The accidental scholar / / Jagdish N. Sheth ; with John Yow

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480602403321
• Autore: Sheth Jagdish N.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Delhi ; ; Thousand Oaks, California : , : SAGE Response, , 2014
• ISBN: 93-5150-146-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 650.092
• Soggetti: Business teachers - United States; Business teachers - India; Philanthropists - United States; Philanthropists - India; Business education - United States; Business education - India; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Advance Praise; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 - The Journey Begins; 2 - Graduate School and Marriage; 3 - Columbia and MIT; 4 - From Columbia to India and Back; 5 -Illinois: My Academic Life; 6 -Illinois: Travels at Home and Abroad; 7 - Illinois: Professional Work and Departure; 8 - From Cornfields to Palm Trees; 9 - USC CTM and Atlanta; 10 - New Challenges and A New Center; 11 - Emory: Administration and Academics; 12 - My Professional Life; 13 - Saying Thanks by Giving Back; 14 - Madhu is my Backbone; Epilogue; Appendix-Publications; Index; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: ""Jagdish's autobiography tells a fascinating life story in a few hundred pages of what it is to be, in one person, a scholar, change agent, advisor, and entrepreneur, in other words, a Renaissance Man."" Philip Kotler The Accidental Scholar is the autobiography of Professor Jagdish N. Sheth, a renowned scholar and one of the foremost authorities in the world on marketing and consumer behaviour. This is the fascinating story of a young man from India who went to America to realise the American Dream and became a world-renowned educator and thought-leader. Professor Sheth tells us about the ma