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Our authors are no less than experts in their respective fields. They are experienced educators that have industry as well as teaching experience. This brings a unique perspective on designing business simulations that give classroom teaching real traction.

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Our Authors

Michael Deighan

Michael Deighan is a co-author on the new web-based editions of Airline, Entrepreneur, and HRManagement. His expertise, insight, and creativity proved invaluable and made it possible to convert these models to their current web-based versions. Michael joined Interpretive... [more...]

Lawrence Feick

Lawrence Feick is the Senior Director of International Programs, Director of the University Center for International Studies, and Acting Director of the Global Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh where he is also Professor of Business Administration at the... [more...]

Peggy A. Golden

Dr. Golden received her B.S. degree in Sociology from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1966, and her M.B.A. from the University of Louisville in 1984. In 1988 she earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Golden is Director of the... [more...]

James G. Helgeson

James Helgeson is Professor of Marketing at Gonzaga University’s School of Business Administration. His area of expertise is behavioral decision-making, with a focus on consumer and respondent decision-making and information processing. He teaches marketing theory and... [more...]

Stuart W. James

Stu James is the founder of Interpretive Simulations, one of the leading publishers and developers of business simulations worldwide. Interpretive’s simulations are an integral part of the curriculum at many of the world’s top business schools in the areas of... [more...]

Thomas C. Kinnear

Thomas C. Kinnear is Eugene Applebaum Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Executive Director of the Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, and Professor of Marketing at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He was... [more...]

Martin Roth

Dr. Martin S. Roth is Professor of International Business with expertise in the areas of global corporate and marketing strategy.  He is also Chair of the Sonoco International Business Department, top ranked globally in international business research, undergraduate and... [more...]

Jerald R. Smith

Jerald R. Smith received his Bachelor of Science in Commerce with a major in Management (1956), a Master of Business Administration (1969) and a Ph.D., (1978) primary concentration in Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility from the University of Louisville. In... [more...]

Harlan Spotts

Harlan E. Spotts is a Professor of Marketing at the Western New England University.  His areas of expertise include marketing management, marketing communications, and consumer behavior.  He teaches marketing management and strategy courses in both the undergraduate... [more...]

Willbann T. Terpening

Willbann Terpening is Professor of Operations Management at Gonzaga University’s School of Business Administration. He teaches courses in operations management, research methods, spreadsheet modeling, and process management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. ... [more...]

Michael L. Ursic

The late Michael Ursic served on the faculty at Gonzaga University's School of Business Administration, where he taught marketing research and consumer behavior. His areas of expertise were decision-making and public policy. His research was published in the Journal of... [more...]