Dr. Nielsen is Director of Global
Business Studies and Professor of International Business at the Merrick
School of Business at the University of Baltimore. She serves as Academic
Director of the Northrop Grumman Electronic Sensors International Management
Program and the Northrop Grumman International Scholar. Professor Nielsen
has served as the director of numerous international business programs
for managers, including positions as Academic Director of the World of
Business Opportunities seminar series at the University of Baltimore, Academic
Director of an Executive MBA (EMBA) Central European Study Program; Administrative
Director of International Training Programs; and Administrative Director
of a Center for Transnational Management Development. She is a frequent
lecturer in international training programs for managers, such as the Motorola
In-House MBA in Plantation, Florida; two Canadian EMBA programs (University
of Quebec at Montreal, University of Ottawa); and the International Summer
MBA Program at the University of Kent in the U.K. Her research interests
include International Competitiveness in High Technology Industries, Management
of Technology as a Strategic Asset, Managing Technology Transfer to Developing
Countries, and Cross-Cultural Management Studies.
Research
Her research interests include International
Competitiveness in High Technology Industries, Management of Technology
as a Strategic Asset, Managing Technology Transfer to Developing Countries,
and Cross-Cultural Management Studies. She received grants from the National
Science Foundation and the IEEE Foundation for her research on electronic
document creation and delivery for the scientific and engineering communities.
She publishes in journals such as the Journal of High Technology Management
Research, International Journal of Remote Sensing, International Management
Review, International Studies of Management and Organization, and in books,
such as Global Issues of Information Technology Management. She was a finalist
in the Southern Business Administration Association Innovation Awards Program
for designing a graduate course, Managing Global Production and Technology.
Consultancies and Corporate
Advisory Boards
Nielsen serves as a consultant to
both the public and private sectors. She has served on corporate advisory
boards for two technology-based firms in the remote sensing industry: RADARSAT
International (RSI) and SPOT Image Corporation. As a consultant to RSI,
she served on a seven-member team to create the RSI international strategic
business plan. Her work with federal agencies includes the Office of the
U.S. Special Trade Representative, the U.S. Department of State, and the
U.S. Agency for International Development.
Editorial Activities. Nielsen is
Past President of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology.
She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Global Information Management,
and served as guest editor of a IEEE Technology and Society Magazine special
issue on International Space Year: Mission to Planet Earth.
Awards and Recognition
Nielsen was featured in the Baltimore
Business Journal April 2000 special issue: "Who's Who in Higher Education"
as one of the area's top 25 most influential business educators, for international
business education leadership, and for revolutionizing the way that international
business is taught at the University of Baltimore. She has received a Governor's
Citation from the State of Maryland for "outstanding service as Director
of International Programs…[and for] contributions to further the economic
development agenda of Maryland’s businesses." Nielsen is a recipient of
The George Washington University (GWU) Graduate International Business
Award, and a GWU Fellowship. She received an Outstanding Achievement Award
from the Florida International University (FIU) College of Business Administration,
an FIU Summer Research Award, and three FIU Minority Faculty Development
Awards. She has appeared on the Merrick School of Business "Top Ten" faculty
list for excellence in teaching.
International Business Courses
Over the past twenty years, Nielsen
has taught courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including
such courses as International Business Strategy I and II, Business in the
Global Environment, Managing Global Production and Technology, Strategic
Alliances in the European Context, Multinational Management, and International
Management.
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