{"50198":{"#nid":"50198","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Hosts Sloan Industry Studies Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) hosted Dr. Gail Pesyna, Director of the Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Program and more than forty Sloan Industry Studies researchers from twenty universities across the southeastern United States on March 30, 2007 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center.* \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChelsea C. White III, ISyE School Chair and the Director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Trucking Industry Program welcomed the group to the Tech campus, along with Professor Pat McCarthy who is the Director of Georgia Tech\u0027s other Sloan industry studies center, the Paper Industry Center.*\u0022We were delighted to host this first regional meeting at Georgia Tech.*The meeting gave us a wonderful opportunity to showcase our research work and promote Georgia Tech and Atlanta as a global innovation center* remarked White. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn her keynote luncheon presentation, Dr. Gail Pesyna focused on the growing importance of Sloan Foundation sponsored industry studies on the global economy. \u0022Whether it is globalization of R\u0026amp;D or the role of tourism in regional economies, Industry Studies researchers are recognized for their thought leadership.* \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing Pesyna, Professor Frank Giarrantani from the University of Pittsburgh talked about the impact that Industry Studies Center participation has had on his career.*Profressor Giarrantani stated \u0022While I still have a strong interest in theoretical economics, my industry studies work in regional economic development is very interesting and is having a direct impact on the Pittsburgh area\u0027s economic growth.* \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo promoting collegiality and collaboration among meeting participants, the afternoon session was structured to promote informal information sharing and networking. Eleven ongoing industry studies projects were featured with colorful posters and informal briefings by researchers.* The projects included:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EPatrick Conway\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Dept. of Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), The North Carolina Textiles Project; \u003Cem\u003EAnalysis of the Impact of International Competition on the Textiles Industries\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* *\u003Cstrong\u003EAlan L. Erera\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EMike Hewitt\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EBurak Karacik\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EMartin Savelsbergh\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Trucking Industry Program, Institute of Technology), \u003Cem\u003EDriver Management for Less-than-Truckload Carriers\u003C\/em\u003E*\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EPankaj Jain\u003C\/strong\u003E, (University of Memphis ), \u003Cem\u003ETechnology, Regulatory, and Competitive Evolution of the Stock Exchange Industry and its Spillover Effects:  A Global Perspective\u003C\/em\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003ERonald Kalafsky\u003C\/strong\u003E, ( University of Tennessee , Geography Dept.), \u003Cem\u003EExamining the Challenges of Charlotte Manufacturers \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EPinar Keskinocak\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EBanu Yuksel Ozkaya\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EJulie Swann\u003C\/strong\u003E, (H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology), \u003Cem\u003EEffect of Manufacturer Rebates in the Automobile Industry \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EEarl Kline \u003C\/strong\u003Eand \u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Brinberg\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Sloan Forest Industries Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute), \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Woods to Goods* Demand Driven Supply Chains\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EFrancine LaFontaine \u003C\/strong\u003Eand \u003Cstrong\u003ELaurie Valerie Malaguzzi\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Trucking Industry Program and University of Michigan ), \u003Cem\u003EThe Deregulation of International Trucking in the European Union:  Form and Effect\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EPatrick McCarthy\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies, Institute of Paper Science and Technology at Georgia Institute of Technology), \u003Cem\u003EIndustry Connectivity \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003ESteven M. Morris\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAlan L. Erera\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EChelsea C. White III\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Trucking Industry Program, Institute of Technology), \u003Cem\u003EImpact of Using Deregulated Secure Rest Facilities on Single Lane Truck Dispatching Productivity\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EAnu Nagarajan \u003C\/strong\u003Eand \u003Cstrong\u003EChelsea C. White III\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Trucking Industry Program and Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Georgia Institute of Technology), \u003Cem\u003EInnovation in Logistics The Drive to Business Excellence \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EH. Don Ratliff\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Langley\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EHenrietta Chang \u003C\/strong\u003Eand \u003Cstrong\u003EMehmet Gokhan Samur\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Trucking Industry Program, Institute of Technology), \u003Cem\u003ENew Car Delivery \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis meeting was the first of several regional meetings that will be organized in the next twelve plus months. The main objective of these gatherings is to promote awareness of common interests and to build collaborative relationships among industry studies scholars.*To learn more about how you can participate in these regional initiatives, email \u003Ca href=\u0027mailto:industrystudiescommittee@sloan.org\u0027\u003Eindustrystudiescommittee@sloan.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) hosted the Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Program at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center on March 30, 2007. This regional program involved more than forty Sloan Industry Studies researchers from twenty universities across the southeastern United States, and highlighted the growing importance of sponsored industry studies on the global economy.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ISyE showcases research at Industry Studies Program"}],"uid":"27216","created_gmt":"2007-05-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:12","author":"Ruth Gregory","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50199":{"id":"50199","type":"image","title":"ISyE","body":null,"created":"1449175437","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:57","changed":"1475894471","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:11","alt":"ISyE","file":{"fid":"127145","name":"tzj17270.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzj17270_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzj17270_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":19673,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tzj17270_0.jpg?itok=H8j7xuNd"}}},"media_ids":["50199"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5044","name":"Foundation"},{"id":"8085","name":"Industry Studies program"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"169413","name":"Sloan"},{"id":"7995","name":"Trucking Industry Program"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}