Brad Brown 

Associate Professor of Commerce

Office phone: 434-924-3232
e-mail: bradbrown@virginia.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Business Policy and International Business,
University of Washington
M.B.A., University of Maryland
B.S., Applied Science, U.S. Naval Academy

Areas of Expertise:

Professor Brown specializes in strategic management and international business. His current research is in two areas: (1) social alliances and (2) corporate social responsibility, particularly regarding human rights around the world.

Professional Activities:

Professor Brown had more than 15 years of experience in various managerial positions before becoming an academic. He has been a visiting professor in M.B.A. programs at the National Economics University in Hanoi, Vietnam (strategic management), and at the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration (business ethics, strategic management, and organizational behavior). He has also participated in various executive education programs here and abroad. Professor Brown has published many business cases, articles on entrepreneurial networks in both the Unites States and Southeast Asia, and articles on corporate reputations for social responsibility, with special focus on the relationship between reputation and financial performance. Professor Brown is on the editorial boards of Corporate Reputation Review and Multinational Business Review.

Selected Publications:

 “Liability Risk Management and Corporate Social Performance.” Risk Management and Insurance Review, 2001 (with S. Perry and J. Wheeler).

"The Dynamics of Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurial Behavior: Guanxi, Social Networks and Performance," In: J.T. Li, E. Weldon, A. Tsui, eds. Management of Organizations in the Chinese Context. Macmillan, 2000 (with J.B., W. Chamornmarn).

"Do Stock Market Investors Reward Reputation for Corporate Social Performance?" Corporate Reputation Review, 1998.

"Stock Market Valuation of Reputation for Corporate Social Performance," Corporate Reputation Review, 1997. 

"Halo-Removed Residuals of Fortune's 'Responsibility to the Community and Environment': A decade of data," Business & Society, August 1995 (with S. Perry). 

"Fortune Residuals," Business & Society, August 1995 (with S. Perry).

"Competitors as Allies: A Study of Entrepreneurial Networks in the Wine Industry," Journal of Small Business Management, 1995. (with J.E. Butler). 

"Removing the Financial Performance Halo from Fortune's Most Admired Companies," Academy of Management Journal, 1994 (with S. Perry). 

"Networks and Entrepreneurial Development: The Shadow of Borders," Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 1993, (with J. Butler).