Dipak C. Jain will take up the position of Dean at prestigious business school INSEAD from March 2011. Prof. Jain has been Dean of the Kellogg School of Management since July 2001. He brings more than 20 years of experience in management and education to his position at the school's helm. Dean Jain has taught courses on marketing research, new products and services, and statistical models in marketing.
Dean Jain's areas of research include the marketing of high-tech products; market segmentation and competitive market structure analysis; cross-cultural issues in global product diffusion; new product diffusion; and forecasting models. He has had more than 50 articles published in leading academic journals.
In 2003, he was appointed as a foreign affairs adviser for the Prime Minister of Thailand. He serves as a member of the board of directors of Hartmarx Corporation, Deere & Company, Northern Trust Corporation, and Peoples Energy. He was also a former director at United Airlines.
Edward J. Fox is a distinguished teacher and scholar. His teaching includes courses on Marketing research, Retail management, Fundamentals of Marketing, Marketing principles, Retailer Behavior and Sales promotion, Quick Response and Efficient Consumer Response (ECR), Introduction to Marketing.
Dr. Fox areas of expertise include Assortment management, Channels of Distribution, Marketing Decision Making, Retail Marketing Issues, and Statistical Analysis.
He served as Director of Operations and Airborne Company Commander, United States Army. He also served as Project Engineer, Michelin Tire Corporation and Research Director at Center for Retail Management, Northwestern University.
Dr. Fox has a Ph.D and M.A. from the Wharton School, MBA from the JL Kellogg School of Management, MS from Medill School of Journalism and a BS from United States Military Academy.