Ilan Alon is Associate Professor of International Business at the Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College, the only AACSB business school in Florida ranked in the top 50 of Forbes magazine. He is the author, editor, and co-editor of seven books relating to international business, including: Chinese Economic Transition and International Marketing Strategy (Praeger, 2003) and The Internationalization of US Franchising Systems (Garland, 1999). Dr. Alon is widely published in the field of international business and his articles have appeared in professional journals such as Journal of International Marketing, Journal of International Consumer Marketing, Thunderbird International Business Review, Journal of Global Business, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Multinational Business Review, Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, Journal of Small Business Management,and Journal of Consumer and Retailing Services among others. Prior to coming to Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of Business, Dr. Alon has lectured at the State University of New York and Kent State University in the United States, Shanghai University for Science and Technology, and the University of New South Wales, in Sydney Australia. Dr. Alon has won awards for his teaching and research. He is the recent recipient of the prestigious Chinese Marketing Award, a dual award from the Tripod Marketing Association (China) and the Society for Marketing Advances (USA). He has also been noted by Marquis Who's Who in America, Strathmore's Who's Who, America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals, and Who's Who in Business Higher Education. John R. McIntyre is the founding Director of the Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), a national center of excellence for the Southeastern US region, and a professor of internationalbusiness management with joint appointments in the College of Management and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs of the Ivan Allen College, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. He received his graduate education at McGill, Strasbourg and Northeastern Universities, obtaining his Ph.D. at the University of Georgia. Prior to joining Georgia Tech in September l98l, he was Research Associate for International Management at the Dean Rusk Center. Dr. McIntyre has published research articles in journals such as Osteuropa Wirtschaft (Munich), Technology and Society, Public Administration Quarterly, International Management Review, Defence Analysis (London), Studies in Comparative and International Development, Crossroads (Oxford), The Journal of European Marketing, Jeune Afrique, Le Moci (Paris), Politique Internationale (Paris), International Trade Journal, Fordham International Law Journal, International Executive. He is author and co-editor of the following books: Uncertainty in Busines-Government Relations: The Dynamics of International Trade Policy, The Political Economy of Technology Transfer, National Security and Technology Transfer: The Strategic Dimensions of East-West Trade, International Space Policy :Legal, Economic, and Strategic Options for the Twentieth Century and Beyond and Japan's Technical Standards: Implications for Global Trade and Competitiveness . Dr. McIntyre has had extensive experience in designing and implementing international business education programs at the executive, graduate, and undergraduate levels. He has been the recipient of major competitive U.S. Department of Education and FIPSE grants (l984-86, l986-l988, 1993-2006), among others, to further the internationalization of business education and the integration of engineering, foreign language and international affairs into the management curriculum at all levels. The CIBER Center which he manages has focused itsprofessional work on the Chinese Economic Area, Japan, NAFTA and MERCOSUR countries.
