Majors, Minors, Graduate Programs & Certificates
Majors, Minors, Graduate Programs & Certificates
Management and Marketing
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
• Coker, Kesha, Deepa Pillai, and Siva K Balasubramanian (2010), “Delay-Discounting Rewards from Consumer Sales Promotions” Journal of Product & Brand Management, 19(7), 487-495.
•&Բ;Unni, Ramaprasad, Douglas Tseng, and Deepa Pillai (2010), "Context specificity in use of price information sources," Journal of Consumer Marketing, 27 (3), 243-250.
•&Բ;Pillai, Deepa, Siva K. Balasubramanian, and Shabnam H.A. Zanjani (2014), “The Effect of Individual Level Variables on the Effectiveness of Brand Placements,” Innovative Marketing, 10(4).
•&Բ;Balasubramanian, Siva K., Hemant Patwardhan, Deepa Pillai, and Kesha K. Coker (2014), "Modeling Attitude Constructs in Movie Product Placements," Journal of Product & Brand Management, 23 (7), 516-31.
•&Բ;Sabour, Nadia I., Deepa Pillai, Giacomo Gistri, and Siva K. Balasubramanian (2015), "Attitudes and related perceptions about product placement: a comparison of Finland, Italy and the United States," International Journal of Advertising, 1-26.
•&Բ;Zanjani, Shabnam, Kwong Chan and Deepa Pillai (2016), “Internationalization factors and years of firms export performance: Does it matter when a born global was born?” Journal of International Marketing and Exporting 20(1).
•&Բ;Balasubramanian, Siva K., Deepa Pillai, Hemant Patwardhan and Tianyu Zhao, “Product Placement.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Communication. Ed. Patricia Moy. New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Deepa Pillai has a Ph.D. in Marketing from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. She has a bachelor's degree in Engineering and an MBA in Marketing, and worked for several years in the advertising industry in India. Dr. Pillai is the recipient of a university level doctoral fellowship, a doctoral dissertation research award, and the Sekaran award for the outstanding female doctoral student in the School of Business at SIUC. She was a doctoral fellow at the SMA 2008, INFORMS 2009, and AMA 2010 doctoral consortia.
Dr. Pillai's research interests include marketing communication (specifically, brand/product placement) and pricing (specifically, price discounting). Her research has been presented at the AMA, SMA, INFORMS Marketing Science, MMA, and AMS conferences. Her published research appears in the Journal of Consumer Marketing and the Journal of Product and Brand Management.
CBM 108
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
• Applications: Emerging Economy and Agriculture Supply Chain; Fashion and Seasonal Products
Ph.D., Operations Management, Purdue University, USA
Graduate Certificate, Applied Statistics, Purdue University, USA
M.S., Operations Research and Control Theories, Tsinghua University, P.R. China
B.S., Applied Mathematics, Tsinghua University, P.R. China
•&Բ;Agricultural Supply Chains in Emerging Markets: Competition and Cooperation under Correlated Yields (2023, with M. Dada and P. Kouvelis). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Forthcoming
•&Բ;A Periodic Review Inventory Model with Two Delivery Modes, Fractional Lead-Times, and Age-and-Period-Dependent Backlogging Costs (2016, with S. Chand and Y. Xu). International Journal of Production Economics. 173, 199-206.
• Optimality of (s, S)-policies in a dynamic pricing model with replenishment opportunities: a sample path approach (2013, with X. Xu). Operations Research Letters. 41(6), 719-725.
• Day-Definite Full Container Load Service for Time-Sensitive Shippers: On the Perspective of Total Distribution Cost (2013, with P. Kouvelis). Int. J. of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management. 6(3), 1-39.
• Outsourcing, Yield Uncertainty and Contingency Responses (2013, with P. Kouvelis). Production and Operations Management. 22(1), 164-177.
• Contingency Strategies in Managing Supply Systems with Uncertain Lead Times (2012, with P. Kouvelis). Production and Operations Management. 21(1), 161-176.
• Managing the New Uncertainty: Can a new, day-definite ocean transport product deliver benefits for shippers in a changing and challenging market (2009, with P. Kouvelis)? Research Report/Whitepaper, Washington University in St. Louis.
• Managing Inventory over a Short Season: Models with Two Procurement Opportunities (2009, with S. Chand, M. Dada and S. Mehta). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 11(1), 174-184.
• Flexible Backup Supply and the Management of Lead-Time Uncertainty (2008, with P. Kouvelis). Production and Operations Management, 18(2), 184-199.
Room CBM 179
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Tuesday and Thursday: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
or by appointment
•&Բ;Ph.D. Strategic Management, Washington State University
•&Բ;M.M. Management & Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Public/Non-Profit Management, Northwestern University
•&Բ;B.B.A. Accounting, University of Notre Dame
•&Բ;Funk, C. A. & Kulik, B. W. 2012. Happily ever after: Toward a theory of late-stage group performance. Group and Organization Management, 37(1): 36-66.
•&Բ;Funk, C. A., Arthurs, J., Trevino, L. & Joireman, J. 2010. Consumer animosity in the global value chain: The effect of international production shifts on willingness to purchase. Journal of International Business Studies, 41: 639-651.
•&Բ;Trevino, L. J., Mixon Jr., F. G., Funk, C. A. & Inkpen, A. C. 2010. A perspective on the state of the field: International business publications in the elite journals as a measure of institutional and faculty productivity. International Business Review, 19(4): 378-387.
Dr. Charles Funk is an Assistant Professor of Management at the College of Business and Management, 91Porn. He earned a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, a Master of Management degree from Northwestern University (Kellogg) and a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from Washington State University.
Dr. Funk currently teaches both the undergraduate and graduate strategy capstone courses at NEIU as well as undergraduate courses in management and organization theory. His prior teaching experience includes strategy, management and marketing principles, organizational behavior, human resource management, small business management and business introduction courses.
Dr. Funk’s research interests include country of origin effects in global integration strategies, international alliance formation, evolution and management, and efficient organizational growth and contraction. His research has been presented at Academy of Management annual conferences and has been published in the Journal of International Business Studies, Group and Organization Management and International Business Review. His work has been acknowledged with a recognition award from the College of Business and Management as well as a University research grant. Professor Funk also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of International Business Studies and is an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of World Business and International Marketing Review.
Finally, Dr. Funk’s background includes over 22 years of Chicago-area business experience in both financial and operating positions, including finance vice-president of a start-up telecommunications company, product development financial manager of a $1 billion wireless communications company, controller of a $30 million food company, and financial coordinator of a $1 billion chemicals business unit.
CBM 122
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
•&Բ;Ph.D. in Management, University of California, Irvine, 2007
•&Բ;M.A. in Business Administration, Peking University, 2001
•&Բ;B.A. in Accounting Peking University, 1999
Room CBT 187
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
•&Բ;Ph.D., Operations Management, University of Oregon, 2012.
•&Բ;M.S., Industrial Engineering and Management with Distinction, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 2003.
•&Բ;B.S., Engineering, Xi’an Jiao Tong University, China, 1994.
CBM 103
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
•&Բ;Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Northwestern University, 1987.
•&Բ;Masters in Business Administration, Business Economics, Marketing, University of Chicago, BOoth School of Business, 1989.
COBM 128
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
