John Rickard (academia)

:"Not to be confused with John Rickard, the English politician"Infobox Person
name = John Rickard|
image_size = 187x217px
caption = Professor John Rickard
birth_place = Birmingham UK
birth_date = 12 July 1945
occupation = Professor, Economist, Vice Chancellor
main interests = Economics, Game Theory Financial Mathematics]
spouse = Veronica Rickard
children = James, Physiotherapist

Dr. John Rickard is an economist, and currently the President and Vice Chancellor of Central Queensland University. Previously, he has been Vice Chancellor at the University of Southern Queensland, Dean at Monash University, Director of the Graduate School of Management at Deakin University and Foundation Professor (Financial Economics) at the University of Melbourne.

The author of three books and 81 articles, Professor Rickard has been and advisor to the governments of Victoria and Queensland on education and financial matters.

John Rickard was born in Birmingham. He read Mathematics at Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, where he was awarded a BSc (1st Class Honours) in 1966. He completed his studies at University College, London. His Thesis was a study of "Planetary Waves."

John and his wife Veronica first arrived in Australia aboard the Angelina Lauro in Fremantle in 1966 and first settled in Bulleen, Victoria, where John took up a lectureship in Mathematics.

Much of Professor Rickard's work in economics focuses on the development and validation of empirical models for customer repurchase decisions. Rickard was among the first to establish that customer satisfaction does not influence repurchase decisions directly, but rather indirectly via brand preference.

External links

* [http://facultysite.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/getFile.do?id=515 John Rickard's CV]
* [http://facultysite.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/view.do?page=468 John Rickard's Home Page]
* [http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/welcomewalls/search_viewlisting.asp?PID=61581&PN=19&SearchKey=r&SearchType=2 Arrival in Australia Details]
* [http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewPDF.jsp?Filename=html/Output/Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Pdf/0070371111.pdf Customer repurchase intention A general structural equation model] DEFAULTSORT:Rickard, John