Faculty Profile


Cristian Dezsö
Assistant Professor

Ph.D., New York University

Robert H. Smith School of Business
Logistics, Business and Public Policy
3357 Van Munching Hall (until Jan. 2008)
College Park, MD  20742-1815
cdezso@rhsmith.umd.edu
301 405-7832
 


Research Interests: Strategy, Industrial Organization, Corporate Governance


Professor Dezso teaches the global economic environment and the business and government courses in the part-time MBA and undergraduate programs. His research examines the impact of top execuives on firm performance, and the moderating effect of executives’ demographic characteristics and firms’ corporate governance arrangements. In addition, his applied game theory research examines issues related to firm reputation and technology adoption. His research appears in the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.

Dezso joined Maryland in 2007, after a year in economic consulting. He completed his Ph.D. at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He also holds an M.A. in economics from the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and a B.A. in business from the “Babes-Bolyai” University in Cluj, Romania.