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Andrew
Bernard, the Jack Byrne Professor of International Economics at the Tuck School of Business, has been
appointed director of Tuck's Center for International
Business. The center, founded in 1995, focuses on global opportunities and
problems facing firms and the skills needed to succeed in the global economy.
Students, scholars, and business professionals use the center as a primary
resource.
 Andrew Bernard (Photo by Mark Washburn)
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Bernard has been a member of the Tuck faculty since 1999, and is
internationally renowned for his research in international trade and investment
and firm responses to globalization. He is a research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London, and
the Centre for Economic Performance at the
London School of Economics. His research has been published in top academic
journals and featured extensively in major broadcast and print media.
In making the appointment, Tuck Dean
Paul Danos said, "Professor Bernard will be a tremendous asset to the
center. As a highly respected researcher and teacher, he is perfectly
positioned to both increase the center's research output and augment its
student-facing programs. The Center for International Business has played a key
role in the globalization of the Tuck experience in recent years and I am
confident that Professor Bernard will continue this momentum going
forward."
Bernard has already set aggressive goals for the center, focused on bringing
more international activity to Tuck and expanding the school's activities
around the world.
"Over the next few years we will work to bring more international visitors
to Tuck, and increase opportunities for Tuck students to travel overseas. We
will also build strong relationships with a wide range of business people and
scholars from around the world who have global business expertise," said
Bernard. "We will leverage Tuck's intimate scale to provide our students with
personalized educational opportunities so that they can become global business
leaders able to meet the challenges ahead."
Bernard is joined by
Matthew Slaughter, professor of international economics at Tuck, who has
come on board as the center's senior associate director. Slaughter, an expert
in the economics and politics of globalization, recently returned to Tuck after
serving in the White House as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers.
More about the Center for International Business can be found here.
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