Thomas D. Lairson
Ronald G. and N. Jayne Gelbman Professor of International Business and
Professor of Political Science
Rollins College

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Courses Taught

 

Current Research 

 

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 Contact:
(407) 646-2166
 TLairson@Rollins.edu


Biographical Highlights:

Ph.D. University of Kentucky 1980

Centre College, Visiting Instructor, 1976

Rollins College, Assistant Professor - Professor, 1976 - present

Director of the Honors Program, Rollins College, 1980-1984

President of the Faculty, Rollins College, 1990-1991

Director of Self-Study and Reaccreditation, Rollins College, 1992-1994

First Ford Foundation Professor of International Relations,

Institute for International Relations, Hanoi, 1994

Coordinator, Sustainable Development and the Environment, 2001-2004

Ronald G. and N. Jayne Gelbman Professor of International Business, 2001

Director of the Rollins International Studies Center, 2004 -

Co-Chair, Rollins Quality Enhancement Plan, 2004-2005.

Editorial Board, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies

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Courses Taught:

Current:

 

Technology and Global Business

The Political Economy of Japan

Archived:

Politics and Society in Contemporary China

International Business Environment

East Asian Politics

Global E - Business

Asian Business Environment

Sustainable Development in Vietnam and Singapore

Environment and Development in Central America

Technology and Society

Transnational Corporations

 

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Current Research Projects:

Radical Technological Change: A Leadership Role for Liberal Arts Colleges?

Globalization and Institutions: States, Firms and Markets in Asia

Complex Adaptive Systems and Economic Growth in Singapore and Malaysia
Modeling Supply Chains as Complex Adaptive Systems
Path Dependence, Historical Institutionalism and Complex Adaptive Systems
"Vietnam, Flying Geese, and the Globalization of China," forthcoming in Ilan Alon and John McIntyre, (eds.) The Globalization of Chinese Enterprises, Palgrave Macmillan.

The Political Economy of Information and Communication Technologies and Economic Development
The Domestic Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis

Is Technology 'Just a Tool'?

Simulation and Modeling

Agent-based modeling of wealth distribution

Basics of Complex Systems

Annotated Reading List for Complex Systems

The Information Technology Revolution and the Future of Higher Education

Rethinking the "Course" in an Online World

International Political Economy: The Struggle for Power and Wealth (3rd Edition),
co-authored with David Skidmore

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Related Links:

International Business at Rollins

Political Science at Rollins

Sustainable Development and the Environment

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