James R. Wills, Jr.

Professer of Marketing

Phone: (808) 956-7607
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Office: Shidler College of Business, #C401g
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Education & Background

1976 - Doctor of Business Administration, Kent State University

1970 - Master of Business Administration, Western Michigan University

1968 - Bachelor of Arts, Taylor University


Academic Experience

1992 - Present: Professor, College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii Manoa

1981 - 1992: Associate Professor, College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii Manoa

1977 - 1981: Assistant Professor, College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii Manoa

1974 - 1977: Assistant Professor, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio

1970 - 1972: Assistant Professor, Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana

1968 - 1970: Instructor, Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana


Adminstrative Experience

July 2003 - December 2004: Interim Dean, College of Business Administration, UHM

July 2000 - June 2003: Associate Dean, College of Business Administration, UHM

1995 - 2003: Director, Executive MBA program, CBA, UHM

1994 - 2003: Executive Secretary, Academy of International Business, CBA, UHM

1988 - 1991: Director, Hawaii Management Program, CBA UHM

Associate Dean, College of Business Administration, CBA, UHM (1982-1985)

Resident Director, Student Life - student dormitory manager, Kent State University (1972 -1974)


Research Interests

Marketing
International Business
Research Methods



Recent Publications

Samli, A. Coskun, James R. Wills, Jr., Paul Herbig, "The Information Superhighway Goes International: Implications for Industrial Sales Transactions," The International Journal of Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 26, No.1 (1997) pp. 51-58.

Jacobs, Laurence W., James R. Wills, Jr., A. Coskun Samli, and William R. Bullard, "Internationalization of Domestic Product Life Cycles: An Exploration of Causality," International Marketing Review, Vol. 14, No.1 (1997) pp. 75-87.

Samli, A. Coskun, Gregory P. Wirth, James R. Wills, Jr., "High-Tech Firms Must Get More Out of Their International Sales Efforts," The International Journal of Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 23, No.4 (1994) pp. 333-342.


Teaching Awards

1993 - College of Business UHM Excellence in Teaching Award
1992 - Selected for Advertising Education Foundation New York, NY, Visiting Professor Program
1991 - College of Business UHM Excellence in Teaching Award
+ Member of Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society
+ Member of Mu Kappa Tau Marketing Honor Society
+ Selected as a Fellow of the Pacific Asian Management Institute


Teaching

Marketing 651: Marketing Communications Management