PENELOPE
B. PRIME
Mercer University
Stetson School of Business & Economics
3001 Mercer University Drive, Atlanta,
GA 30341-4155
Tel:
678-547-6235; Fax: 678-547-6160
Email: prime_pb@mercer.edu
Time Period: Fall 2003-Fall 2008
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan
M.A., Economics, University of Michigan
B.A., Chinese Studies, University of Denver.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006
– Present: Mercer University, Stetson School
of Business & Economics, Professor
1998
– 2006: Kennesaw State University,
Department of Economics & Finance, Professor
1991-1997:
Kennesaw State University,
Department of Economics & Finance, Associate Professor
1990
– 1991: Georgia State
University, Department of Economics, Policy Research
Center, Visiting
1987
– 1990: Carleton College, Department of Economics,
Assistant Professor
1986
– 1987: Emory University, Department of Economics,
Visiting
PUBLICATIONS: Peer Reviewed Journals
“Economic Transition in Russia
and China:
Two Comments on a Comparison,” (with Anders Ĺslund) Eurasian Geography and Economics 49.4 (2008).
“Firm Performance and CEO Turnover in China:
Implications for Chinese Equity Markets and Corporate Governance,” Research
Brief, Academy of Management Perspectives
21.2 (May 2007):78-80.
“Change in the Concentration of Employment in
Computer Services: Spatial Estimation at
the U.S. Metro County Level,”
(with Donald Grimes and Mary Beth Walker), Growth & Change, 38.1
(March 2007):39-55.
“Research
on India and China: Interconnections and Comparisons,” Indian
Journal of Economics & Business, Special Issue on India and China, (2006):1-9.
“Funding
Economic Transition in China:
The Privatization Option,” Eurasian Geography and Economics, 45.5
(2004):382-394.
PUBLICATIONS: Other
Review of The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth by Barry Naughton, Journal of Chinese Political Science13.1(2008).
Review of
Economic Reform in China and
India:
Development Experience in a Comparative Perspective, by Jospeh C.H. Chai
and Kartik C.Roy, Eurasian Geography and Economics 48.5 (Sept.-Oct.
2007):643-646.
“West China
Development: Updates on Policy and Progress,” Guest Editor, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business
Studies 5.2 (July 2007):113.
Economic Development in India and China: New Perspectives on Progress
and Change, edited
with Kishore G. Kulkarni. New Delhi: Serials
Publications, 2007. ISBN: 978-81-8387-114-3.
“Studies of
China’s Economy in the United States,” pp.80-96 in China Watching: Perspectives from Europe, Japan and the United States, edited by Robert
Ash, David Shambaugh and Seiichiro Takagi.
London and New York: Routledge, 2007.
“Electronics
in China,” China-Handbook, reprinted in German, China,
Lexikon zu Georgraphis und Wirtschaft, herausgegeben von Brunhild Staiger,
Stefan Friedrich und Hans-Wilm Schutte, Eine Veroffentlichung des Instituts fur
Asienkunde, Hamburg, 2006, pp.152-153; first edition China-Handbook, Primus Verlag, Darmstadt, Germany,
2003.
“China’s
WTO Compliance: Commitment and Progress in the Initial Stage,” in China and
the Challenge of Economic Globalization: The Impact of WTO Membership,
edited by Hung-Gay Fung, Changhong Pei and Kevin H. Zhang. (M.E.Sharpe, 2005).
Review of
Banking Reform in India
and China, by Lawrence Saez, Indian
Journal of Economics & Business 3.2 (December 2004):415-417.
Review of Investing in China:
Legal, Financial and Regulatory Risk,
by William B. Gamble, Economic
Development and Cultural Change
53.3 (November 2004).
“Consolidated
Engineering Goes to China,”
(with Travis Maples), in Readings and Cases in International Management: A
Cross-Cultural Perspective,
by David C. Thomas (Sage, 2003).
PRESENTATIONS:
“Inter-cultural Communication and
the Changing Business Environment: U.S. Companies in China,”
with May Gao, Annual meeting of the Association of
Asian Studies, Atlanta, GA, 3-7 April 2008.
Presentation
and panel chair, Ciber Global Business Forum, 23 April 2008, Atlanta.
Presentation
and panel member, National Committee China Town Hall, with the Southern Center
for International Studies, 17 April 2008, Atlanta.
Lectures on China’s
economy, 19-29 March 2008, University D’auvergne-Clermont Ferrand, CERDI &
IDREC, France.
“China’s in the Global Economy,” Wofford College,
Spartenburg, SC, 13 March 2008.
“Business
in China”, Global MBA, Georgia State University,
12 March 2008.
“U.S.-China
Economic Relations,” at “China
in the World Economy”, the McBride Center for International Business, Baylor University,
Waco, TX,
27-29 February 2008.
“U.S.-China Relations,” Atlanta
International Relations Organization, 13 February 2008, Atlanta.
“U.S.-China
Trade Relations,” Great Decisions Program, Dunwoody, GA,
31 January 2008.
“Spatial Estimation of U.S.
County Employment: What Attracts
Knowledge-intensive Industries?” With
Donald Grimes and Mary Beth Walker, Southern Economics Association, New Orleans, November
2007.
Presentation
“China, India and the U.S.,”
to Andrew College,
Cuthbert, GA,
23 October 2007.
“Market Reforms in China: Consumption Puzzles,” (with Li Qi),
Chinese Economists Society Annual China
Conference, Changsha, China, 27-20 July 2007.
Presentation
on China to the MIT Enterprise Forum, Atlanta,
15 May 2007.
Presentation
at the China Business
Briefing, World Trade Center,
16 March 2007.
“China’s
Economic Reforms: An Update on Progress and Challenges,” ICA Institute
Roundtable, Emory
University, Sept. 30,
2006.
“China:
Land of Opportunity and Risk,” The GC South
Roundtable, sponsored by Jones Day, Sept. 26, 2006, 11:30-1:30 pm. InterContinental Hotel
Buckhead.
“Openness,
Trade Patterns and Domestic Market Development in Large Country Settings: The
Cases of India and China,” Southeast Association for Asian Studies
Conference, Atlanta, GA 20-22 January 2006.
“Trends in
Research on China’s Economy: A Perspective from Economists in the U.S.,”
Conference on Overseas Studies of Contemporary China,” Fudan University, School
of International Relations and Public Affairs, Shanghai, China, 6-8 November
2005.
“Open Markets?: India,
China and American Trade
Issues,” India-China-America Institute, Atlanta,
24 September 2005.
Presentation on
China-India, Festival of India,
Gwinnett Civic Center, 13 August 2005.
“A
Prototype Economic Model of a West China Province,” (with Donald R. Grimes),
2nd conference of the Consortium for West China Development Studies, 20-22 June
2005, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
“Factors Affecting Agglomeration in Computer Services: Spatial
Estimation at the U.S. Metro
County Level,”
(with Donald Grimes and Mary Beth Walker), Eastern Economic Association Meetings, New York City, 4-6 March 2005.
“Chinese
Puzzles: Is China
a Special Case?,” Great Decisions, Dunwoody, 17
February 2005.
Presentation to International Paper, Savanna, Georgia,
January 2005.
“Research-Based Public Policy and the Role of
Universities: The Case of the State of Michigan,”
(with Donald R. Grimes), Inaugural Conference of the Consortium for West China
Development Studies, 22-23 June 2004, Chengdu, Sichuan,
China.
“Factors Determining The Location Of High-Tech Industries: How Much Does Agglomeration Matter?” (with Don
Grimes and Mary Beth Walker), at Huazhuang University of Science &
Technology, School of Economics 10th Anniversary Celebration, Wuhan,
China, June 2004.
“China’s
Economy: An Update,” Port
of Savannah China Conference,
7 April 2004.
Kennesaw State University
Global Conversations, “Economic Development: Is China a Special Case?,” 28 April 2004.
“China’s
Development and Transition,” West
Georgia College,
Honors Seminar, Department of Economics, 3 March 2004.
Georgia Tech, Center for International Business Education & Research,
presentation “Assessing the New Chinese Market Economy” Privatization, Direct
Investment & Currency Prospects,” for Executive Workshop on China’s
Business Practices and Environment, 6 November 2003.
Georgia Tech, Center for International Business Education & Research,
conference on Business Education and Emerging Market Economies: Trends and
Prospects, moderated Panel I: “The
Largest Emerging Market Economies: China
and Asia,” 7 November 2003.
Georgia Governor’s Council of Economic
Advisors, Presentation on China,
18 November 2003.
Peachtree Presbyterian Church, “The Economic, Political and Social
Situation in China
Today,” 23 November 2003.
WORKING PAPERS
“Inter-cultural
Communication and the Changing Business Environment: U.S. Companies in China”
(with May Gao).
“Spatial
Estimation of County
Employment: What Attracts
Knowledge-intensive Industries?” (with Donald Grimes and Mary Beth Walker).
“Market Reforms in China:
Consumption Puzzles” (with Li Q).
“U.S.-China Economic Relations,”
(book chapter).
“East
Asia in Transition,” (2 book chapters).
“The U.S. Business
Environment: What Kind of Welcome Mat Will Chinese Companies Find?”
“Comparing
Development Paths of China
and India.”
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS & COMMUNITY SERVICE
China Research
Center, Director
(since 2001) (www.chinacenter.net)
West China
Development Studies Consortium, one of four U.S.-based Deputy General
Secretaries (since 2003) (http://chinadatacenter.org/westchina2008)
American
Economic Association, member
National
Association for Business Economists, member
Association
for Asian Studies, member
Chinese
Economists Society, member; 2006-07 board member
Association
for Comparative Economic Studies, member
National
Committee on U.S.-China
Relations, member
China Economic Review,
Editorial Review Board
Indian Journal of Economics & Business, Editorial Review Board
Eurasian
Geography and Economics, Editorial Review Board
Georgia-China
Alliance (www.georgiachina.com),
board member
India-China-America
Institute (www.icainstitute.org),
research board member
Student
Pledge Against Gun Violence (www.pledge.org), board member
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Teacher
of the Year, University System of Georgia Web MBA, 2005-06
Outstanding
researcher, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State
University, 1995
Phi
Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Epsilon