The World Affairs Council of Jacksonville
and
Harvard Business School Club

have extended and invitation to all Cornell Alumni and friends to attend a

Global Business Luncheon

April 2nd – 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm

The River Club

Featured Speaker Cornell Alum
Rawi E. Abdelal M.A ’97, Ph.D. ’99

Follow this link for more information and to reserve your spot.

In 1999 Abdelal earned a Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University, where he had received an M.A. in 1997. At Cornell Abdelal’s dissertation won the Kahin Prize in International Relations and the Esman Prize. He was a President’s Scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received a B.S. with highest honors in Economics in 1993. Recent honors include Harvard Business School’s Greenhill Award, Apgar Award for innovation in teaching, and Williams Award for excellence in teaching, as well as, on several occasions, the Student Association’s Faculty Award for outstanding teaching.

Rawi Abdelal is the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management at Harvard Business School and the Director of Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.

Professor Abdelal’s primary expertise is international political economy, and his research focuses on the politics of globalization and the political economy of Eurasia. Abdelal’s first book, National Purpose in the World Economy, won the 2002 Shulman Prize as the outstanding book on the international relations of eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. His second book, Capital Rules, explains the evolution of the social norms and legal rules of the international financial system. Abdelal has also edited or co-edited three books: The Rules of Globalization, a collection of Harvard Business School cases on international business; Measuring Identity; and Constructing the International Economy. Abdelal is currently at work on The Profits of Power, a book that explores the geopolitics of energy in Europe and Eurasia.

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Cobb Salad…Grilled Chicken Breast & Fresh Garden Greens with Avocado, Mango, Tomatoes, & Maytag Blue Cheese with a Citrus Herb Vinaigrette.
Key Lime Pie