Tomas Hult
Email: hult@broad.msu.edu
Byington Endowed Chair, Professor
Department: Marketing
Phone: (517) 353-4336
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Biography
OverviewG. Tomas M. Hult, PhD, is a worldwide thought leader in international marketing, marketing strategy, customer satisfaction, supply chain management, and international business. He regularly speaks at high-profile events (e.g., United Nations, World Investment Forum, European Commission) and publishes influential op-ed articles (e.g., The Hill, Time, Fortune, World Economic Forum). Dr. Hult is a member of the Expert Network of the World Economic Forum as well as United Nations / UNCTAD's Network of the World Investment Forum. He has been featured on "Talks at Google" and per Google Scholar, he is among the world's top-cited business academicians. His latest trade book is "The Reign of the Customer: Customer-Centric Approaches to Improving Satisfaction," to be released by Palgrave MacMillan on May 12, 2020, and coauthored by the experts at the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Leveraging ACSI's billions of annual media impressions, "The Reign of the Customer" is complemented by a global training program, ACSIx, launching in the summer 2020 by the ACSI team (with locations on all continents).ResearchGoogle Scholar - 57,000 Citations
Customer Satisfaction Online and Offline (Journal of Retailing, 2019) [News]Alignment of Company and Customer Needs (Journal of the Academy of Mktg Science, 2017) [Radio] [News]Customer Satisfaction Drives Stock Prices (Journal of Marketing, 2016) [Radio] [LSE Blog]
An Abnormally Abnormal Intangible (Journal of Marketing, 2016) [Radio]How to Assess Marketing and Business Performance (Journal of Marketing, 2016) [Radio]Adjusting the Customers' Warm Glow Thermostat (Journal of Marketing, 2016) [Radio]
UN's Sustainable Development Goals (Journal of Macromarketing, 2018) [Blog] [Dinero] [Radio] [The Hill]BooksInternational Business 12e by Charles W. L. Hill & G. Tomas M. Hult
Global Business Today 11e by Charles W. L. Hill & G. Tomas M. HultHonors, Op Eds, Radio, and BlogRecognized with the U.S. President's "E" Award 2019, highest government award for exportingRecognized as an International Business Leader by the U.S. Department of EducationGovernment Can Help Startups in The Hill 4/29/19See more MSU and Broad College news about Dr. Hult below
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Publications
ArticleDr. Hult's articles are listed on his CV, which is available for download on this site. The Google Scholar page for Dr. Hult has a listing and citation impact of his articles, and the pdf files of the articles are available, in most cases, for download on his page on ResearchGate. Dr. Hult is currently the top cited scholar in Michigan State University's Broad College of Business, and among the most cited marketing, customer satisfaction, supply chain, and international business scholars worldwide.
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Courses
- MKT 911: Marketing Strategy (PhD)
- MKT 905: Research Design in Marketing (PhD)
- MKT 902: Pro-Seminar in Marketing (PhD)
- SCM 881: Global Supply Chain Management (Master of Science)
- MGT 804: International Management (Master of Science)
- MKT 862: Global Marketing (MBA)
- MKT 860: International Business (MBA)
- MBA 820: Marketing Management (MBA)
- MKT 415: International Marketing (Bachelor)
- MKT 310: International Business (Bachelor)
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Related News:
MSU International Business Center receives presidential award for export service
International Business Center receives the President’s “E” Award for Export Service at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Investiture ceremony honors positive feedback loop between students, alums, and professors
Event honored a half-dozen endowed faculty members at the Broad College
Broad College recognized as an international business leader by the U.S. Department of Education
MSU recently awarded a federal grant to continue to operate Center for International Business Education and Research
Low unemployment may soon turn happy customers into angry voters, a pair of Broad College experts warn
The warning was published recently in the Hill, an influential Washington, D.C. newspaper focused on national politics
Subsidizing farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs 'not a viable long-term solution," Broad College trade expert says
Tomas Hult shares his insights with the Hill, an influential Washington D.C.-based publication
Being an insider in regional trade agreements better than going it alone, Broad College global trade expert says
Tomas Hult shared his insights in his blog for the GlobalEDGE Web site
Tariffs will create winners and losers in global trade. America won't always be in the first group, a Broad College expert warns
"Any given country – even the United States – cannot be a world leader in every category," writes Tomas Hult
'Bullwhip' effects of tariffs buffeting U.S. farmers, Broad College expert writes in influential political publication
Tomas Hult offered his insights in the Hill
China, Hong Kong, and India have the highest market potential for U.S. exporters, say Broad College researchers
Findings appear in the 2018 Market Potential Index by the International Business Center
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The Real Estate Investment Management Advisory Council visits campus for its annual spring meeting
Lansing Works! Broad College Professors Tell Us How in New Book, “The Second Shift”
Former Lansing mayor collaborates on a book with Broad faculty behind the remarkable “Lansing Works! Keep GM!”.
Hult Named 2016 Academy of Marketing Science / CUTCO-Vector Distinguished Marketing Educator
Hult will accept the honor at the 2016 AMS Annual Conference May 19, 2016 in Orlando, Florida.
International Business Center Celebrates 25 Years
Overseeing about 200 activities each year, IBC continues to meet its mission since its creation in 1990.
Strategic partnerships in India
Sparty is travels to discuss strategic partnerships with the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, India.
Talluri and Hult paper accepted for publication
Professors Sri Talluri and Tomas Hult accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
Community colleges expected to triple efforts to internationalize
Community colleges around the nation expect to have about 24 percent of their programs fully internationalized by 2024.
Helping Michigan companies export
The Michigan Economic Development Corp. has again contracted with MSU’s International Business Center
MSU reaffirmed as a CIBER
Th International Business Center reaffirmed as a Center for International Business Education and Research
Broad faculty members launch new book
Three members of the Broad College of Business's top-ranked supply chain management program will launch their new book
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