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Carl W. Nelson


Nelson, Carl W.
Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy


Carl W. Nelson
319 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts  02115-5000

617-373-4751
ca.nelson@neu.edu

Education

PhD in Management Science, University of Manchester, England
MBA, Columbia University
BS, Cornell University

Research and Teaching Interests

Professor Nelson currently teaches in the areas of operations management, health care management, and corporate social responsibility.

Awards and Honors

Excellence in Teaching Award, Tufts Medical School. (2008).

Faculty Scholars Program in Urban Health Research, Northeastern University. (2003).

Selected Publications

Nelson, C. (2011). Current Business Ethics Discussions (pp. 2). Student Instructional Material.

Nelson, C. (2011). RDCAR Background and Examples (pp. Seven). Instructional Material.

Nelson, C., O'Brien, L., Nelson, C. W. (2002). "Home or Hospital Care: An Economic Debate for Medicare Beneficiaries." Journal of Policy, Politics and Nursing Practice.

Selected Presentations

Nelson, C., Management Leadership Development Institute, "Corporate Social Responsibility and Diversity Programs," National Association of Black Accountants, Atlanta, GA. (June 11, 2008).

Nelson, C., Management Leadership Development Institute, "A Global Update on Triple Bottom Line Strategies: Profiting," National Association of Black Accountants.

Nelson, C. (Presenter & Author), Urban Health Research Fellows, "Global Food Insecurity and Agribusiness Strategy," Institute on Urban Health Research, Northeastern University.

Nelson, C. (Presenter & Author), Economic Policy Forum, "Global Food Insecurity: Problems, Root Causes, Promising and Not-So Promising Solutions," Department of Economics at Northeastern University College of Arts and Sciences, West Village.

Nelson, C., O'Brien, L., 132nd Annual Meeting, "Email Communications with Informal Caregivers of Community Dwelling Frail Elders Can Reduce Medicare Costs," American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.

Nelson, C., 132nd Annual Meeting, "How Could We Feed the World," American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.

Nelson, C., 131st Annual Meeting, "Why Medical Practice Patterns Vary-The Role of Ethnic and Racial Disparities and Methods of Quality Improvement-The Double Fishbone Diagram: Pilot Study on Renal Failure," American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA.

Nelson, C., Annual Meeting, "Trouble in the Service Sector: The Boston Justice for Janitors Strike," International Partnership of Business Schools, Annecy, France.

Nelson, C., Conference on Corporate Governance and Investment in Transitioning Economies, "Stakeholder Trust: Labor and Non Governmental Organisation Roles in Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Reform," The Gorbachev Foundation of North America, Boston, MA.

Nelson, C., Sullivan, J. D., 130th Annual Meeting, "As Old as the nation :Useful lessons from some of our longest running federal health care entitlement programs along the road to universal health care," American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Nelson, C., 6th International Conference on Corporate Reputation, "Big Bird Under Attack: An Endangered Species Preserves and Enhances Its Reputation-Ethical Discourse on Sesame Street," Boston, MA.

Nelson, C., O'Brien, L., 129th Annual Meeting, "Home health care for acutely ill elderly populations: Quicker? Cheaper? Better?," American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA.

Nelson, C., 129th Annual Meeting, "Managing a homeless health care organisation as a learning organisation: A case study," American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA.

Nelson, C., 129th Annual Meeting, "Gandhi's Salt March: A parable for universal health care as a national satyagraha," American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA.

Industry and Academic Experience

Before joining the faculty of the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Professor Nelson was an assistant professor at Boston University and a visiting lecturer at the Manchester Business School. In 1987, he was cited as a Distinguished Professor by California State University for his contributions to the field of operations management and health care services. He has served as visiting associate professor of health systems management at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and as visiting associate professor in the Health Policy and Management Department of the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Mailing Address

Carl W. Nelson
319 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts  02115-5000