Ishva Minefee

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Contact

4017 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820

217-333-1077

minefee2@illinois.edu

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Educational Background

Ph.D., International Business, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
B.A., Global Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011

Positions Held

Assistant Professor, Gies College of Business, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021 to present
Assistant Professor of Management, Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University, 2017-2021

Recent Publications

Minefee, I., McDonnell, M., & Werner, T. (2021). Reexamining investor reaction to covert corporate political activity: A replication and extension of Werner (2017). Strategic Management Journal, 42 (6), 1139-1158.
Minefee, I., & Bucheli, M. (2021). MNC responses to international activist campaigns: Evidence from Royal Dutch/Shell in apartheid South Africa. Journal of International Business Studies, 52 (5), 971-998.
Minefee, I., & Bucheli, M., da Silva Lopes, T., Lubinski, C., and Tworek, H. (Ed.) (2019). Combatting Corruption. The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global Business London: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Minefee, I., Rabelo, V., Stewart, O., & Jones-Young, N. (2018). Repairing leaks in the pipeline: A social closure perspective on underrepresented racial/ethnic minority recruitment and retention in business schools. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 17 (1), 79-95.

Other Publications

Articles

Viswanathan, M., Venugopal, S., Minefee, I., J. Marinas, B., S.Guest, J., Bauza, V., Valentino, L., Kupaza, R., & Jones, M. (2016). A Bottom-Up Approach to Short-Term Immersion in Subsistence Marketplaces: Methodological and Substantive Lessons on Poverty and the Environment from Tanzania. Organization & Environment, 29 (4), 438-460.
Minefee, I., Neuman, E., Isserman, N., & Leblebici, H. (2015). Corporate Foundations and their Governance: Unexplored Territory in the Corporate Responsibility Agenda. Annals in Social Responsibility, 1 (1), 57-75.

Book Chapters

Perkins, S., & Minefee, I., Lawton, T. and Rajwani, T. (Ed.) (2015). Jeitinho Brasiliero: Adopting Nonmarket Strategies in Brazil. The Routledge Companion to Non-Market Strategy ( pp. 390-411). New York: Routledge.

Conference Proceedings

Minefee, I., Rivera Piedra, D., Bucheli, M., & Tihanyi, L. (2023). International Business Diplomacy and Violent Conflicts. ( 1 ed vol. 2023, pp. 19665). Academy of Management Proceedings: Academy of Management. link >

Grants

The Power to Resist: An Evolution of Corporate Responses to Anti-Apartheid Activism in South Africa, University of Illinois Campus Research Board, 2014-2015

Teaching Interests

Teaching interests include International Business and Global Strategy.

Research Interests

I examine corporate responses to social movement activism as well as the (non)-financial consequences of those responses. I invoke a range of theories to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms involved. I explore this topic using qualitative, quantitative, and quasi-experimental methods.

Current Courses

International Business (BADM 380) Introduces the field of international business and management. Examines the economic, political, and legal environments of international business. Analyzes differences in financial management, marketing, and management practices for firms doing business abroad.
Global Challenges in Bus Cap (MBA 590) This course covers various topics from each iMBA Specialization. Group projects and individual assignments will be required. Students are required to take 2 Specialization Capstones for their iMBA degree.