Howard Pack

Education

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; BBA, The City College of New York

Recent Consulting

The World Bank; United Nations Development Program. Current Projects: Analysis of the Arab Economies; Evaluation of the impact of government economic intervention in selected Asian countries; Productivity in African manufacturing.

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1988present. University of Pennsylvania: 1986present (Director, Program in International Development and Appropriate Technology, 198694). Previous appointments: Swarthmore College; Yale University

Professional Leadership 20052009

Board of Editors, World Bank Research Observer, World Development, Journal of Development Economics

Past Courses

MGMT715 POL & SOC ENVIRON OF MM

Managing effectively in challenging sociopolitical environments (e.g., emerging markets) requires a melding of art and skill in engaging external stakeholders to advance corporate interests. This means crafting international coalitions of stakeholders spanning politicians, regulators, bureaucrats, analysts, investors, lawyers, reporters, consumers, nonprofits, activists and local communities. It involves influencing these stakeholders' opinions, perceptions, behaviors and decisions so as to secure a favorable policy outcome, collective decision, shift in group opinion or pooling of resources that enhances the corporation's ability to generate a profit by satisfying a market demand. This course surveys the managerial, political, economic, sociological and psychological foundations of corporate diplomacy as well as case study examples of successful and failed implementation in order to develop an interdisciplinary framework for navigating complex sociopolitical environments. The insights gained can be applied to influence team decisionmaking and organizational politics as well as by individuals and organizations in lobbying, marketing, product development, distribution and sales, political campaigns and corporate, national or multilateral projections of soft power.

Knowledge @ Wharton

• Why the Saudi ArabiaIran Conflict Won’t Fuel Higher Oil Prices, Knowledge @ Wharton 01/06/2016
• Beyond the Gas Pump: A New World Order for Oil, Knowledge @ Wharton 01/22/2015
• Does It Make Sense to Have an Industrial Policy? Ask Howard Pack, Knowledge @ Wharton 04/11/2012
• Beyond the Gas Price Blame Game, a Thorny Case of Supply vs. Demand, Knowledge @ Wharton 03/14/2012
• Troubled Times Ahead for North Korea?, Knowledge @ Wharton 12/19/2011
• Will a Eurozone Recession Put a Damper on the World’s Fragile Economic Recovery?, Knowledge @ Wharton 12/07/2011
• Osama bin Laden: A Victim of His Own Success?, Knowledge @ Wharton 05/04/2011
• Crude Reality: Why High Oil Prices Are Here to Stay, Knowledge @ Wharton 03/16/2011
• Uprising in Egypt: Rebirth in an Ancient Land?, Knowledge @ Wharton 02/02/2011
• Uprising in Egypt, Knowledge @ Wharton 01/31/2011
• Chinese Checkers: The U.S. Jumps China on Trade, Knowledge @ Wharton 01/19/2011
• Man the Barricades: Is a Trade War on the Horizon?, Knowledge @ Wharton 09/29/2010
• Deflation — Delusion or Danger?, Knowledge @ Wharton 09/15/2010
• Man the Barricades: Is a Trade War on the Horizon?, Knowledge @ Wharton 09/15/2010
• Will the Economic Recovery Run Out of Steam?, Knowledge @ Wharton 07/21/2010
• U, V or W: What Kind of Recovery Can We Expect, and When?, Knowledge @ Wharton 02/03/2010
• Deflation Fears: Could Falling Prices Let the Air Out of a Recovery?, Knowledge @ Wharton 05/13/2009
• Attached at the Wallet: The Delicate Financial Relationship between the U.S. and China, Knowledge @ Wharton 04/29/2009
• Time for Transparency: What Will It Take to Improve Corporate Governance in the Middle East?, Knowledge @ Wharton 03/11/2009
• Kings of Cash: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Sovereign Wealth Funds, Knowledge @ Wharton 03/11/2009
• Political Tensions Are Creating New Rules for International Business, Knowledge @ Wharton 09/22/2008
• Linking Commerce to Geopolitics: The Candidates’ Views on Global Trade, Knowledge @ Wharton 09/17/2008
• How Arab Countries Are Coping with Globalization, Knowledge @ Wharton 01/09/2008
• An End to Global Textile Quotas: Watch China Sew Up the Market, Knowledge @ Wharton 02/09/2005
• Business Implications of the U.S.Europe Rift, Knowledge @ Wharton 02/09/2003
• The Bush Tax Bill: Complex, Confusing and Drawn Out, Knowledge @ Wharton 06/06/2001