Research

OVERVIEW

In addition to teaching, I also enjoy conducting research. While at the world vegetable center, I coordinated research projects and analyzed the production and trade of commodities using the value chain framework. I also served as Deputy Research Theme Leader, a position that involved the coordination and development of economics-focused research themes and grant-writing activities. I served as a graduate research assistant, and then research associate while at Oklahoma State University. During this time, my research involved the analysis of the coalition theory and its various applications. I investigated the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) using this framework. My dissertation focused on performing a feasibility study of creating a New Generation (or value-added) Cooperative. This study was the application of cooperative game theory, which required me to use structured questionnaires to collect data, and the use of Monte Carlo Simulation and the concept of value at Risk to assess the risk involved in such enterprises. Results showed that value-added cooperatives are low-risk profit-generating alternatives to traditional business ventures creation, especially for a group of producers with little to no individual market power who have to deal with a monopsonist. I am always happy to initiate or participate in creative/scholarly activities, and I am looking forward to investigating issues related to the energy industry. I am interested in examining issues in quality management, market structure, and coordination, value chain analysis, development economics, entrepreneurship, digital transformation, and the promise of economic efficiency, data analysis, machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI)

MY DISSERTATION

“Feasibility of Forming a New Generation Cooperative for Fresh Greens Marketing in Oklahoma.”

My dissertation focused on the application of game theory to the study of coalitions in cooperative and non-cooperative arrangements.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

"Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Too much technology and not so much strategy"

With this research project, I aim to show that much of digital transformation occurring

in Higher Education is the result of information technology officers and administrators acquiring technologies without a comprehensive strategy driving the changes.

"The simples rules of quality Management

How to get your customers and clients to come back for more."

This is a book that aims to make quality management accessible to all. The days when businesses needed to hire Six-Sigma Black Belts to implement quality management in their organization are long gone. With simple tools, any organization of any size can now implement a quality management program that will lead to excellence in customer satisfaction.