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'John D. “Jack” Kasarda' (born 1945) is an American academic focused on global management strategy, entrepreneurship and economic development. He is currently the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School and director of the business school’s nonprofit outreach arm, the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise.
Kasarda is the developer^[1]
[2] of the “aerotropolis” concept,^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]} which defines the role of airports and aviation-driven economic development in shaping 21st-century urban growth and form.

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Education

Selected Professional Appointments (as of January 2007)

References

External links

Education

Kasarda earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Economics from Cornell University in 1967, a Masters of Business Administration degree in Organizational Theory from Cornell in 1968, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1971.

Selected Professional Appointments (as of January 2007)

★ Director, Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

★ Director, Center for International Business Education and Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

★ Member, Advisory Board on the A380 Super Jumbo Airplane Entering U.S. Service, U.S. Government Accountability Office

★ Board of Advisors, Society of International Logistics

★ Board of Directors, Institute for Defense and Business

★ Member, Advisory Board, The Odum Institute for Research in Social Science

★ Member, International Economic Development Council

★ Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

★ Nominating Committee, Eisenhower Fellowships

★ Member, The Counselors of Real Estate

★ Member, Academy of International Business

★ Member, Advisory Council, North Carolina Alliance for Competitive Technologies

★ Member, National Association of Business Economists

★ Member, American Sociological Association

★ Council Member and Senior Fellow, Urban Land Institute

References

1.
Logistics & the Rise of the Aerotropolis, , , , Real Estate Issues,
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Aerotropolis
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Aerotropolis
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The 6th Annual Year in Ideas; The Aerotropolis Stephen Mihm
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Rise of the Aerotropolis Greg Lindsay
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Free Flow: All the world’s roads may lead to aerotropoli Vaudine England
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Kansas City International Airport Gaining Momentum as Dominant Aviation Center in Nation’s Heartland
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Aerotropolis’ to Make a Major Impact on Commercial Development
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Business on the Fly
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Assessing the State of Global Infrastructure
12.
New “cities” springing up around many U.S. airports Haya El Nasser

External links

★ Kenan-Flagler Business School Faculty Biography for John D. Kasarda

★ Aerotropolis.com, Dr. John D. Kasarda's Web site about the development of aerotropolises