Tomas Hult, Ph.D
Dr. Tomas Hult is the newest member of The Sheth Foundation board, beginning his service in 2010. He is Acting Associate Dean for Global Initiatives and Director of the International Business Center (IBC), which houses globalEDGE, MSU-CIBER, CIBERweb, Academy of International Business (AIB), and the Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan (GB Club). He is Professor of Marketing, International Business, and Strategic Management, with specialty areas in global strategy and supply chain management. IBC is the developer of globalEDGE; the world’s leading online source for international business information (Google). Hult is the founding Editor of the globalEDGE Business Review (gBR) and Editor of the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS).
Professor Hult serves as Executive Director of the Academy of International Business and has been Deputy Editor-in-Chief (2006-2007) and Department Editor (2002-2006) of the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). He is Associate Editor of Decision Sciences (DSJ) and has been Associate Editor of the Journal of Operations Management (JOM). He also serves on numerous review boards (e.g., Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Marketing). Hult is among the top in publications and citations in strategy in the last decade. His research has been cited more than 4,000 times per Google Scholar. A dual citizen of Sweden and the U.S., Dr. Hult has been in the U.S since 1987 and at Michigan State University since January 2001.