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Janice Barrow, PhD
Faculty, Coles
Executive MBA
jbarrow5@kennesaw.edu
Phone: 770.309.3435
Fax: 770.420.4444
Ask Dr. Barrow: Questions from
Executive MBA applicants
Degrees and Education:
Ph.D. Business
Administration (Finance),
University of Houston
MBA, Barry University
B.Sc. Management Studies
University of the West
Indies
Research & Teaching Interests:
Dr. Barrow's research and
teaching interests include finance, valuation,
portfolio management, and strategic decision
making.
Consulting Clients:
Troutman and Sanders,
Georgia
Greenberg Traurig, Florida
Rodio & Brown, Rhode Island
Bashyam & Spiro, LLP, North Carolina
Schoener & Kascavage, P.C., Pennsylvania
Torres Law Firm, California
Affiliations:
Small Business Development
Counselor Florida Atlantic University
Beta Gamma Sigma, University of Houston Chapter
International Association of Management
Awards:
Invaluable Contribution,
SOBA, University of Technology, Jamaica, 2002
Dean's Academic Award for Excellence in
achieving the Ph.D., University of Houston
Outstanding Teaching Performance Award,
Shippensburg Univ. 1992
Select Papers & Presentations:
"Increasing Productivity
through Development," Working Paper
"Achieving Excellence in
University Administration," Working Paper
"Constraints on
Development: A Global Perspective" International
Association of Management 20th Annual
Conference, Presentation and Proceedings, August
2002.
"Business and Funding"
Business in Broward, April 1998
"Insider Trading," Session
Organizer and Discussant, Eastern Finance
Association Annual Conference, April 1995.
"Management Incentives and
Solvency Effects of Financially Distressed
Government Controlled Depository Institutions,"
Financial Management, Special Issue on Financial
Distress and Debt Restructuring. Autumn 1993.
"The Importance of Equity
Capital To Jamaica's Economic Growth,"
Proceedings, Eleventh Annual Meeting of the
Association of Third World Studies, Inc. October
1993.
Executive Experience:
Dr. Barrow has had years
of experience working with attorneys (work
experience evaluations), writing business plans,
performing feasibility studies, and providing
business development services to a wide range of
business entities. She is a member of the
Florida Atlantic University\ Small Business
Development Center and is a Certified Consultant
with the West Palm Beach based, Center for
Non-Profit Knowhow. She is registered with The
Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Jamaica
Pre-investment Programme (JPIP) and is eligible
for selection by beneficiaries wishing to
undertake studies financed by JPIP and Jamaica
Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO). Additionally,
Dr. Barrow is an approved business planning and
feasibility consultant with the Caribbean
Agricultural Research and Development Institute
(CARDI).
What one thing does the Coles Executive MBA
program
do better than any other program?
Personal and Professional
Development, I am certain that Coles’s Executive
MBA curriculum delivers an MBA program the way
it was meant to be delivered, to develop master
managers, that is managers who can make
executive level decisions with confidence, and
know the direction they want their organization
and their life to go in. Cole’s personal and
professional development focus does this better
than any other program available. Our students
and alumni are our #1 promoter because of this.
Please comment on the caliber of the Coles
Executive MBA student.
The significant
professional responsibilities of our Executive
MBA students, the adaptive skills displayed
during the program, and the quality of their
exit presentations, indicate a high level of
talent, competence, and exit skills.
What books and/or websites would you recommend
to MBA students and prospects?
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Sun Tzu: The Art of
War, translated and with an introduction by
Samuel B. Griffith
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Think and Grow Rich, by
Napoleon Hill
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The Warren Buffet Way:
Investment Strategies of the World”s
Greatest Investor,
by Robert G. Hagstrom, Jr.
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