Lukenda School of Business

Georgi Kalchev

Assistant Professor

Kalchev, G. (2025), “Fatal Car Crashes and Marijuana Legalization,” accepted in the Journal of Management Policy and Practice (ISSN 1913-8067), volume 26(1), North American Business Press.

Kalchev, G. (2016) “Environmental Kuznets Curve in Bulgaria,” International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies (e-journal), vol. 2 issue 1, p. 20. ISSN: 2397-6934

Todorova, T. and G. Kalchev, (2015) “The Protective Impact of Import Quota,” Foreign Trade Review, 52(2) 85-98, Sage publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/0015732515572057

Ibrahim, S., Li Xu, G. Kalchev and C.L. Deal (2013) “Legal Consequences of Earnings Components Management,” Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, ed. Cheng F. Lee, World Scientific, Singapore, vol. 11 ch. 9. ISSN 1046-5847, https://doi.org/10.6293/AQAFA.2013.11.09

Loubou, P., Alexander, E., Kalchev, G. (2011): “Profiles and Preferences of Online Millennial Shoppers in Bulgaria and Croatia”, Journal of Euromarketing, ISSN 1528-6967, IMDA Press, Hummelstown, PA, Vol. 20, Iss. 1/2, pp. 85-101

Co-editor and author of the editorial, Challenges and Prospects in Modern Management, Edited by Dimitrios Koufopoulos, Maria Argyropoulou & George Kalchev, 2009, selection of papers from the ATINER conference (Athens Institute for Education and Research).

Kalchev, G. (2006) “Dynamic Panel Models with Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance Data,” ch. 14 in Panel Data Econometrics: Theoretical Contributions and Empirical Applications, ed. Badi Baltagi, Elsevier Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0573-8555(06)74014-7; ISBN: 978-0-444-52172-9

Paper “Fatal Crashes and Marijuana Legalization,” poster presentation at the American Economic Association Annual Meetings in San Francisco, January 2025.

Paper “Fatal Crashes and Marijuana Legalization in Michigan,” presented at the Eastern Economic Association meetings in Boston, March 2024. Served also as a discussant.

Gerald Root

Associate Professor

ACBSP Conference Presentation: “Make it relevant–interesting.” (2019)

MASAL presentation: “Question: How Can We as a Society Close the Income and Wealth Gap Without Further Government Intervention?  Answer: Financial Education.” (2015)

Dr. Ralf Wilhelms

Professor

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Books

(2017) Ralf Wilhelms and Shengxia Li. Strategic Management: For Managers and Entrepreneurs. E-Strategy Net, United States ISBN 978-0-692-90277-6

(2016) Ralf Wilhelms and Shengxia Li. Strategic Management: Integrated and Practical Approach. Wuhan University Press, China ISBN 978-7-307-17058-2

Refereed Journals

  • International Markets for Diverse Regional Manufacturing Custer, International Journal of Business, Marketing, and Decision Sciences, Volume 8, Number 1, p22-32
  • Social Benefits as Part of the Economic Evaluation of High Speed Rail, International Journal of Business and Economics Perspectives, Volume 9, Number 1, ISSN 1931-907
  • Cultural layers: A Practical Approach for International Marketing, International Journal of Business Research, Academy of International Business and Economics 12(5).
  • The Power of Compliments: Generating Positive Behavior Changes in Freshmen Students, ACBSP Annual Edition: Managing Business Education in the New Fiscal Reality, Volume 3. Overland Park, Kansas: Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.
  • Additive and Subtractive Differentiation Strategy, International Academy of Business Disciplines, 17(2).
  • How we communicate about cultures: A Review of Systems for Classifying Cultures, and proposed Model for Standardization, Competitiveness Review, Emerald Publishing 19(2).
  • Motivational factors in consumer decisions to participate in soccer lotteries: An international marketing study, ProQuest, Ann Arbor, ISBN 9780549886419

(2020) International Academy of Business and Public Administration Discipline Conference – Dallas Texas – April 23 – 25, 2020.

(2016). The Virtuous Cycle: Using Strategy Resources and Tactics to create successful Business Models. SMS Special Conference, Hong Kong

(2013). Geographic Clusters to Rural Economic Growth Initiative. Innovative Michigan Summit.

(2012). Practical approach to International Marketing. Annual Academy of International Business and Economics Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

(2010). A Viability study of the French Luxury Fashion Industry. Global Marketing Conference, Tokyo.

(2010). Strategy a Global Perspective, International Academy of Business Disciplines, Differentiation, Las Vegas, NV.

(2009), Global Entrepreneurship, International Leadership for Tomorrow, 8th Annual Leadership Conference, San Diego, CA

(2006), Cultural Influences in Management, USIU International Business Conference, Paris, France.