Industrial Organization, Environmental Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Competitive Strategy
Chinese MBA, English MBA
Phone: +86-10-8518 8858 ext. 3632
E-mail: brianviard@ckgsb.edu.cn
Associate Professor of Strategy and Economics and Executive Academic Director for MBA Program, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
PhD, University of Chicago
Areas of Expertise: Industrial Organization, Environmental Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Competitive Strategy
Biography
Dr. Brian Viard moved to Beijing in 2007 to join the faculty of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Prior to that, he was a professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Professor Viard’s research focuses on industrial organization economics, environmental economics, and economics of strategy. He has studied the pricing, product, and entry strategies of firms in information and technology industries as well as how competition influences technology adoption and pricing. He has also studied whether switching costs make markets more or less competitive and the effectiveness of reward programs in creating switching costs.
Professor Viard’s recent work focuses primarily on environmental economics including the economic effects of China’s efforts to reduce automobile pollution, the effect of air pollution on manufacturing productivity, and how spillovers between Chinese cities affects efforts to reduce air pollution. Professor Viard teaches courses on competitive strategy, managerial economics, and digital products markets and is the recipient of CKGSB’s inaugural M.B.A. Best Teaching Award. He received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from the University of Chicago.
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