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2009 Media Coverage

List of FG's media coverage in the year 2009

 

Date Media Discussion
1/26/2009 Traffic World Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, comments on tightening supply chains. "Outsourcers are experiencing this everywhere," Ghadar said. "If you're in a sector where tastes change very rapidly, long supply chains that rely on shipping become problematic." (Supply Chains Get Tighter).
1/29/2009 Women's Wear Daily Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, comments on changes in consumer spending habits. "We're going to come out of the recession with substantial changes in the attitude of the consumer," Ghadar said. "The convenience [of online shopping], the changes in style, the ethnicity shift are all playing into substantial change in the next three years." (Retail Stocks In Flux).
2/4/2009 The Associated Press Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, comments on how the recession is affecting agriculture. "Yes, we have housing problems, but we're not going to not feed our kids," Ghadar said. (Economy Unlikely To Affect Many U.S. Farmers). This article has appeared on more than 100 Web sites.
2/4/2009 Investor's Business Daily Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, comments on how chip manufacturers are responding to the recession. "What chipmakers are going through is a microcosm of what is happening to many U.S. exporters generally," Ghadar said. (Chip Manufacturers' Tactics Differ For Dealing With Global Recession).
2/17/2009 Philadelphia Metro Profile of Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies. "He became a professor, ultimately coming to Penn State when they offered him an endowed chair in Global Management, Policies, and Planning. In his current project, which he calls 'Global Tectonics,' he asked 500 leaders (senior business executives and government and NGO officials) 'what's keeping you up at night?'" (A World View Of Business).
2/17/2009 Philadelphia Metro Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, offers advice to professionals considering pursuing an MBA. "If you want to climb the ladder in the business world—or if you want a career with a government agency or NGO that deals with business—you definitely need an MBA," Ghadar said. (Good Advice From A Business School Prof).
3/1/2009 Global Finance Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, comments on the Mexican economy. "Mexico has not done that badly," Ghadar said. "Financial institutions are now better regulated, and if you see what's happening, it is the more financially secure Mexican companies that have been buying into the U.S." (The Party's Over).
3/17/2009 MSN Money Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, comments on the effect of the economic crisis on GE. "Loan losses of 10% to 15% would force GE to take write-downs and see its capital base shrink by an amount that would alarm investors, believes Fariborz Ghadar. ... 'If we don't pull out of the credit crisis, then GE is going to be in trouble again in a year.'"(How GE Dug Itself Deep Into Crisis).
3/27/2009 The Journal News  (Westchester, N.Y.), Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, comments IBM job cuts. "'Their customers are under pressure to reduce their costs so they're putting pressure' on IBM," Ghadar said. (Workers Reveal Vast IBM Job Cuts).
4/29/2009 National Public Radio Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, comments on the effect of swine flu on international business. "If it continues to expand in the economy and the factory workers get sick or the factory workers get scared and don't go to work, then production goes down," Ghadar said. (Marketplace). 
4/29/2009 cdtv.com Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, is interviewed regarding the latest U.S. GDP numbers. (The GDP Numbers with Dr. Fariborz Ghadar).
5/1/2009 Jane’s Intelligence Review Despite a wealth of natural gas, Iran's options to diversify and make capital out of its hydrocarbon resoureces has been severly limited by political and structural constraintsl  Fariborz Ghadar assesses the country's options for exploiting the worlds second largest reserve of natural gas and the role European customers might play.
5/11/2009 Women's Wear Daily Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, comments on consumer spending. "Deflation is probably going to last until everybody feels comfortable about buying stuff," Ghadar says. "I believe this fall could be worse than last fall, but I think that next spring is going to be better than this spring. The consumer is still very scared." (Looming Specter: Optimism Grows But Deflation Fears Remain).
5/31/2009 Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, N.J.) Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, comments on agritourism. "Ghadar said growers seeking more business should provide forms of 'agritourism' such as fruit stands, on-site sales, hay rides, corn mazes, and pick-your-own options that come with little cost." ('Old School' Farming Meets Marketing 101).
6/17/2009 NYTimes.com Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, comments on President Obama's reaction to the election aftermath in Iran. "Of course, we hope that the real will of the people will be reflected in their elections," Ghadar says. "But any other statement at this time by the President Obama and his administration would be counterproductive" (Should Obama Speak Out on Iran?).
6/21/2009 CNN Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discussed the Iranian election aftermath in two separate live interviews.
6/22/2009 FOX News Channel Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discussed the Iranian election and economy in a live interview.
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