John D. Kasarda

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 [

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authorlink = John D. Kasarda
title = Logistics & the Rise of the Aerotropolis
journal = Real Estate Issues
pages = 43–48
date = Winter 2000/2001] [

Harvard reference | Surname=Kasarda | Given=John D. | Year=2000 | Chapter=Aerotropolis: Airport-Driven Urban Development | Title=ULI on the Future: Cities in the 21st Century | Publisher=Urban Land Institute | Place=Washington, D.C.] of the “aerotropolis” concept, [

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title = Aerotropolis
publisher = World Wide Words
url = http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tpaer2.htm ] [

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title = Aerotropolis
publisher = World Spy
url = http://www.wordspy.com/words/aerotropolis.asp ] [

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last = Mihm
first = Stephen
title = The 6th Annual Year in Ideas; The Aerotropolis
work = New York Times Magazine
date = Dec. 10, 2006
url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C1FFB3D550C738DDDAB0994DE404482] [

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last = Lindsay
first = Greg
title = Rise of the Aerotropolis
work = Fast Company
date = July/August 2006
url = http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/107/aerotropolis.html] [

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last = England
first = Vaudine
title = Free Flow: All the world’s roads may lead to aerotropoli
work = International Herald Tribune
date = March 16, 2006
url = http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/15/business/transcol16.php] [

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title = Kansas City International Airport Gaining Momentum as Dominant Aviation Center in Nation’s Heartland
work = Kansas City Infozine
date = Aug. 6, 2005
url = http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/9442/] [

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title = Aerotropolis’ to Make a Major Impact on Commercial Development
work = EC&M
date = Dec. 1, 2005
url = http://ecmweb.com/mag/electric_aerotropolis_major_impact/index.html] [

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title = Business on the Fly
work = Economist
date = Nov. 24, 2005
url = http://www.economist.com/business/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=5223238http://ecmweb.com/mag/electric_aerotropolis_major_impact/index.html] [

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title = Assessing the State of Global Infrastructure
work = Real Estate Journal
publisher = Wall Street Journal
date = Oct. 15, 2004
url = http://homes.wsj.com/propertyreport/newsandtrends/20041015-siteselection.html] [

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last = Nasser
first = Haya El
title = New “cities” springing up around many U.S. airports
work = USA Today
date = Sept. 25, 2003
url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/411229661.html?dids=411229661:411229661&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+25%2C+2003&author=Haya+El+Nasser&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=A.01&desc=New+%27cities%27+springing+up+around+many+U.S.+airports] which defines the role of airports and aviation-driven economic development in shaping 21st-century urban growth and form.

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 2008)

* Board of Directors, Old Dominion Freight Line
* 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

External links

* [http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/Faculty/search/detail.cfm?person_id=85 Kenan-Flagler Business School Faculty Biography for John D. Kasarda]
* [http://www.aerotropolis.com Aerotropolis.com, Dr. John D. Kasarda's Web site about the development of aerotropolises]