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Renata Kosova

Renata Kosova

Assistant Professor

Strategy
545B Statler Hall
Phone: 607.254.3383
Email: rk373@cornell.edu

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Research Keywords

Strategy, Firm/Industry Dynamics, Foreign Direct Investment, International Business

Professional Biography

Renáta Kosová is an assistant professor at the School of Hotel Administration. She teaches strategy and international business courses. Prior to her arrival in 2007, she was on faculty at The George Washington University Business School. Kosová’s primary research focuses on the impact of globalization on firm behavior and competitiveness. Specific areas of interest include the impact of foreign direct investment and international trade on domestic firms in transitional economies. Additional research involves issues more central to the field of industrial organization, including firm/industry dynamics; determinants of firm performance and organization economics, with specific attention to franchising and service industries. Her dissertation: “Do Foreign Firms Crowd out Domestic Firms? Evidence from the Czech Republic”, won “The Farmer Dissertation Award” (Academy of International Business); “The Gunnar Hedlund Award” (the Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics, and EIBA), and was also nominated for the “Berry Richman Dissertation Award” (Academy of Management). Kosová previously taught undergraduate and MBA courses on international business, world economy and firm strategy.

Courses Taught

Academic Degrees

  • Ph D, The Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
  • MA, University of Michigan
  • MA, Central European University
  • BA, Comenius University