduate, Rutgers University). Average Evaluation: 4.2/5
Global Economic Environment of Business (MBA Core). Average Evaluation 3.9/5
International Business (Undergraduate). Average Evaluation: 4.2/5
Business Ethics and Society (Undergraduate): Evaluation: 4.7/5
Business Strategy and Policy, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Tariff Effects on MNC decisions to Engage in Intra-firm and Arms-length Trade (with M. Keane):

• Academy of International Business, Beijing, China, 2006.
• Country Risk and Network Linkages within MNCs (with A. Gupta):
• Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA, 2004.

Accounting for the growth of MNC-based trade using a structural Model of U.S. MNCs (with M. Keane):

• NBER, Conference on Research on Income and Wealth, Cambridge, MA, August, 2003.
• CEPR, European Research Workshop on International Trade, Berne, Switzerland, June 2003.
• NBER, Universities Research Conference, Cambridge, MA., May, 2002.

Knowledge Spillovers and the Assignment of R&D Responsibilities to Foreign Subsidiaries (with A. Gupta):

• Academy of Management, Seattle WA, 2003.
• University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Bosch Institute Conference on the Global Acquisition, Protection and Leveraging of Technological Competencies, October 2002.

Firm-Specific Resources, Financial Market Development and the Growth of US MNCs (with G. Phillips):

• Western Finance Association, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, June 2003.
• Academy of Management, Washington, D.C., 2001.

Technology Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in the Indian Pharmaceuticals Industry (with S. Majumdar):

• Academy of International Business, Charleston, SC, November 1999.
• Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, August 1999.

US-Canada Trade Liberalization and MNC Production Location (with M. Keane):

• Academy of Management, Boston, MA, August, 1997.
• Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, St. Johns, Newfoundland, June, 1997.

The Growth and Complexity of U.S. Multinationals. JIBS Conference on Emerging Research Frontiers in International Business, Duke University, March 2003.

The International R&D Location Choices of US Multinationals, Academy of Management, Toronto, CA, August, 2000.

Do World Product Mandates Really Matter?, Academy of Management, San Diego, CA, August, 1998.

A Resource-based Examination of US MNCs' Adjustments to Trade Liberalization in the Canadian Market, Academy of Management, Boston, MA, August, 1997.

Multinational Firms and Free Trade: An examination of MNC Location Decisions and Adjustments to Trade Liberalization (with M. Keane), Academy of Management, Vancouver, B.C., August, 1995.

Antitrust Policy and Cooperative R&D: Much Ado About Nothing, with (S. Balakrishnan, W. McEvily and S. Lenway). Academy of Management, Vancouver, B.C., August 1995.

Environmental Regulation, Market Forces and Product Development: the case of Electric Cars, (with J. Gata and A. Marcus). ORSA/TIMS, Anchorage, AK, June, 1994.

INVITED SEMINARS

Zicklin School of Business, Baruch University, October 2007
Ohio State University, Fisher School of Business, January 2007
York University, Schulich School of Business, October 2006
Rutgers University, November 2004
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, October 2004
Duke University, February, 2004
University of Virginia, February 2004
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, January 2004
Princeton University, International Economics Section, September 2003
The World Bank, Development Economics Research Group, May 2003
George Washington University, April 2003
American University, April 2003
International Monetary Fund, Research Department, April 2003
University of Maryland, Economics Department, March 2003
U.S. International Trade Commission, December 2002
Rutgers University, April 2001
U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies, March 2001
Georgetown University, March 2001
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, June 2000
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, April, 2000
Australian Graduate School of Management, May 1999
University of Toronto, February 1999
University of Virginia, November 1998
University of Michigan, May 1998
Rutgers University, October 1997
New York University, June 1996
University of Western Ontario, April 1996

LEADERSHIP/SERVICE IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Vice President, Administration (elected): Academy of International Business, 2006-8
• Panelist: Doctoral Consortium: Academy of International Business, 2004
• Chairperson: Doctoral Consortium: Academy of International Business, 2003
• Panelist: Junior Faculty Consortium: Academy of International Business, 2002
• Track Chair, Economics: Academy of International Business, 2002
• Panelist: Doctoral Consortium: Academy of Management, International Management Division, 2000

PUBLIC SPEAKING, TESTIMONY, AND POLICY APPOINTMENTS

• International Economic Advisory Team: John Kerry for President, 2004
• United States State Department Speaker, Port Au Prince, Haiti, October 2003
• Panelist: Investment and the Doha Round, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, April 2003
• Testimony before the United States Trade Deficit Review Commission, April 2000

AD HOC REVIEWER

American Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Management Science, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Research, Academy of Management, Academy of International Business, European International Business Association, Social Science Research Council of Canada.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Academy of International Business, Academy of Management, American Economic Association

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE (1987-1990)

Account Executive, Ted Bates, Puteaux, France. Managed multinational and French advertising accounts, marketing research and new product development.

Account Executive, Saatchi & Saatchi Direct, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Managed multinational and French direct marketing accounts and new business development.

Management Intern, Ogilvy Defrenois, Paris, France.

PERSONAL
Extensive international work and travel experience. Bilingual French/English.