Introduction to Global Business: Understanding the International Environment & Global Business Functions
Dr. Arreola-Risa is an Associate Professor in the Information & Operations Management Department, Mays Business School, Texas A&M; University. He received his B.S. in industrial and systems engineering from Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) in Mexico, his M.S. in industrial engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in operations management from Stanford University. Prior to joining Texas A&M; University, Dr. Arreola-Risa worked as a production and inventory control analyst at a manufacturing firm, and later he taught at ITESM and at the University of Washington in Seattle. His primary research, teaching, and consulting interests are in production-inventory systems as well as in service operations, with emphasis on enterprise resource planning, supply-chain management, and health care systems management. He currently teaches undergraduate, masters, and doctoral courses. He has also lectured in executive education programs and consulted for numerous companies in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Arreola-Risa is a member of the Decision Sciences Institute, the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Some of his research can be found in the academic journals Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, IIE Transactions, Management Science, Naval Research Logistics, and Production and Operations Management. He is the co-author of the textbooks Linear Programming: an introduction to quantitative decision making (Thomson Learning Inc., 2003) and Introduction to Business (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006).Professor Bierman does research and writing in the areas of strategic management and human resource management, with particular emphasis on topics related to corporate governance and professional service firms.  Earlier in his career he held positions in the federal government at the EEOC, the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. International Trade Commission.