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KOFI Q. DADZIE


Office Address:

Department of Marketing
College of Business Administration
13th Floor, Room 1314
Atlanta, GA  30303
(404) 651-2740
Fax:  (404) 651-4198

            Home Address:

             135 Spalding Springs Court
             Dunwoody, GA  30250
             (770) 395-0364
              e-mail:  kqdadzie@aol.com

 

EDUCATION:

                        Ph.D.
 
 
 

                        M.B.A.
 
 
 

                         B.Sc.
 
 
 
 
 

                        CURRENT POSITIONS
 
 
 
 
 
 

                        PREVIOUS POSITIONS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                    COURSES TAUGHT

                                                            Doctoral:
 

                                                            Masters:
 
 
 

                                                            Undergraduate:

                   NATIONALITY:  United States of America

Business Administration, Faculty of Marketing, The Ohio State University,  (September 1981). 

Functional Area: Marketing. Functional Specialty: Logistics. 

Dissertation Title: "An Investigation of Skill Requirements and 
Career-Path Development in Physical Distribution Management," 
(Chair: Bernard J. La Londe: Mason Professor). 

The Ohio State University, Marketing, (September, 1977). 
School of Administration, The University of Ghana, (July 1974). 
Management Major with concentration in Marketing and Accounting. 

 Associate Professor of Marketing (with tenure), College of Business Administration, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA., (September 1993 to present). 

Joint Appointment in the School of Policy Studies, 
Georgia State University, (1992-1997). 
 

Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Business Administration, Georgia State University, (1988-1992). 

Associate and Assistant Professor of Marketing, School of Business Administration, North Carolina Central University, Durham, N.C., (1984-1988). 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing 
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, (Spring 1988). 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing, 
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,( Summer 1987). 

Assistant Professor of Marketing, Texas Southern University, 
Houston Texas, (1983-1984). 

Lecturer in Marketing, School of Administration, 
The University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, (1981-1983). 
 
 

Seminar in Marketing ( responsible for the Distribution Logistics component). 

Marketing Management (every semester) International Marketing 

Logistics Management Channels of Distribution 

Physical Distribution/Logistics Marketing Research 
Marketing Management Principles of Marketing 

 

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

Management Intern Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Connecticut, North Haven, Connecticut. Sponsored by A.I.S.E.C. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1974-1975).

Management Intern Chadwicks (Dublin) Ltd., Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Sponsored by A.I.S.E.C. Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, ( Summer 1973).
 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Area Coordinator, Faculty of Marketing, School of Business, North Carolina Central University, (1987).

Chair, Board of Advisors, International Association of Students of Economics and Management (A.I.S.E.C.)
Ghana, (1982-1983).

Faculty Advisor, A.I.E.S.E.C. University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, (1981-1982).
 

DISSERTATION SUPERVISION

Edward Sibley, ?The Impact of Relationship Quality on HMO Profitability, Committee Member (Completed January 1999)
Boonghee Yoo, ?The Effects of Marketing Efforts and Culture on Brand Equity Formation,? Committee Member. (Completed in July 1996).

Sunder Whang, "A Micro Economic Analysis of Countertrade Practices," Committee Member. (Completed in September 1990).

Hope Torkornoo, "Foreign Direct Manufacturing Investments in the U.S.: An Empirical Analysis of the Strategies of
Multinationals from Developing Economies,"Committee Member, (Completed in August 1991).

Harash Sachdev, "Performance Differences Between Export Intermediaries: A Transaction Cost Analysis,"
Committee Member. (Completed in November 1991).

Whang Park, "A Product Life Cycle Approach to Transfer Pricing,"Committee Member, (Completed in August 1993).
 

HONORS AND AWARDS

Georgia State University, Chancellor's Research Initiation Grant (1994/95).

Georgia State University College of Business Administration , Outstanding Research Award Nominee, Department of Marketing, GSU (1990).

Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence, North Carolina Central University (1986).

United Nations Commission for Africa fellowship for case writing training at the Eastern and Southern
African Management Institute, Arusha, Tanzania, November 1982 and May 1983.

A.T. Kearney Dissertation Award Nominee, Faculty of Marketing and Logistics, The Ohio State University (1980).
Government of Ghana Graduate Study Scholarship Award, 1975-1981.
 

FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS AND OTHER RESEARCH CONTRACTS

Dadzie, Kofi (1997-2000), Georgia State University and University of Cocody Partnership, USIA grant #: IA: ASJL-G8190027.

Dadzie, Winston Evelyn and Kofi Q. Dadzie (1994-95), "The Long Term Impact of an Innovative Savings Mobilization Strategy." by United States Agency for International Development, HBCU Grant No. PCE-5053-G-00-4016-00 ( Amount : 100,0000.00).

Dadzie, Kofi Q. (1992), "Minority-Owned Businesses in North Carolina: An Analysis of Their Current Performance Status and Growth Potential." The North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development. (Amount: $30,000.00)

Dunson, Bruce H. and Kofi Q. Dadzie (1989), "Determinants of Loan Default and Delinquency in Rural Credit Programs in Ghana," report submitted to U.S. Agency for International Development, HBCU Grant No: DAN 5053-G-SS-7062-00. (Amount:$100,000.

Dunson, Bruce H. and Kofi Q. Dadzie (1986), "A Quantitative Analysis of the Akuafo Check System in Ghana," report submitted to the U.S. Agency for International Development, HBCU Grant No: DAN-5053-G-55-5-47. (Grant amount:$100,000).

Dadzie, Kofi Q., Kojo Menya and Ishmael P. Akaah (1987), The Akuafo Cheque System: A Baseline Study of Farmers' Response to the Introduction of a Bank-Based System of Cocoa Purchasing,"The Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board (Amount:$30,000.00).
 

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Metrica, Inc., Bryant, TX. (Retained as a consultant on survey design and design of distribution systems 1989 to present).
Durham County General Hospital, Marketing Department Consultant on patient satisfaction studies, 1986-1988.
 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, MCB publications (since 1997).

Ad Hoc Reviewer, Marketing Management, American Marketing Association, Summer 1992.

Reviewer, Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference, Florida (June 1 1991, April, 1990).

Session Chair, American Marketing Educators Conference, Summer 1994, Boston Panel included Philip Kotler, Northwestern University, Roger Blackwell, Ohio State, Nikhilesh Dholakia, University of Rhode Island, and Ronald Savitt, University of Vermont).

Discussant, Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference, (June, 1991, April 1990).

Reviewer, Transportation and Logistics Educators Conference, ( October 1987 to September 1996).

Ad hoc reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 1989.

SERVICE

University Committees

Member of the University Senate(1991 1996)

Member, University Senate Committees , Library Affairs and Student Life( 1991-1993)

Member, Department Recruiting Committee (1990).

    Department
    Member of MBA Program Committee
 
 

COMMUNITY

Chair, Crop Walk Committee, Holy Cross Church 1985-1987
(Crop Walk International is an international non-profit organization committed to feeding the poor around the world)

Advisor, Leadership Education/Prevention of AIDS and other Diseases (LEAD), Georgia State University: An international student movement to involve students and other young adults in the prevention of AIDS in Third World countries.

Saint Vincent de Paul Society, St Thomas More Catholic Church. A worldwide organization devoted to helping the poor and those in emergency need.
 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Marketing Association

Academy of Marketing Science

Warehousing Education and Research Council