Philip T. Powell

• Clinical Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
• Chairperson, Evening MBA Program

Education:

• Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1995
• B.A. University of South Carolina, 1991

Awards & Honors:

• Lilly Alumni MBA Teaching Award: 1999, 2002, 2005
• Trustee’s Teaching Award: 2000
• MBA Teaching Excellence Award: each year 1997 - 2007
• Teaching Excellence Recognition Award: 1998, 1999, 2000
• Rendigs Fels Excellence in Teaching Award: 1995

Professional Experience:

• Faculty Chairperson, Evening MBA Program (2006 - now)
• Faculty Co-director, MBA Discovery, Innovation, and Ventures Enterprise (2005 - 2007)
• Faculty Director, MBA Health Care & Life Sciences Academy, Bloomington (2002 – 2005)
• Visiting Scholar, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center, Honolulu (2003)
• Assistant Professor of Business Economics (1996-2000)

Professional Interests:

• Economic and institutional development in Pacific island states; Business strategy in the health care and life science industries;

Selected Publications:

• Russell, Clifford S. and Philip T. Powell, 2007. "Practical considerations and comparison of instruments of environmental policy" in Environmental Planning, J. Van Den Bergh, Kenneth Button, and Peter Nijkamp, eds. Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton, MA, pp. 147-68.
• Powell, P. T., 2006. "Ethnic heterogeneity, economic integration and atomistic federalism in the Pacific," Pacific Economic Bulletin, 21(2): 53-69.
• Powell, P. T., 2005. "'Too young to marry': economic convergence and the case against integration of Pacific island states" in Pacific Island Regional Integration and Governance, S. Chand, ed. Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, Australia, pp. 218-239.
• Powell, Philip T., 2004. "A theory of atomistic federalism for Melanesia," Pacific Economic Bulletin, 19(3): 49-63.
• Powell, Philip T. and Roger. W. Schmenner, 2002 (lead article). "Economics and operations management: towards a theory of endogenous production speed," Managerial and Decision Economics, 23: 331-42.
• Powell, Philip T. and David A. Nakata, 2001. "Can earnings decline cause a retirement flight of physicians? Financial compensation and the decision to stay in practice," Medical Care Research and Review, 58(3), 361-78.
• Powell, Philip T., 1998. "Traditional production, communal land tenure, and policies for environmental preservation in the South Pacific," Ecological Economics, 24(1): 89-101.
• Russell, Clifford S. and Philip T. Powell, 1996. Choosing Environmental Policy Tools: Theoretical Cautions and Practical Considerations. Washington: Inter-American Development Bank publication ENV-102, 51 p.

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