Forthcoming:

4. Business Strategies for Emerging Markets?: A Collection of Essays.

5. Selected Writings on U.S. Financial and Economic Policies.


Refereed Journal Articles


1. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine and Hannarong Shamsub. (Forthcoming). “Does Regionalism Work? A Fixed and Random Effects Model,” Journal of International Business & Entrepreneurship Development, vol. , no. :pp.

2. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2006. “Open First; then Invest,” Journal of Transnational Management, vol. 11, no. 2: pp. 53-76.

3. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2007. “Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: What’s Economics Got To Do With It?” Global Journal of Finance & Economics, vol. , no. (March): pp.

4. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2005. “A Gulf Monetary Union: How Close Are We Really?” Journal of Transnational Management Development, vol. 9, no. 4 (June): pp. 73-91.

5. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2006. “Does Democracy Really Promote Development?” Global Business & Economics Review, vol. 8, no. 3 / 4: pp. 328-338.

6. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2003. “Risk and Stability: A Contribution to Growth Empirics,” Global Business & Economics Review, vol. 5, no. 2: pp. 391-410.

7. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2004. “Do Sunni Trade More than Shi’a? A Cross-Country Empirical Study,” Thoughts on Economics, vol. 14, no. 3/4 (July-December):

8. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2003. “The Temporal Causality between Investment and Growth in Developing Economies,” Journal of Business & Economics Research, vol. 1, no. 3: pp. 84-92.

9. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2003. “Quality of Governance and Openness in the Middle East: Is There a Link?,” Journal of Transnational Management Development, vol. 8, no. 1 and 2 (special issue: Doing Business in the Middle East and Asia): pp. 141-153.

10. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2004. “Poverty and Economic Development: Not as Direct as It May Seem,” Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 33, no. 2: pp. 217-228.

11. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine and Leila Sarieddine. 2005. “Are Open Developing Economies Less Corrupt and/or Politically Freer?,” Thoughts on Economics, vol. 15, no. 1/2 (June): pp. 7-20.

12. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2004. “An Econometric Contribution to the U.S. Defense Spending-Growth Nexus: Evidence from Error Correction Model,” Conflict Management & Peace Science, vol. 21, no. 2: pp. 120-133.

13. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine and M. Kabir Hassan. 2006. “Regional Integration and Economic Development: An Empirical Investigation,” Global Review of Business & Economic Research, vol. 2, no. 2 (December): pp. 173-188.

14. Shamsub, Hannarong and Rock-Antoine Mehanna. 2005. “Interdependence of Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Development: A Vector Autoregression Analysis,” Global Business & Economics Review, vol. 7, no. 2/3: pp. 262-277.

15. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2003. “International Trade, Religion, and Political Freedom: An Empirical Investigation,” Global Business & Economics Review, vol. 5, no.2: pp. 284-296.

16. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2003. “Do Politics and Culture Affect Middle East Trade? Evidence from the Gravity Model,” Review of Middle East Economics & Finance, vol. 1, no. 2 (August): pp. 155-170.

17. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2003. “Defense Spending and Economic Development in Lebanon: A Co-integration and Vector Auto-regression Analysis,” Journal of Development & Economic Policies, vol. 6, no. 1 (December): pp. 41-60.

18. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine and Hannarong Shamsub. 2002. “Who Is Benefiting the Most from NAFTA? An Intervention Time Series Analysis,” Journal of Economic Development, vol. 27, no. 2 (December): pp. 69-80.

19. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine and M. Kabir Hassan. 2002. “Is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) a Successful Trading Bloc? A Middle Eastern Framework,” The Middle East Business & Economic Review, vol. 14, no. 1 (July): pp. 18-28.

20. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2002. “Intra-Middle East Trade: An Empirical Assessment,” Journal of Development & Economic Policies, vol. 5, no. 1 (December): pp. 39-62.

21. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2002. “Can the Role of Government in Growth Regressions Be Broader, Yet More Parsimonious?,” Global Economy Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 1 (December): pp. 51-71.

22. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2003. “Corruption and Openness: The Case of the Middle East,” Journal of International Business & Entrepreneurship Development, vol. 1, no.1: pp. 80-89.

23. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine, Leila Sarieddine, and James Llorens. 2003. “Bilateral Trade and Islamic Sects,” International Business & Economics Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 3: pp. 45-54.

24. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2003. “The Trade-Growth Nexus: Not as Direct as It May Seem,” Thoughts on Economics, vol. 13, no. 1 and 2: pp. 47-63.

25. Hassan, M. Kabir, Rock-Antoine Mehanna, and Syed Abul Basher. 2002. “Regional Cooperation in Trade, Finance and Investment among SAARC Countries: The Bangladesh Perspective,” Thoughts on Economics, vol. 12, no. 2: pp. 7-32.


Refereed Proceedings

26. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine and Youssef Yazbeck. 2007. “A Causal Analysis of Governance and Economic Development: Is there a Sustainable Virtuous Circle in the MENA Region?” Southwest Review of International Business Research, vol. 17, no. 1 (March): pp. 63-69.

27. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2006. “Crafting a Competitive Business Strategy for the Apple Industry: The Case of Lebanon,” Southwest Review of International Business Research, vol. 16, no. 1 (March): pp. 71-79

28. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2006. “Bilateral Business Strategies: HOS or Linder?” Southwest Review of International Business Research, vol. 16, no. 1 (March): pp. 42-47.

29. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2005. “Examining Wagner’s Law: A Co-integration Analysis,” Global Business & Economics Anthology: pp. 33-42.

30. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2005. “Open First; then Invest,” European Applied Business Research Proceedings, vol. 7, no. 2: 149-170.

31. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2005. “International Business Patterns in Islamic Countries,” Doing Business in Islamic Asia Proceedings, June 21-23.

32. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2004. “Business Policies and Trade: A Look into Porter’s Diamond,” Southwest Review of International Business Research, vol. 15, no. 1 (March): pp. 145-155.

33. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2004. “Democracy or Stability: What Does Really Matter for Developing Economies?,” Southwest Review of International Business Research, vol. 15, no. 1 (March): pp. 123-130.

34. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2004. “A Panel Study of Regional Blocs, 1990-99” (with Hannarong Shamsub), Southwest Review of International Business Research, vol. 15, no. 1 (March): 313.

35. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine, Matthew Stoffel and Ivan Dvojakovski. 2003. “International Business Strategies and Factor Endowments: An Empirical Investigation,” Southwest Review of International Business Research, vol. 14, no. 1 (March): p. 225.

36. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2003. “Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: A Vector Autoregressive Model,” Southwest Review of International Business Research, vol. 14, no. 1 (March): p. 253.

37. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2003. “Corruption, Political Freedom, and Openness: The Case of the Middle East,” Southwest Review of International Business Research, vol. 14, no. 1 (March): pp. 70-78.

38. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2003. “Optimum Currency Areas: The Case of the Gulf Cooperation Council,” Southwest Review of International Business Research, vol. 14, no. 1 (March): pp. 215-224.

39. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2002. “Is It Corruption and/or Political Freedom? Low Imports in Developing Economies,” International Business & Economic Research Proceedings, vol. 4, no. 3 (October): pp. 9-17.

40. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2002. “The Direction of Investment and Economic Growth in Developing Economies,” International Business & Economic Research Proceedings, vol. 4, no. 3 (October): pp. 31-38.

41. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2002. “Bilateral Trade and Islam,” International Business & Economic Research Proceedings, vol. 4, no. 3 (October): pp. 49-60.

42. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2001. “The North American Free Trade Agreement: An Intervention Function Model,” International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 4 (December): pp. 11-25.

43. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2001. “A Quantitative Analysis of Middle East Trade,” Eighth Cross-Cultural Research Proceedings, (December): pp. 71-83.

44. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine and M. Kabir Hassan. 2001. “Is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) a Successful Trading Bloc? A Middle Eastern Framework,” International Business Southeast Proceedings, (November): pp. 46-57.

45. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. 2001. “Risk and Stability: A New Growth Model,” International Business & Economic Research Proceedings, vol. 3, no. 3 (October): pp. 32-45.

 

Work in Progress

• “Do Business Strategies Pay-off in the Arab World?”
• “Business Competitiveness in Arab Countries: Linking Business Strategies to Public Policies”
• “Strategy and Efficiency of Lebanese Banks”
• “Governance and Growth in MENA Countries” (with Youssef Yazbeck)
• “Gulf Monetary Union: An Update” (with M. Kabir Hassan)
• “Strategic Patterns in International Business: Product Differentiation or Complementarity?”
• “A Business Strategic Matrix Model for the Apple Sector in Lebanon”
• “Regionalization versus Globalization: And the Winner is…”


Conference Papers


1. “A Causal Analysis of Governance and Economic Development: Is there a Sustainable Virtuous Circle in the MENA Region?” paper presented at the Federation of Business Disciplines and the Academy of International Business SW Annual Meetings, San Diego, California, USA, March 12-16, 2006.

2. “Crafting a Competitive Business Strategy for the Apple Industry: The Case of Lebanon,” paper presented at the Federation of Business Disciplines and the Academy of International Business SW Annual Meetings, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, March 1-4, 2006.

3. “Regionalism, Trade, and Development,” paper accepted to be presented at the Annual Meetings of the Business and Economics Society International, Florence, Italy, July 15-19, 2006.

4. “Bilateral Business Strategies: HOS or Linder?” paper presented at the Federation of Business Disciplines and the Academy of International Business SW Annual Meetings, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, March 1-4, 2006.

5. “Regional Business Patterns in Islamic Countries,” paper presented at the International Conference Doing Business in Islamic Asia, organized jointly by the Universiti Kabansagaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA in conjunction with the Annual Meetings of the Organization of Islamic Countries and the Islamic Development Bank, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2005.

6. “Open First; then Invest,” paper presented at the European Applied Business Research Conference, Santorini, Greece, June 2005. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.

7. “Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: What’s Economics Got to Do with It?,” paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Business and Economics Society International, Arizona, July 2005.

8. “The Impact of Regional Blocs: A Fixed and Random Effects Model,” paper presented at the 7th International Conference on the Economics and Finance of the Middle East and North Africa, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon, May 2005.

9. “The Apple Industry in Lebanon: Crafting a Competitive Business Strategy,” paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, U.S. Southwest Chapter (Federation of Business Disciplines), Dallas, Texas, March 2005.

10. “Business Policies and Trade: A Look into Porter’s Diamond Model,” paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, U.S. Southwest Chapter (Federation of Business Disciplines), Orlando, Florida, March 2004.

11. “Democracy or Stability: What Does Really Matter?,” paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, U.S. Southwest Chapter (Federation of Business Disciplines), Orlando, Florida, March 2004.

12. “A Panel Study of Regional Blocs, 1990-99” (with Hannarong Shamsub), paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, U.S. Southwest Chapter (Federation of Business Disciplines), Orlando, Florida, March 2004.

13. “Poverty and Economic Development: A Vector Autoregressive Model,” paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Society of Economists (Federation of Business Disciplines), Houston, Texas, March 2003.

14. “Quality of Governance and Openness in the Middle East: Is There a Link?,” paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, U.S. Southwest Chapter (Federation of Business Disciplines), Houston, Texas, March 2003.

15. “International Business Strategies and Factor Endowments: An Empirical Investigation” (with M. Stoffel and I. Dvojakovski), paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, U.S. Southwest Chapter (Federation of Business Disciplines), Houston, Texas, March 2003.

16. “Is Government Spending Good or Bad?,” paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, U.S. Southwest Chapter (Federation of Business Disciplines), Houston, Texas, March 2003.

17. “A Gulf Currency Union: How Close Are We Really?,” paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, U.S. Southwest Chapter (Federation of Business Disciplines), Houston, Texas, March 2003.

18. “International Trade, Religion, and Political Freedom: An Empirical Investigation,” paper presented at the Christianity and Economics Second National Research Conference, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, November 2002.

19. “Is It Corruption or Political Freedom? Low Imports in Developing Economies,” paper presented at the International Business and Economics Research Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2002.

20. “The Direction of Investment and Economic Growth in Developing Economies,” paper presented at the International Business and Economics Research Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2002. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.

21. “Defense Spending and Economic Development in Lebanon: A Cointegration and Vector Autoregression Analysis,” paper presented at the Fourth International Conference on the Economics and Finance of the Middle East and North Africa, Byblos, Lebanon, May 2002.

22. “Do Politics and Culture Affect Middle East Trade? Evidence from Gravity Model,” paper presented at the Fourth International Conference on the Economics and Finance of the Middle East and North Africa, Byblos, Lebanon, May 2002.

23. “Can Trade Openness Replace the Traditional Role of Investment? An Empirical Investigation” (with M. Kabir Hassan), paper presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines, St. Louis, Missouri.

24. “Regional Integration and Economic Development: An Empirical Investigation” (with M. Kabir Hassan), paper presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines, St. Louis, Missouri.

25. “Who is Benefiting the Most from NAFTA? An Intervention Time Series Analysis,” paper presented at the Fourth Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies, Washington, D.C., December 2001.

26. “Bilateral Trade and Islamic Sects,” paper presented at the International Business and Economics Research Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2001. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.

27. “Risk and Stability: A Contribution to Growth Empirics,” paper presented at the 2001 International Business and Economic Research Conference, Reno, Nevada.

28. “Is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) a Successful Trading Bloc? A Middle Eastern Framework” (with M. Kabir Hassan), paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (Southeast chapter), New Orleans, Louisiana.

29. “A Quantitative Analysis of Middle East Trade,” paper presented at the 8th Cross-Cultural Research Conference, Oahu, Hawaii, December 2001.

30. “Can the Role of Government in Growth Regressions Be Broader, Yet More Parsimonious?,” paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Economic Science Association and the Public Choice Society, San Antonio, Texas.

31. “NAFTA: A Comparative Analysis of the Economic Outcomes between US-Canada and US-Mexico,” (with Leila Sarieddine), paper presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Economic Science Association and the Public Choice Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.

32. “The Power of Oil and the Economic Future of the Middle East: A Time Series Analysis,” paper presented at the 1999 Annual Conference of the Louisiana Public Financial Management and Budgeting Association, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.




Journal Editorial Board
• Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, published by Inderscience (Switzerland), 2006 to present
• Global Journal of Finance and Economics, published by Serials Publications, 2003 to present
• Global Business and Economics Review, published by Inderscience, 2005 to present


Journal Referee

• European Economic Review (published by Elsevier), 2003 to present
• Review of Middle East Economics & Finance (published by Routledge), Winter 2003 to present
• Journal of Business & Management (published jointly by the Western Decision Sciences Institute and the Management Department at Colorado State University), Fall 2002 to present
• Journal of Economics (published by the Missouri Valley Economic Association), Spring 2002
• Global Business & Economics Review (published by Inderscience), Spring 2003 to present
• Journal of Socio-Economics (published by Elsevier), 2004
• Journal of Development and Economic Policies (published by the Arab Planning Institute), Summer 2003 to present


Conference Reviewer

• Federation of Business Disciplines Conference, Southwest Academy of Management (SWAM), San Diego, California, USA, 2007
• Business and Economics Society International Conference, Florence, Italy, 2006
• Business and Economics Society International Conference, Arizona, USA, 2005
• European Applied Business Research Conference, Athens, Greece, June 2005
• The Eighth Cross-Cultural Research Conference, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, 2001
 

Conference Session Chair, Moderator, or Discussant

1. The 2007 Annual Meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines (The Academy of International Business, U.S., Southwest Chapter), Town and Country Resort, San Diego, California, March 2007.
Session Chair: “Issues in International Business Management”

2. The 2007 Annual Meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines (The Academy of International Business, U.S., Southwest Chapter), Town and Country Resort, San Diego, California, March 2007.
Session Discussant: “Issues in International Economic Development”

3. The 2007 Annual Meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management (SWAM) and Federation of Business Disciplines, San Diego, California, March 2007.
Session Chair: “International Management/Organization and Management Theory”

4. The 2007 Annual Meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management (SWAM) and Federation of Business Disciplines, San Diego, California, March 2007.
Session Discussant: “International Management/Management Education and Development”

5. The 2006 Annual Meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines (The Academy of International Business, U.S., Southwest Chapter), Renaissance Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, March 2006.
Session Chair: “Globalization and International Business”

6. The 2005 Annual Meeting of the Business and Economics Society International, Flagstaff, Arizona, July 2005.
Session Chair: “Transition, Development & FDI”

7. The 2005 Annual Meeting of the Business and Economics Society International, Flagstaff, Arizona, July 2005.
Session Discussant: “Macroeconomics & Government in the Global Environment”

8. The 2005 European Applied Business Research Conference, Atlantis Hotel, Santorini Islands, Greece, June 2005.
Session Chair: “Finance & Business Strategy”

9. The 7th International Conference on the Economics and Finance of the Middle East and North Africa (jointly organized by the School of Business at the Lebanese American University and the Regional Chapter of the Middle East Economics Association (MEEA), Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon, May 2005.
Session Chair: “Responses to Economic Restructuring”

10. The 2004 Annual Meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines (The Academy of International Business, U.S., Southwest Chapter), Caribe Royale Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, March 2004.
Session Chair and Discussant: “Issues in Economic Growth and Development”

11. The 2004 Annual Meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines (The Academy of International Business, U.S., Southwest Chapter), Caribe Royale Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, March 2004.
Session Discussant: “Business Strategy and Policy: Global, Regional, and Industry Issues”

12. The 2003 Annual Meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines (The Academy of International Business, U.S. Southwest Chapter), Hyatt Regency, Houston, Texas, March 2003.
Session Chair: “The Multinational Corporation”

13. The 2003 Annual Meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines (The Academy of International Business, U.S. Southwest Chapter), Hyatt Regency, Houston, Texas, March 2003.
Session Discussant: “International Finance and Economics: Views from the Middle East and Asia”

14. The 2003 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Society of Economists, Hyatt Regency, Houston, Texas, March 2003.
Session Discussant: “Applied Economics I”

15. The 2002 Christianity and Economics Second National Research Conference and The Lilly Fellows Program, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, November 2002. Session Moderator: “Globalization”

16. The 2002 International Business and Economics Research Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, October 2002.
Session Chair: “E-Commerce”

17. The 2002 International Business and Economics Research Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, October 2002.
Session Chair: “Strategic and International Management”

18. The Fourth International Conference on the Economics and Finance of the Middle East and North Africa, Byblos, Lebanon, May 2002.
Session Chair: “Open Economy”

19. The 2001 International Society for Quality of Life Studies Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, December 2001.
Session Chair: “Indicators and Models of Housing and Neighbourhood Well-being”


Periodicals and Newspaper Articles

1. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Assessing the Reform Paper of Paris III” Al Bayan (the premier monthly business and economic magazine published in Lebanon and the Gulf region), no. , February 2007: p.

2. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “After the Weapons…Is Reconstruction Waste Being Legalized?” An-Nahar Newspaper: August 22, 2006: 14.

3. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Reinventing Our Economic Growth Strategy” The General Manager Magazine, vol. 16 (forthcoming).

4. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Marketing Management: The Missing Link” The General Manager Magazine, vol. 14, no. 135, February-March, 2006: 9.

5. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “How to Organize your Business Around your Best Customers” The General Manager Magazine, vol. 13, no. 129 and 130, May-June, 2005: 8.

6. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “The Cost of War…and Peaceful Surprises” An-Nahar Newspaper: August 16, 2006: 15.

7. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Establishing a Competitive Economic Power” Al Bayan (the premier monthly business and economic magazine published in Lebanon and the Gulf region), no. 417, August 2006: p. 45.

8. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Regionalism: An Opportunity for Economic Resistance-Part II” Al-Balad Newspaper (the Lebanese Arabic daily): August 08, 2006: 14.

9. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Regionalism: An Opportunity for Economic Resistance-Part I” Al-Balad Newspaper (the Lebanese Arabic daily): August 07, 2006: 14.

10. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Military Resistance or Economic One?” Al-Balad Newspaper (the Lebanese Arabic daily): July 25, 2006: 30.

11. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “World Cup, Economics, and Tourism” Al-Balad Newspaper (the Lebanese Arabic daily): June 19, 2006: 15.

12. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Rejuvenating our Private Sector…Despite an Absent Government” Al-Balad Newspaper (the Lebanese Arabic daily): May 15, 2006: 16.
 

13. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “How Can We Still Create Jobs in the Absence of Major Reforms?” An-Nahar Newspaper (the Lebanese Arabic daily). Forthcoming.

14. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “A Gulf Common Currency: A Dream or Reality?” An-Nahar Newspaper (the Lebanese Arabic daily). Forthcoming.

15. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “The Gulf Economy: A Golden Opportunity to Reform” Al-Idari (a major regional monthly business magazine published by Dar Assayad), vol. 31, no. 10, October 2005: pp. 46-47.

16. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Challenges and Prospects of a Middle Eastern Bloc” Al-Iktisad Aldouwali Magazine (a regional economic and business magazine): Forthcoming.

17. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “A Special Interview on Business Reforms in the Islamic and Arab Countries” An-Nahar Newspaper. Forthcoming.

18. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “How to Organize your Business Around your Best Customers” The General Manager Magazine, vol. 13, no. 129 and 130, May-June, 2005: 8.

19. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Fighting Corruption in Lebanon: A “Joke” or a “Charade”? An-Nahar Newspaper, February 16, 2005: 16.
 

20. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “An Apple Harvest Holiday for Lebanon: An Economic Asset.” An-Nahar Newspaper, November, 2004: 14.

21. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Mishaps of the Fiscal and Tax Policies…in Wholesale and Retail.” An-Nahar Newspaper, August, 2004: 14. 

22. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Replacing Military Service with Civic Service in Lebanon: A Development Perspective,” An-Nahar Newspaper, July 8, 2004: 16. 

23. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “When Does Cutting Interest Rates Boost the Lebanese Economy?,” Al-Diyar Newspaper (the Lebanese Arabic daily), June 25, 2004: 11.

24. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. (Special Report) “Lebanon has a disproportionate military budget,” L’ Orient Le Jour (the Lebanese French daily), June 8, 2002: 6.

25. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. (Exclusive Interview) “Reduce public expenditures, defend the pound, privatize failing sectors,” L’ Orient Le Jour, June 8, 2002: 6.

26. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Federal Reserve and Politics,” The Advocate (the Baton Rouge, Louisiana daily), October 10, 2000: 6B.

27. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “Stuck Between a Bull and a Tax Cut: A Republican Dilemma,” The Advocate, October 7, 1999: 7B.

28. Mehanna, Rock-Antoine. “United States Beat Its NATO Allies,” The Advocate, July 3, 1999: 7B.



GRANTS AND FUNDED RESEARCH

• Topic: “Gulf Monetary Union and Regional Integration: Theoretical, Empirical and Policy Analysis” (with M. Kabir Hassan of the University of New Orleans, USA and Ashraf Nakibullah of the University of Bahrain, Bahrain). Funded by: The Economic Research Forum (ERF) on the Middle East, Iran, and Turkey. Date: 2006

• Topics: “U.S. Public Finance and Growth” and “Currency Unions.” Place: Iowa and Washington, D.C., USA. Funded by: Wartburg College. Date: winter 2003.

• Topic: “Trade, Religion, and Politics: An Empirical Assessment.” Place: Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA. Funded by: The Lilly Foundation. Date: November 2002.

• Topic: “Economic Development and Counter-terrorism.” Country: Ukraine. Funded by: The Center for Global and Multicultural Studies, Wartburg College, Iowa, USA. Partner: Kharkiv Politechnic Institute “National Technical University,” Kharkov, Ukraine. Date: summer 2002.

• Topic: “Defense Spending in Lebanon.” Country: Lebanon. Partially funded by: Wartburg College, USA. Date: May 2002.

• Topic: “Politics, Culture, and Trade in the Middle East.” Country: Lebanon. Partially funded by: Wartburg College, USA. Date: May 2002.
 

RECENT INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS AND INVITED LECTURES

Conference Chair (invited)

• Title: “Lebanon and the Challenges of Recovery”
Sponsors: The Center for the Global South at the American University, Washington, D.C. and the René Moawad Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Place and Date: The American University, Washington, D.C., USA, October 4, 2003 (conference was cancelled due to security reasons).


Guest Speaker (invited)

• Member of the International Scientific and Organizing Committee, The International Conference on “Rebuilding Sustainable Communities in Iraq: Policies, Programs and Projects”
Organizer: University of Massachusetts at Boston, USA

• Member of the International Arab Scholars Committee to elect the “Top 100 Arab Business Personalities and Scholars”
Organizer: Dar Al-Sayad, Lebanon and the Middle East
Place and Date: Arab Countries, 2006

Place and Date: College of Public and Community Service, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA, July 23-26, 2007
• Member of the International Scientific and Organizing Committee, The International Conference on “Rebuilding Sustainable Communities in Iraq: Policies, Programs and Projects”
Organizers: University of Massachusetts at Boston, USA (with the support of the World Bank, the United Nations, and the United States Agency for International Development—USAID).
Place and Date: College of Public and Community Service, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA, July 23-26, 2007

• Guest Speaker, The International Conference on Doing Business in Islamic Asia
Topic: “International Business Patterns in Islamic Countries”
Organizers: The Universiti Kabangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA in conjunction with the Annual Meetings of the Organization of Islamic Countries and the Islamic Development Bank
Place and Date: Renaissance Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 21-23, 2005

• Event: The Oxford Round Table
Topic: “Issues Affecting Trade and Financial Relations between the European Union and the United States”
Organizer: St. Anthony’s College, University of Oxford
Place and Date: University of Oxford, United Kingdom, August 1-6, 2004

• Visiting Lecturer (invited), College of Business Administration, Ph.D. Program in Financial Economics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; and the Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy, Ph.D. Program in Policy Analysis, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, February-March 2004
Seminars and Lecture Series on such topics as “Business Policies in the Middle East” and “International Business Strategy: Globalization vs. Regionalization”.

• Guest Speaker. Title: “The Relationship between Family Unity and Economics in Lebanon”
Sponsor and Organizer: Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI)
LBCI Television Station, Adma, Lebanon, August 2003

• Guest Speaker. Title: “Youth in Lebanon: Catalysts for Democracy and Change”
Panel: “Globalization, Education, and Economics”
Sponsors: The Center for the Global South at the American University, Washington, D.C. and the René Moawad Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Place and Date: Hotel Washington, Washington, D.C., USA, November 9, 2002

• Guest Speaker. Title: “The Politics and Repercussions of War in the Middle East”
Sponsor: Waverly Ecumenical Commission for Peace and Justice (WECPAJ)
Place and Date: Saint Mary’s Drexler Center, Iowa, USA, April 27, 2003

• Guest Speaker. Title: “Future of the Gulf Currency Union: Is It a Viable Project?”
Sponsor: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR)
Place and Date: Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, July 1-2, 2002

• Guest Speaker. A number of television and radio scholarly interviews and roundtables on such topics as the Opportunities and Challenges of Higher Education in Lebanon and the Middle East; Prospects of a Middle Eastern Economic Bloc; Lebanon’s Business and Economic Sectors; Small Business and Family Business Management in Lebanon and the Middle East; the Strategic Management and Planning of Aquaculture and Agriculture in Lebanon and Syria; Analyzing the Ministerial Program of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora’s Cabinet; and Business Reforms in Lebanon and the Middle East.